1.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday announced that smart devices will be installed in all buses as part of the state government’s effort to ensure road safety and reduce accidents.
2.Four Army personnel were killed and one injured when their vehicle fell into a gorge in Bandipora district of J&K, officials said Saturday
3.Eminent physicist Rajagopala Chidambaram, who played a key role in the nuclear tests of 1974 and 1998, passed away Saturday, according to the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). He was 88.
4.Roughly a fourth of the Indian population has access to a rehabilitation centre within an hour of experiencing an ischaemic stroke -- caused when a blood clot affects supply to the brain, a study has found.
5.The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) is all set to organise the Ekamra Utsav from January 5 to January 16, said BDA vice chairman N Thirumala Naik here, Saturday.
6.The Supreme Court has stressed on the need of hologram-based colour-coded stickers for vehicles to tackle air pollution, saying it was considering to make it mandatory in states and Union Territories beyond the National Capital Region.
7.Even under ambitious climate policies, lower-income countries would see consumer food prices rise 2.45 times by 2050 while producer prices would rise 3.3 times, a study has found.
8.US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber’s top job Friday by a razor-thin margin that highlighted potential fi ssures among President-elect Donald Trump’s Republicans on Capitol Hill.
9.HDFC Bank saw quarter-on-quarter deposit growth outpace loan growth in the three months to December 31, the country's biggest private lender said Saturday.
10.Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Delhi section of the Namo Bharat corridor between Ashok Nagar and Sahibabad.
11.The Indus valley script remains an unsolved riddle for over a century, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said here on Sunday and announced a prize of US dollar 1 million to those who decipher it.
12.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated a 13-kilometre stretch of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Namo Bharat corridor between Sahibabad and New Ashok Nagar, fulfilling the dream of millions of residents of the National Capital Region.
13.An investigation was started after a drone was spotted over the revered Jagannath temple in Puri in the early hours of Sunday, police said.
14.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of two persons killed by looters during a dacoity attempt in Odisha’s Jajpur district.
15.A businessman was allegedly kidnapped near Kolab Bridge under Boipariguda police limits in Odisha's Koraput district.
1. Hari Babu Kambhampati was sworn in as the 27th Governor of Odisha during a function at the Raj Bhavan here Friday
2.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday declared the unseasonal rain in December last year as a natural calamity to facilitate disbursement of compensation from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to farmers for crop damage, due to the untimely weather even.
3.The state Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Friday announced the release of two Subhadra Yojana instalments of `10,000 at one go to beneficiaries who apply for the scheme before March 31
4.A rare melanistic leopard with a cub has been spotted in a forest in Nayagarh district, bringing cheer to wildlife lovers, an official said Friday.
5.Reports about the outbreak and rapid spread of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China are doing the rounds on social media.
6.According to the CYSD findings (Emergent Odisha: Demography and Development), the prevalence of anaemia has surged to 64 per cent, with districts like Malkangiri, Sundargarh, and Angul reporting rates above 70 per cent.
7.The 5th National Chilika Bird Festival will be organised from January 6 to 12, informed Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia Friday.
8.The strength of girl cadets in the NCC has risen to 40 per cent and a phase-wise expansion has been planned for the Corps in the next few years, senior officials said Friday.
9.The Supreme Court Friday called for an introspection by government authorities, including the National Highways Authority of India, over excessive delays in fi ling of appeals.
10.A court Friday granted regular bail to top Telugu actor Allu Arjun, an accused in the case booked over the death of a woman in a stampede here during the premiere of his latest fi lm 'Pushpa-2'.
11.Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Delhi are among the 13 states and Union Territories that have been categorised as “achievers” in the logistics index chart 2024, according to a report released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry Friday.
12.Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.
13.The Odisha government Friday decided to sponsor the national Kho Kho team for three years as part of its promotion of the game.
14.Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Friday said the electric vehicle (EV) companies present in the meeting have unanimously agreed that they would no longer need subsidies once the existing subsidy regime ends.
15.Rural poverty has declined signifi cantly to 4.86 per cent in the fi scal ending March 2024 from 25.7 per cent in 2011-12 mainly driven by government support programmes, said a SBI research released Friday.
16.The Indian rupee ended at a record closing low Friday, pressured by a decline in the Chinese yuan, and logged a ninth straight week of losses due to the relentless rise in the US dollar.
17.The government has released the long-awaited draft of Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, which do not mention any penal action for violations.
18.Tigress Zeenat was reintroduced to the wild at the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district Friday.
19.The state government will provide additional subsidy of Rs 25,000 for installation of 1KW rooftop solar panels for solar projects with maximum capacity of 2KW.
20.FC Goa and Odisha FC will look to build on their prolific recent form when they lock horns in their Indian Super League match here Saturday.
1.Governor-designate Hari Babu Kambhampati, who arrived in the City by a special fl ight Thursday afternoon, will take oath as the Governor Friday.
2.Noted Odia poet Prativa Satpathy will be conferred the Gangadhar National Award for Poetry 2023 by the Sambalpur University here on the occasion of its 58th foundation day January 5.
3.After bagging first prize at the 75th Republic Day Parade last year, the Odisha tableau will not feature during this year’s Republic Day Parade in New Delhi January 26.
4.The Jharkhand High Court Thursday granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) three weeks to fi le a response to an affidavit filed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
5.India emerged as the second most targeted nation in terms of cyber attacks in the world as 95 Indian entities came under data theft attacks in 2024, cyber intelligence firm Cloud SEK said in a report.
6.Chattogram court denies bail to Hindu monk and former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case.
7.The state government will enhance their pension amount. The freedom fighters, who were imprisoned, will get an increased pension of Rs 20,000 a month from earlier Rs 10,000 a month.
8.The state government is set to roll out the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) soon, Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling said here Thursday.
9.In a tragic fallout of an extramarital affair, a man shot his wife dead with an arrow at Handibhanga village under Bamebari police station in Keonjhar district Wednesday night.
10.The Delhi Pollution Control Committee collected over Rs112 crore in environmental compensation between April, 2015 and November 20, 2024, the NGT was recently told.
11.The CBI has booked one of its own deputy SPs posted in the Bank Security and Frauds branch in Mumbai for allegedly taking “undue advantage” from people probed by him, officials said Thursday.
12.Former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, who had often taken an independent line against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government allies, said Wednesday he was resigning from parliament.
13.Elon Musk, a prominent advocate for the H-1B visa program, is speaking from both personal experience and as a business owner, with his company, Tesla, increasingly relying on foreign talent to fi ll key roles.
14.A court in the southeastern port city of Chattogram Thursday denied bail to Hindu monk and former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case.
15.India will provide Sri Lankan Rupees 290 million to develop the Karainagar Boatyard in the Northern Province of the island nation, the Indian High Commission said Thursday.
1.Lakhs of devotees visited Srimandir here to seek blessings of the sibling deities – Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath – on New Year’s Day Wednesday, an official said.
2.Crime cases in the Capital city went northward, while they declined in neighbouring Cuttack last year compared to 2023. 21,613 cases were registered in the twin cities in 2024 as against 19,410 in 2023.
3.Women beneficiaries of the state will receive health insurance cover of 10 lakh per annum under the implement Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in the state by the end of February 2025, while male beneficiaries can avail cashless treatment at empanelled hospitals up to 5 lakh.
4.The state government has set a target for 1.5 lakh appointments in the public sector over the next five years. Of these, 65,000 government posts will be filled up in two years.
5.The state government has set January 15 deadline for completing Aadhaar-based e-KYC verification of ration cards in circulation, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra said Wednesday.
6.The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) approved 25 projects across various sectors with a combined investment of Rs 4,222.24 crore, Wednesday.
7.The Union Cabinet Wednesday extended a one-time package to subsidise key fertiliser DAP at the cost of up to `3,850 crore and approved a one-year extension of two crop insurance schemes, decisions that Prime Minister Narendra Modi said were dedicated to farmers.
8.India's total greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 fell by 7.93 percent compared to 2019, while the emission intensity of its GDP declined 36 per cent between 2005 and 2020, according to data submitted to the UN climate change office.
9.Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine came to a halt on New Year’s Day, marking the end of decades of Moscow’s dominance over Europe’s energy markets.
10.Benchmark Sensex and Nifty started the New Year on a high note with the key indices closing higher in a see-saw trade Wednesday on buying in blue-chip stocks.
11.The Reserve Bank Wednesday said 98.12 per cent of the `2000 banknotes have been returned to the banking system, and only `6,691 crore worth such notes are still with the public,
12.Punjab government Wednesday continued with its efforts to persuade farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal to take medical aid, with former additional DGP Jaskaran Singh saying discussions in this regard were also held with farmer leaders.
13.AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, alleging distribution of money and deletion of names of Purvanchali and Dalit voters by the BJP ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls.
14.Decades after it was closed over communal violence in Moradabad, a temple in the Daulatabagh area has been reopened by local administration and authorities, according to officials.
15.Three decades after it was constructed, one of the oldest security bunkers in Srinagar city has been dismantled -- underlining the improvement in the Kashmir valley’s security situation.
1.The state government Tuesday reinstated journalists’ access to Lok Seva Bhawan (Secretariat) here. The curbs on Lok Seva Bhawan entry were partially lifted in 2022 for accredited journalists, but they were still prevalent for many media personnel.
2.On the last day of the year, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh expressed ‘regret’ and ‘apologised’ for the ethnic strife that has gripped the state since May 3, 2023, leaving 250 dead and rendered thousands homeless.
3.In a first, Odisha will host the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar from January 8 to 10.
4.Residents of 52 villages across three panchayats – Sunabeda, Soseg and Michhapali—within Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in this district are struggling to fulfi ll their basic needs, as the benefi ts of several government schemes fail to reach the forest dwellers residing 36,000 feet above sea level.
5.Wildlife have reportedly disappeared from Daringbadi in Kandhamal district due to increasing noise pollution arising out of largescale human activities during this ongoing picnic season.
6.The Punjab government Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on an indefi nite fast for over a month, has agreed for medical aid given the Centre accepted his proposal to hold talks.
7.Manipur, which has been witnessing prolonged ethnic violence between majority Meitei and tribal Kuki communities, accounted for about 77 per cent of the total violence in the entire northeastern region in 2023, according to the latest annual report of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
8.Community leaders, campaigners, academics and medics are among over 30 Indian-origin professionals to be recognised in King Charles’ 2025 New Year Honours List released in London in time for New Year’s Eve.
9.The social media accounts of the Sri Lankan police and the offi cial website of the government’s Printer Department were targeted by cyberattacks Tuesday.
10.The Centre’s fi scal defi cit at the end of the eighth month of fi nancial year 2024-25 touched 52.5 per cent of the full-year target, government data showed Tuesday.
11.National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has lifted the limit from onboarding UPI users for the third-party app provider WhatsApp Pay with immediate effect.
12.Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali surprised herself with a stellar performance to enter the quarterfi nals of the World Blitz Championship here, even as recently-crowned rapid champion Koneru Humpy made an early exit.
13.The rupee depreciated 13 paise to close at fresh record low of 85.65 (provisional) against the US dollar Tuesday, ending the year with a sharp 3 per cent loss on signifi cant foreign fund outflows and a strong greenback in global markets.
14.The stomach infection norovirus is causing alarm in the United States, with the fi rst week of December seeing more than 90 cases recorded.
15.Venezuela’s Supreme Court has issued a $10 million fi ne against TikTok for “not implementing measures” to prevent viral video challenges that have allegedly led to the deaths of three Venezuelan children recently.
