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1.The toll in the stampede during a rally by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in Karur’s Veluchamypuram rose to 40 after a man succumbed to injuries at a government hospital, a Health offi cial said Sunday.
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2.Odisha is likely to experience a wet Dussehra October 2, as a low-pressure area is expected to form over the Bay of Bengal the previous day, bringing heavy rainfall in the eastern state, the IMD said.
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3. A 32-year-old visually challenged teacher from Jajpur district cleared the Odisha Civil Services (OCS) examination, securing 300th rank in his third attempt.
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4.Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), the technology wing of the state General Education Department, has successfully implemented comprehensive online management portals to fully digitise the activities of the NSS across the higher secondary and vocational higher secondary schools in the state.
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5.As per a government survey In societal attitudes towards marriage, 62.5 per cent of girls in Madhya Pradesh are now preferring to marry after the age of 21, compared to 56 per cent in 2020.
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6.Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Sunday fl agged off 300 new DTC electric buses, saying their routes have been rationalised for better connectivity.
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7.A Delhi court Sunday remanded Chaitanyananda Saraswati, a selfstyled godman and a sexual harassment accused, to fi ve days’ police custody for questioning.
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8.Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday rejected the ceasefire offer given by Maoists, saying if the extremists want to surrender and lay down arms, they are most welcome to do so and security forces would not fi re a single bullet on them.
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9.US President Donald Trump said he was directing the US military to deploy to Portland, Oregon and to protect federal immigration facilities against "domestic terrorists", saying he was authorizing them to use "full force, if necessary."
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10.The Centre has issued operational guidelines for the deployment of about 72,300 public EV charging stations across the country with Rs 2,000-crore outlay under the Rs 10,900 crore PM E-DRIVE scheme.
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11.The UK government has announced a 1.5-billion pound ($2 billion) loan guarantee for Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to stabilise its supply chain following a cyberattack that halted production for nearly a month.
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12.The Commissionerate Police has tightened security in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack for smooth organisation Dussehra festival. This year, altogether 193 Puja pandals have come up in the capital city and 160 in the Silver City.
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13.The Central Government has appointed Shirish Chandra Murmu as the new Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a tenure of three years, effective October 9.
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14.The Odisha Cabinet on Monday approved a landmark proposal to establish Adarsha Vidyalayas (model schools) in every Gram Panchayat under the Godabarisha Mishra Adarsha Prathamika Vidyalaya Yojana.
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15. Former Delhi captain Mithun Manhas was elected the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) unopposed along with other members, including board’s secretary Devajit Saikia, during its 94th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at its headquarters here Sunday.