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1.The Supreme Court Wednesday expressed utter displeasure at the mode and manner in which the Odisha government is proceeding for recovery of dues from the defaulting lessees which had violated the mining norms.
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2.Inland Water Transport (IWT) will play a key role in shaping the future of trade connectivity in eastern India, Commerce and Transport department Principal Secretary Usha Padhee said at the India Maritime Week 2025 in Mumbai Wednesday.
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3.A three-day special enforcement drive was conducted across Odisha under the direction of Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena, targeting four major motor vehicle rule violations. During the drive, 4,476 e-challans were issued under the Motor Vehicles Act
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4.A Special Vigilance Court in Berhampur Wednesday granted conditional bail to 114 job aspirants who were earlier arrested in connection with the much-publicized jobs-for-cash scam in the police sub-inspector recruitment examination under the Odisha Police Recruitment Board.
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5.Several parts of Odisha Wednesday experienced light to moderate rain as the severe cyclonic storm Montha weakened into a deep depression and caused landslides, damaging roads, bridges and houses in southern districts.
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6.US President Donald Trump Wednesday said that the US is “doing a trade deal with India” as the two sides continue to hold talks on the proposed trade pact.
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7.India and China held a fresh round of high-level military talks focusing on maintaining peace and security along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh using existing mechanisms.
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8.Seven people were arrested with brown sugar in Khurda district, police said Wednesday.
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9.Odisha Vigilance Wednesday caught an assistant Commercial Tax and GST (CT & GST) offi cer red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs12,000 from a businessman in Titilagarh, Bolangir district.
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10.The Railway Board has approved the construction of a new railway station at Nedumbassery, a signifi cant development for air passengers using the Cochin International Airport.
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11.The Punjab government will open Aam Aadmi Clinics in central jails to provide comprehensive and quality healthcare, including crucial mental health support, to inmates, said state health minister Balbir Singh Monday.
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12.Despite pollution levels dropping marginally, the national capital's air quality continued to stay in the “poor” range with an AQI of 279, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
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13.As many as 51 Naxalites, 20 of them carrying a collective bounty of `66 lakh, surrendered in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh Wednesday, police said.
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14. As India observes World Stroke Day, medical experts have sounded alarm over a worrying rise in stroke cases among younger adults, warning that the disease is no longer confined to the elderly.
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15.The income tax department on Wednesday extended the deadline for fi ling I-T returns for AY 2025-26 by corporates and those assessees who need to get their accounts audited to December 10