1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on Friday on the occasion of his 157th birth anniversary, recalling the freedom leader’s emphasis on truth, non-violence, simplicity, compassion and Swadeshi.

2.Mahatma Gandhi stepped onto the sandy bed of the Kathajodi River in Kataka on 23 March 1921. Between that first arrival and his final visit in 1946, Gandhi returned eight times. Each journey left a distinct imprint.

3.Milk prices are set to rise across Odisha as the Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (OMFED) has announced revised retail rates for its popular milk variants from October 4, 2026. The biggest increase of Rs 4 per litre, rising from Rs 54 to Rs 58 per litre. The price of the 500-ml packet will increase by Rs 2.

4.5.Odisha’s Higher Education Department receives the SKOCH Platinum Award 2026 for its SAMS portal, recognised for transparent digital admissions and technology-enabled student services across the state.

5.India’s economy is expected to grow by 7.3 per cent in the second quarter of FY27.

6.The Odisha government has revised the effective date of regularisation of Junior Teachers ( Schematic ) recruited during 2023-24. It has ordered thier regularisation as Assistant Teachers with effect from January 1, 2026.

7.The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to grant any relief against the freezing of  Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congressfour of the party’s bank accounts by the state police and instead asked the Calcutta High Court to expedite the proceedings pending before it.

8.Sradhanjali Lenka, wife of late Chinmaya Pradhan, a former employee of the Police Motor Transport, was provided financial assistance of Rs. 10 lakh under the SBI PSP Account benefits following the untimely demise of her husband.

9.Aadhaar identification will now be mandatory for registration of property-related documents in Maharashtra, with no document registration being permitted without a valid identity proof.

10.Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded answers from the Election Commission of India (ECI) regarding the controversial changes made to the online Form 6 for new voters. He asked who ordered Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to implement the changes and who within the company approved them

11.India's gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue continued to show strong growth in September, rising 14.7 per cent year-on-year to more than Rs 2.03 lakh crore, supported by higher collections from both domestic transactions and imports.

12.The directive comes amid the removal of around 13 crore names from draft electoral rolls across states and Union Territories during SIR. The figure refers to deletions from the draft rolls and does not mean that all those removed were eligible voters wrongly excluded.

13.Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday launched the expanded 'Vettri Payanam' scheme, providing free bus travel for women, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.

14.An FIR has been registered against Karnataka BJP leader Ravi Patil and others for allegedly attempting to delete the names of 198 voters belonging to the minority community from the electoral roll in Belagavi district through Form-7 applications during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), police said on Friday.

15.The 2026 Asian Games is a multi-sport event held from September 19 to October 4, 2026 in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan. India makes its 12th appearance at the competition. The Indian contingent for this edition consists of 503 athletes: 269 men and 234 women.

16.The ECI letter suggested that the BLOs may cover at least 20-25 electors in a week so as to complete this exercise within a period of about one month