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1.Malayalam superstar Mohanlal has been named the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2023, the country’s highest recognition in the fi eld of cinema, the I&B Ministry announced Saturday.
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2. The state government has initiated steps for the construction of a new secretariat building in Bhubaneswar, Works Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan told the Assembly, Saturday
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3. Over 1.33 lakh foreign tourists visited Odisha in five years, starting 2020, with the highest of 53,392 in 2024, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida told the Assembly Saturday.
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4.The state government has collected Rs 3,232.43 crore as Excise revenue till the end of August in the current financial year, Excise Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan informed the Assembly Saturday.
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5.The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has decided to put restrictions on the use of mobile phones by officials, police and servitors on the temple premises.
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6.Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will lead an offi cial delegation to the US for trade talks September 22, an offi cial statement said Saturday
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7.Trump signed the proclamation ‘Restriction on entry of certain nonimmigrant workers’, saying the abuse of the H-1B visa programme is a ‘national security threat.’
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8.The Kerala High Court has observed that it cannot accept multiple marriages of a Muslim man when he has no capacity to maintain his wives, and one of them approaches the court claiming maintenance.
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9.Iraq is set to open the country's first industrial-scale solar plant on Sunday in a vast expanse of desert in Karbala province, southwest of Baghdad.
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10.Saudi Arabia will defend Pakistan in the event of India declaring war on its neighbour, Pak Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told reporters in Islamabad Friday, emphasising the 'strategic mutual assistance' component of the deal two countries signed this week.
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11.Using the Time Use Survey 2024, the government is set to decode deeper insights into applications of data for policymaking, according to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
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12.The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has introduced a signifi cant change that will make it easier for professionals to transfer their provident fund balance when switching jobs.
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13.India has emerged as a global leader in seafood exports, currently supplying to 132 countries, and the nation has set an aim to double its exports to $15 billion by 2030.
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14.India's Greco-Roman wrestlers continued to struggle at the World Wrestling Championships with all three in action Saturday getting eliminated early, bringing an end to the abject show by the country at this year's edition.
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15.Indian men's para badminton pair of Abu Hubaida and Prem Kumar Ale clinched a bronze medal in the WH1-WH2 category after the top seeds lost their semifi nal match to China's Mai Jianpeng and Qu Zimo 4-21, 10-21 in the China Para Badminton International, here Saturday