1.The statewide door-to-door survey will be conducted from October 26 to November 7. Cut-Off Date for New Voters: January 1, 2027, Draft Voter List Publication: January 1, 2027, Final Voter List Publication: February 10, 2027

2.The Odia film industry (Ollywood), the long wait is finally over as shooting lights are set to glow once again at the legendary Kalinga Studio. The State Government at an estimated cost of Rs 164 crore, the fully modernised facility is complete and ready for action. 

3.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and FlyDubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar to light a celebratory flame at Israel's next Independence Day ceremony.

4.Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala ordered a Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) inquiry into allegations linked to Gyanesh Kumar’s tenure as the state’s Public Works Department Secretary in 2006.

5.The Delhi Police has transferred to the Crime Branch complaints by three women journalists who alleged sexual harassment by police personnel while covering a protest against Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar.

6.India and Canada will begin the fifth round of negotiations for the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in Ottawa on October 5, with both sides aiming to conclude the talks by the end of this year, an official said.

7.Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Sunday laid the foundation for three lakh welfare houses across the state, with a pilot project using 3D printing technology launched alongside the programme.

8.The Sri Lanka Navy arrested nine Indian fishermen and seized their trawler on Saturday, October 3, for allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters south of Delft Island, Jaffna, the island nation's navy said in a statement.

9.A 28-year-old noted criminal was killed after his friend allegedly slashed his throat during a drunken brawl in Odisha's Brahmapur.

10.United States and 16 other countries have endorsed a new international initiative aimed at harnessing "Super Intelligence" to accelerate scientific discovery, expand researchers' access to advanced computing and experiment with new ways of funding science.

11.The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Monday a batch of pleas seeking suspension of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and challenging the manner in which the poll panel led by him took decisions, allegedly without the approval of two election commissioners

12.The state government has extended the validity period of the Odisha Electric Vehicle Policy, 2021 till December 31, 2026.

13.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday called for addiction to be uprooted from Odisha, launching the Commissionerate Police awareness campaign Jeevan Jindabad 2.0 and tying the appeal to a concrete freeze on new liquor outlets. Under the new excise policy effective from 1 April, no new liquor shop will open for the next three years.

14.NHRC has directed that during Navratri, Diwali and Chhath Puja, local vendors should not be unnecessarily evicted or deprived of their livelihoods.

15.The Indian economy grew at nearly 8 per cent in the April-June 2026 quarter.