1.Noted Odia poet, essayist and former CSIR-IMMT scientist Ashutosh Parida will receive the prestigious 47th Sarala Puraskar for his poetry collection ‘Bishwas De Pruthwi’, official sources said Wednesday

2.The Ila-Bansidhar Panda Kala Samman 2026 for lifetime excellence in the field of art. Odissi maestro and Padma Shri awardee Guru Durga Charan Ranbir and sculptor and art educator Damodar Behera will receive the honour.

3.The Odisha state government is committed to intensifying the crackdown on illegal drugs and narcotics trade, with an aim to make the state free from illicit drug activities.

4.The death toll from a gold mine collapse in a western part of Central African Republic has risen to more than 100.

5.Skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Abhishek scored a brace each to help India beat arch-rivals Pakistan 5-3 in their final Pool D match of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup here Wednesday.

6.Despite a 2014 directive from the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) and the state government instructing District Collectors to identify and demolish unsafe and abandoned school buildings, hazardous structures continue to pose a threat to students across the state,

7.Researchers at the National Institute of Technology Raurkela (NIT-R) have secured a patent for a high-strength composite material developed from coal-mining and industrial waste, with potential applications in roads carrying heavy traffic.

8.Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wednesday approved four multi-tracking railway projects across multiple states, including Odisha, with a total investment of Rs 9,450 crore, which will be completed by 2030-31.

9. Kalahandi: Former Congress MLA Sibaji Majhi died at his native Danarguda village in Odisha's Kalahandi district .He was 55..

10.Odisha is likely to face more heat and increasingly uneven monsoon rainfall in the coming decades, even as the state’s overall rainfall is projected to increase, an analysis by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).

11.Revenue and Disaster Management (R&DM) Minister Suresh Pujari Wednesday launched a revenue grievance redressal system through the ‘Ama Sathi’ WhatsApp chatbot at Lok Seva Bhawan.

12.More than 3.09 crore voters have so far been found eligible for inclusion in state’s final electoral rolls following the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

13.The Supreme Court Wednesday pulled up the Odisha government for not taking a decision on the remission plea of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving life sentence for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons in 1999

14.Wednesday as the third day of an agitation by online auto and taxi drivers, Commissionerate Police swung into action. Over 100 protesters were arrested, and more than 400 autos, cars, and bikes were seized.

15.Atletico Madrid began their La Liga campaign on a winning note as second-half goals from Kang-In Lee and Alex Baena secured a 2-0 victory over promoted Malaga .