1.Dharambir bags India’s 5th gold medal in the club throw event at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Paris.

2.Passenger vehicle (PV) retail sales in India witness a 5 per cent decline in August on account of delayed customer purchases .

3.The state government Thursday announced an annual financial assistance of `5,000 under Madho Singh Haath Kharch Yojana to around three lakh tribal students for their studies.

4.Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Naveen Patnaik Thursday asserted that his party, the BJD, would “strongly oppose” the Waqf (Amendment) Bill if it is tabled in Parliament.

5.The Odisha government has decided to set up a model school in each panchayat of the state, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi.

6.The state government has so far provided subsidy of Rs154.27 crore to electric vehicle (EV) owners since the 2022-23 financial year, Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena said .

7. On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Teachers’ Award 2024 on 82 distinguished educators including 50 teachers from across the country at an event helt at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

8.In an ecological disaster, an estimated 50,000 trees spread over about 500 acres in the forests of Mulugu district in Telangana were uprooted following a huge gale and a sudden cloud burst.

9. The Supreme Court Thursday directed Sahara Group to deposit Rs1,000 crore in a separate escrow account within 15 days and allowed it to enter into a joint venture for developing its land at Versova in Mumbai to realise Rs10,000 crore.

10.Fifteen out of 24 cities in Haryana ranked among India’s 100 most polluted cities based on PM2.5 levels in the first half of 2024, according to a new analysis.

11.The Election Commission of India Thursday issued a notification for the third and final phase of the Legislative Assembly polls for Jammu and Kashmir.

12.Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday named India among the three countries he is constantly in touch over the Ukraine conflict and said they are sincerely making efforts to resolve it, TASS news agency reported.

13.A large number of Sebi employees protested outside the capital markets regulator’s headquarters Thursday, seeking chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch’s resignation.

14.International Master (IM) Sekhar Chandra Sahu won the gold medal in the veteran’s category (60 years-plus) in the Commonwealth Chess Championships 2024 which ended  at Waskaduwa in Sri Lanka.

 15.Paralympics gold medallist in men’s club throw F51 event Dharambir has dedicated his medal to teammate and coach Amit Kumar Saroha.