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1.A Central Agricultural University will be established in Odisha’s Sambalpur. The varsity will be set up as per the Central Agricultural University Act, 1992.
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2.Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha, R.S. Gopalan, announced the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list will be undertaken in the State soon, marking the first such exercise in 24 years. The last SIR in Odisha was conducted in 2002.
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3.The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will offer various courses including postgraduate diplomas, diplomas and MBA in Odia language.
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4.Opposition parties Monday accused the Election Commission (EC) of failing to discharge its constitutional duty of ensuring a free and fair electoral system.
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5.JSW Steel and POSCO Group have joined hands to explore setting up a 6 million tonne per annum (MTPA) integrated steel plant in India, with Odisha being considered as one of the key locations.
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6.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend a crucial meeting of a state ministerial panel August 20 to put forth the Centre’s proposal for sweeping goods and services tax (GST) reforms.
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7.The Supreme Court questioned the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on why commuters should pay tolls when it takes 12 hours to travel from one end of the National Highway 544 in Kerala to the other during weekends.
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8.The price of coconut shells has seen a significant jump, rising to a record high of up to `35 per kg in some parts of Kerala in the past few months.
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9.A five-year-old boy was injured in a stray dog attack in Udaipur district of Rajasthan, police said.
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10.The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash the FIR lodged against a woman in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a minor boy and made a significant observation that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) is gender neutral.
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11.The development came after the Supreme Court directed the EC to publish the deleted names by August 19 and fi le a compliance report by August 22.
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12.The Supreme Court Monday granted bail to former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in teacher recruitment case investigated by the CBI but said he would be released after the trial court records statements of material witnesses.
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13.Hamas has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire proposal with Israel that includes the release of half the hostages held in Gaza and Israel’s release of some Palestinian prisoners, an Egyptian official source said Monday.
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14.Supreme Court agrees to hear a matter involving a row between the All India Football Federation and FSDL over the fate of 11 ISL clubs.
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15.Rituparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda, India’s first sibling shuttlers from Odisha, meet Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at Lok Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, Monday, ahead of the 2025 BWF World Championships scheduled to be held in Paris from August 25 to 31.