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1.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced the formation of 16 new notified area councils (NACs) as well as upgradation of seven existing NACs into municipalities. NACs- Loisingha Sohela Badamba Narasinghpur Salipur Gondia Jagannath Prasad Patrapur Chandikhol Narla Jaipatna Tangi Borigumma Kaptipada Jashipur Rasgovindpur. Municipalities - Bhanjanagar ,Aska ,Chhatrapur, Municipalities , Polasara ,Karanjia and Boudh .
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2.India Post has suspended all categories of mail operations destined to the US in the absence of clarity over new rules issued by the American Customs Department, an offi cial statement said Sunday.
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3.Indian online gaming app Mobile Premier League (MPL) will sack about 60 per cent of its local workforce as part of a major downsizing after the government banned paid games, said a company source.
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4.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized over a dozen luxury vehicles, including a Porsche, a Mercedes, a Mini Cooper and a BMW, following searches against an Odisha-based businessman and his companies in a money laundering case linked to Rs1,396 crore alleged bank fraud.
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5.A shopping mall in Sweden’s Eskilstuna is a delightful surprise for many as it is the fi rst in the world to sell only secondhand and repurposed items. This is not just a retail space. It is a municipality-led experiment in circular consumption, where everything sold has been donated by the public, ‘The Conversation’ reported, quoting Mary-Ann Ball, a researcher at Nottingham Trent University.
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6.Odisha Police have arrested a 27-year-old man from Gujarat’s Rajkot district for allegedly duping a state-based engineer of Rs7 lakh.
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7.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized a dozen luxury vehicles, including a Porsche, a Mercedes, a Mini Cooper and a BMW, following searches against an Odisha-based businessman and his companies in a money laundering case linked to Rs1,396 crore alleged bank fraud.
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8.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday lauded Odisha’s canoeist Rashmita Sahu, who recently clinched two gold medals at the inaugural Khelo India Water Sports Festival at Dal Lake in Srinagar, during the 125th edition of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’.
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9.The Kashmiri Pandit community Sunday reopened the Sharada Bhawani temple in Budgam district after over three decades with an overwhelming participation of the local Muslim community in the celebration.
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10.In a wooden house on the misty slopes of Taksing village in Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, 72-yearold Chakiap Bai leans forward and hums a lullaby in Nah, a language spoken by barely a few hundred people.
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11.India is likely to seal two mega submarine deals worth over `1 lakh crore by the middle of next year to crank up its undersea warfare capabilities against the backdrop of China's increasing naval prowess, authoritative sources said Sunday.
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12.Motor vehicle tax is compensatory in nature and if a vehicle is not used or not kept for use in a 'public place', then its owner should not be burdened with motor vehicle tax for such period, the Supreme Court has said.
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13. As many as 7,072 corruption cases probed by the CBI were pending trial in different courts, with 379 of them for over 20 years, according to the latest annual report of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
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14.Foreign investors pulled out Rs 34,993 crore (around $4 billion) from Indian equity markets in August, making it the sharpest sell-off in six months, weighed down by US tariffs on Indian exports and pricey domestic valuations.
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15.India is pushing rice exports to the world's largest importer of the commodity -- the Philippines -- and to tap the opportunity, a large delegation of leading exporters will visit the Southeast Asian nation next month, an official said.