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1. US short-seller Hindenburg Research launched a fresh broadside against market regulator Sebi chairperson Madhabi Buch, alleging she and her husband had stakes in obscure offshore funds used in the Adani money siphoning scandal.
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2.Police arrested one person for his alleged involvement in the sexual assault and murder of a woman postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor at the state-run Kar Medical College and Hospital, a senior officer said Saturday.
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3.A group of Odia and Santali wikimedians from the state attended the annual Wikimania conference in Katowice, Poland recently. The Odia wikimedians user group was represented by Subhasish Panigrahi, Chinmayee Mishra and Aliva Sahoo.
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4.A day after the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved six railway projects for Odisha, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Saturday said these projects would be ready by the end of 2031.
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5.The state government Saturday suspended Odisha Bridge and Construction Corporation (OBCC) Limited additional chief engineer Pradeep Kumar Rath on charges of corruption and possession of disproportionate assets (DA) worth over `10 crore.
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6.The Orissa High Court has directed the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Central), district Collector of Jajpur and the additional district magistrate (ADM) to take a decision, as per the law, on a petition filed by a man seeking a job in Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL), within a period of three months.
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7.At a time when kids devote their time to studies and play, a group of students in rural Daringbadi block in Kandhamal district is doing something unusual and unique to work towards environment protection.
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8.Finance Secretary TV Somanathan was Saturday named as the new Cabinet Secretary by the government for a tenure of two years. He will succeed incumbent Rajiv Gauba, who completes his unprecedented five-year term in the top bureaucratic post this month-end.
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9. Lieutenant Governor (LG) Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd) laid the foundation stone of the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) by POWERGRID in Ladakh, at the Raj Niwas here.
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10.Bangladesh's Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan and five other judges of the apex Appellate Division Saturday tendered their resignation, five days after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s regime amid massive street protests and students marching towards the apex court demanding a revamp of the judiciary.
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11.An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound housing displaced Palestinian families killed around 100 people, the Gaza Civil Emergency Service said Saturday.
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12.Former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh passed away on Saturday night after prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 93.
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13.Finance Secretary T V Somanathan was on Saturday named as the new Cabinet Secretary by the government for a tenure of two years.
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14.One of the gates of the Tungabhadra dam in Karnataka was washed away last night due to the snapping of chain link.
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15.The Assam Police is on a high alert along the India-Bangladesh border to ensure that no person enters the state illegally in view of the unrest in the neighbouring country, a top officer said.