1.The Chief Minister’s Grant for Research on Odisha’s Wildlife (CM-GROW) programme, Singkhuntia said another 300 AI-enabled and regular surveillance cameras would be installed in the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district to monitor poaching and study animal behaviour in the wild.

2.A study has found that Olive Ridley turtles, which congregate in lakhs for annual nesting on the Odisha coast, showed distinct movement and habitat use patterns between males and females

3.The Keralam government will install sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators at public places, including tourist destinations and KSRTC terminals, to facilitate women's travel.

4.A man accused of raping a woman at gunpoint in Bhubaneswar was injured during an alleged exchange of fire with police on Saturday.

5.Keralam Minister T Siddique has said a comprehensive initiative is underway to make Wayanad India's first district free of electronic waste by November 1, the state's formation day.

6.Highlighting a historical detail from India's pre-Independence administrative setup, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pointed out that even under British rule, the civil services examination included a paper in Sanskrit.

7.India defeated Pakistan by 19 runs in the men's cricket final at the 2026 Asian Games on Saturday to win the gold medal. India's victory over Pakistan also secured the country's first gold medal in men's cricket at the Asian Games.

8.Pranavi Sharath Urs scripted history on Saturday by winning the gold medal in the women’s individual stroke play event at the 2026 Asian Games, becoming the first Indian woman to claim the top prize in individual golf at the continental Games.

9.Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday announced cash rewards of Rs 11 lakh each for the players of the Indian women's hockey team for winning the gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games.

10.Jagannath temple authorities on Saturday said they would construct a new guest house in Puri for pilgrims, an official statement said.

11.The Supreme Court has granted eight weeks to the Bihar government to comply with its directions to remove all unauthorised structures and encroachments on the floodplains between Nauzar Ghat and Nurpur Ghat in Patna.

12.The Ministry of Education has approved setting up of five Centres of Excellence for studies in classical Assamese, Bengali, Pali, Marathi and Prakrit. The Centres of Excellence will be set up are Tezpur University (Assamese), Visva Bharati University (Bengali), Central University of Odisha (Pali), Central University of Gujarat (Prakrit), Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute in Pune (Marathi).

13.Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday urged the Centre to provide Rs 7,142.64 crore as drought relief to the state, as farmers and the general public were facing severe hardship.

14.The external affairs minister further informed the panel that Russia has agreed to take around 70,000 Indian skilled workers this year, especially in the fields of construction and logistics, people familiar with the meeting said.

15.The Indian government has had at least two Facebook accounts withheld in India. Both accounts are critical of the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), according to a post on X. One account belongs to Ebo Mili, a lawyer and prominent anti-dam activist.