1.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated and laid stones for 123 projects worth over Rs1,362 crore in Bargarh district Tuesday.

2.Khaleda Zia, who became Bangladesh’s first female prime minister in 1991 died Tuesday after a long illness. She was 80.

3.Drinking bottled water is fraught with tremendous health risks as a new review has revealed that daily consumers of bottled (plastic) water ingest over 90,000 more mircroplastic particles per year than their tap water counterparts.

4.Three Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under department of Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment paid a total sum of Rs6,39,97,589 as dividend to the state government.

5.The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to organise Patha Utsav from January 4, official sources .

6.Coming to the rescue of a woman who underwent Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) to become a male, the Orissa High Court has directed the state government to change the gender status of the petitioner in the land mutation certificate.

7.Eleven people have been arrested in Assam and Tripura for their alleged links with Bangladesh-based fundamentalist groups that were aiming to destabilise the Northeast, police said Tuesday

Boeing, was given an $8.6 billion contract for the F-15 Israel Program, the Pentagon said Monday, after US President Donald Trump met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida.

India has imposed a three-year import tariff of between 11% and 12% on some steel products, according to a finance ministry order published on Tuesday, as the government aims to curb cheap shipments from China.

The Enforcement Directorate alleged that a "criminal" syndicate, involving senior bureaucrats and political figures of the state, "completely hijacked" the Chhattisgarh excise department between 2019 and 2023.

The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday said it was pulling out its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for UAE forces to leave the country within 24 hours.

US President Donald Trump said Monday the United States could support another major strike on Iran were it to resume rebuilding its ballistic missile or nuclear weapons programs and warned Hamas of severe consequences if it does not disarm.

Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service in Belarus, Russia’s Defence Ministry said Tuesday, as the US efforts to broker a deal to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine have entered a pivotal stage.

India's imports of Russian crude oil are set to register a sharp pullback in December, but the decline reflects short-term disruptions rather than a structural shift in sourcing patterns.

Nita Football Academy continued their unbeaten streak in the Indian Women’s League 2025–26 after edging past Garhwal United FC 1–0 in a closely contested match at the National Centre of Excellence here Tuesday