1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said India has already begun production at three semiconductor plants, and five to eight more plants are expected to come up in the coming years.

2.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi  announced that the maximum age limit for government jobs would be increased from 32 to 42 years, providing a larger window for candidates seeking government employment.

3.Chief Minister Majhi said the government would extend free textbooks to students of Classes IX and X, expanding the existing benefit that was available only up to Class VII.

4.The odisha state will establish 2,200 Godabarish Mishra Model Primary Schools, while 26,000 teachers have already been recruited and the process for another 45,000 teacher appointments has begun.

5.The government will also establish 18 new government colleges in peripheral districts and four new universities.

6.The government has also raised the maximum age for government recruitment from 32 to 42 years.

7.Odisha has received investment proposals worth Rs 21 lakh crore over the past two years.

8.The Chief Minister also said Odisha has figured among the top five states in NITI Aayog's Investment Friendliness Index 2026.

9.The government has planned an investment of Rs 31,000 crore in three major expressway projects: Brahmapur–Jeypore Expressway, Paralakhemundi–Ambabhona Expressway and Motu–Tiringi Expressway

10.The official Instagram account of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) was taken down Saturday morning, but it was later restored.

11.Odisha government Saturday ordered a probe into the alleged discharge of excess water by a private power generation company into the Baitarani River "without informing" the authorities amid floods in Kendujhar district. 

12.The flood situation in six districts of Odisha remained grim Saturday as heavy rains triggered by a depression battered the state over the past 24 hours, prompting the government to move more than 95,000 people from low-lying areas to safer locations.

13.At least eight children have died from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh on Saturday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 902 this year.

14.Gujarat has recorded 217 suspected cases of Chandipura virus since June 30, with 39 testing positive and 23 deaths reported among confirmed patients.

15.The food regulator has directed the FMCG major to immediately cease the sale of products bearing claims such as "100 per cent Natural", "100 per cent Pure", "100 per cent Purity Guaranteed", "100 per cent Organic" and "100 per cent Tender Coconut Water".