1.The Higher Education Department has refunded admission fees of altogether 1,11,678 undergraduate (UG) students in Odisha.

2.The eighth session of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly will commence on November 18 and continue until December 31, according to sources in the Assembly.

3.The NVS-03 will carry onboard an indigenous atomic clock along with other atomic clocks and satellite navigation signals that offer a wide coverage of the entire Indian landmass extending up to 1500 km.

4.BJP-led NDA alliance sweeps Karnataka MLC elections, holds ground in UP and Bihar, as Congress faces zero wins in 28 council seats.

5.Heavy rainfall triggered by Cyclone 'Arnab' has caused flooding in several parts of Odisha’s Ganjam district, leaving villages submerged, disrupting road connectivity and trapping residents in waterlogged areas.

6.With the objective of strengthening India’s navigation satellite system, ‘NavIC’, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch the NVS-03 satellite on October 30.

7.The UAE has honored Indian pilot Captain Smith Machhar with the ‘Zayed II – First Class’ award for saving a flydubai aircraft from an accident. During the ceremony, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan embraced Captain Machhar.

8.The Union Cabinet has formally approved a 3% hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA).

9.In Odisha, 2,245 pregnant women were shifted to various hospitals to ensure safe childbirth ahead of the cyclone. During this period, 931 women gave birth. Both the mothers and the infants are in good health. A total of 931 babies were born in Odisha during the ‘Arnab’ [cyclone] event.

10.The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central Government regarding a petition filed against the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and its associated rules.

11.Saudi Arabia has offered $1 billion to establish peace with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Saudi Arabia has been facing extensive losses due to attacks by the Houthi rebels.

12.The Central Government has announced a new toll pass. This system has been introduced to provide relief to people living within 20 km of a toll plaza. The toll pass will be issued starting from the 1st of next month. An annual pass can be purchased for a minimum of Rs 1,500; the cost for this pass will range between Rs1,500 and Rs3,000.

13. Noel Tata, chairman of Tata Trusts, is set to step down from the boards of six major Tata Group companies November 12, when he turns 70, in line with the conglomerate's retirement policy for non-executive directors.

14.The  Tamil Nadu government has revised auto-rickshaw fares for the Chennai Metropolitan Area and other parts of the state, fixing the minimum charge at Rs 50 for the first 1.8 km and Rs 25 for every subsequent km. 

15.Over 900 babies were born across Odisha during cyclonic storm Arnab, which severely affected the southern parts of the state, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Wednesday.

16.Twenty-two Indians including 14 seafarers have been killed in the ongoing West Asia conflict and India is "deeply concerned" over the overall situation in the region, 

17.The BJP Thursday named Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri as the party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha bypoll in Madhya Pradesh.

18.Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan personally inspected the ongoing construction of the special queue-based Darshan system at the iconic Srimandir in Puri. Dhadi Darshan Soon at Srimandir.

19. The Supreme Court of India has quashed the bail previously granted to former Rajya Sabha MP from Rayagada, N. Bhaskar Rao  and co-accused by the Orissa High Court and Directs Surrender Within 2 Weeks

20.Celebrated actress Mahasweta Ray honored for 50 glorious years in Odia cinema as the three-day Golden Jubilee celebrations conclude at Kalinga Studio.