1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit President Droupadi Murmu's in-laws' village of Pahadpur in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district June 20 and participate in several programmes.

2.Odisha has taken a significant step towards wildlife conservation with the inauguration of the state’s first-ever elephant training centre at Simelpadar in Kalahandi district.

3.India is developing technology that could enable future lunar landers to survive on the Moon for up to 200 days, a significant advancement from the 14‑day operational lifespan achieved by the Chandrayaan‑3 mission, ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan said.

4.On Wednesday, June 17, Trump is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi before joining a working lunch attended by G7 leaders, outreach partners and technology executives.

 5.Indian-born technology executive and entrepreneur Sivaramakrishnan "Soma" Somasegar, who helped shape Microsoft's rise and later became a leading venture capitalist in the US Pacific Northwest, was honoured in the US House of Representatives .

6.Altogether 2,746 Agniveers, including 116 women Agniveers, successfully passed out from INS Chilka in Odisha.

7.The Odisha Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, has approved a proposal to effect changes in the English spelling of names of 64 places across 26 districts in the state.

8.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to choose whether students are more important to him or an "incompetent" and "failed" minister, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said Saturday at a protest in Amritsar as part of its nationwide campaign seeking Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation.

9.Odisha Police Saturday arrested a woman sarpanch for allegedly verbally abusing a block development officer (BDO) and obstructing him from discharging his official duties, officials said. Chameli Ojha (33), the sarpanch of Tikhiri gram panchayat in Mahakalapada block of Kendrapara district.

10.Baripada: Mayurbhanj Chhau has once again earned national recognition, with veteran Chhau guru Pagulu Jena being selected for the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2025.

11.Union Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday chaired a meeting of Home Ministry officials to ensure proper facilitation of the high-level committee on demographic change.

12.The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations regarding donations and financial management of the Ram temple trust in Ayodhya,.

13.In a remarkable display of administrative efficiency, Odisha has distributed voter enumeration forms to a record 98.65% of its electorate as part of the ongoing (SIR) of the voter list. The state is now racing ahead with digitisation to ensure the electoral roll is accurate, updated, and error-free ahead of the June 28, 2026 deadline.

14.The Ministry of Railways has decided to conduct all departmental examinations through Computer-Based Tests (CBT).

15.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday stated that the country will receive below normal rainfall this year.