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1.The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha, will conduct the Plus Two Exams-2026 between February 15 and 25.
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2.US President Donald Trump has claimed that his ‘friend’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured him that India would stop purchasing oil from Russia, a move he described as a ‘big step’ towards increasing pressure on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
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3.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday announced a 3 per cent increase in dearness allowance (DA) of state government employees.
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4.The Odisha Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) department, Thursday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gastro Liver Care Foundation (GLCF) under the initiative titled ‘Krutagyanta’ to promote preventive healthcare and liver health awareness among fi re service personnel.
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5.The Election Commission Thursday termed the Bihar SIR “accurate” and told the Supreme Court that the petitioner political parties and NGOs are merely content with making “false allegations” to discredit the exercise.
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6.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Thursday said that the state government will request the Gauhati High Court to set up a fasttrack court to decide on singer Zubeen Garg’s death case.
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7.The Karnataka Cabinet Thursday decided to bring rules, apparently to check RSS activities, including marching on the roads and holding events in public places and government premises.
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8.India has shown a 94 per cent rise in reported sexual offences against children under POCSO between 2017 and 2022, from 33,210 to 64,469 cases, but despite the rising numbers, the prosecution rate remains above 90 per cent, signalling stronger enforcement and reporting mechanisms, according to a new report.
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9.China Thursday defended its oil imports from Russia as legitimate and lawful, warning the US that it would take “fi rm countermeasures” if it imposed unilateral sanctions affecting Beijing’s interests.
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10.About 85 per cent of the digital payment transactions take place through UPI in India, and the country can be a case study in inclusive, secure, and scalable Digital Public Platforms (DPPs) said Sanjay Malhotra, Governor, RBI.
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11.Rising for the second straight session, the rupee appreciated 12 paise to close at Rs 87.96 against the US dollar Thursday, buoyed by a softer American currency against major currencies and renewed risk-on sentiment among investors.
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12.Indian athlete and adventurer with a cause, Mann Sharma, has created history by completing the world's first-ever Burpees Marathon, covering an astonishing 42.195 kilometres, entirely through broad burpees, over a course of nine days here at the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium.
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13.A landlord sustained grievous injuries after being brutally attacked by his tenant at his residence in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district on Thursday night.
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14.Chanchal Rana officially assumed charge as the 27th vice chairman of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA)
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The ECI on Thursday affirmed that it is strictly enforcing the landmark decisions introduced by former CEC T.N. Seshan in 1994 regarding ‘Pardanasheen’ (Burqa-clad) women voters during the next month’s Bihar assembly elections.