1.The Odisha Legislative Assembly (OLA) scheduled to begin September 22, an all-party meeting, chaired by Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy, will be held September 2.

2.President Donald Trump has renewed a $100,000 fee for certain H-1B visa applications and ordered closer scrutiny of employers that lay off American workers, according to a White House fact sheet and an executive order.

3.President Donald Trump has signed a law expanding sanctions against Russia and providing for tariffs of up to 100 per cent on major buyers of Russian oil and gas, while extending US sanctions authority against Iran for five years.

4.Utkal University authorities Friday lodged a police complaint over an alleged leak of a question paper for the ongoing second-semester degree exam, an official said.

5.Odisha Friday announced an additional 25 per cent fiscal support on capital expenditure for semiconductor projects aligned with the Centre's newly-approved Semicon 2.0 programme, as Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the state has become the first in the country to extend policy..

6.The Board of Revenue, Odisha, will formulate an SOP. Auditors will not be permitted to conduct audits within their own districts, and a maximum of 20 working days will be stipulated for auditing a single financial year.

7.Sonalika Tractors sold a record 12,581 tractors in August. The company had never sold such a high number of tractors in any previous August. This growth rate is 1.9 times higher than the overall sales growth of the tractor industry.

8.West Bengal Police arrested Milan Pradhan on Friday; he had filed his nomination as the Congress candidate for the by-election scheduled to be held in Nandigram, West Bengal, on October 6.

9.The Marathi film 'Gondhal', directed by Santosh Dabakhar, has been selected as India's entry for the 99th Academy Awards (Oscars)..

10.Surendra Koli, who was acquitted by the Supreme Court in the high-profile 2006 Nithari mass murder case, has finally committed suicide. Since his release from jail last year, Koli had been making a living by running a tea stall.

11.The Cyber ​​Police have arrested three siblings on charges of committing a cyber fraud worth Rs25 lakh by promising high returns on business investments.

12.The faction led by Mamata Banerjee has been allotted the name "Mamata All India Trinamool Congress" and the "football player" symbol. On the other hand, the rebel faction led by Arup Roy and Ritabrata Banerjee has been allotted the name ‘Democratic Trinamool Congress’ and the ‘Envelope’ symbol.

13.A semiconductor and electronics manufacturing hub named ‘Odisha Silicon Valley’ will be developed on 870 acres of land near Naraj. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi made this announcement while attending the ‘Semicon India 2026’ event in New Delhi.

14.Dr. Prasanna Kumar Acharya assumed charge as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NLC India Limited at its corporate office in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday.

15.Dhaka has stated that the return of Sheikh Hasina is an essential condition for improving relations. Bangladesh has demanded the extradition of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and several other leaders, including Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader.