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1.The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether a law banning married couples facing secondary infertility from using surrogacy to have a second child amounts to a restriction by the State on the reproductive choices of citizens.
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2.A total of 12 states across India will collectively spend Rs1.68 lakh crore on unconditional cash transfer (UCT) schemes for women in 2025-26, up from just two states implementing such programmes three years ago, according to a new report by think tank PRS Legislative Research.
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3.India to cut direct imports of Russian crude from late November, following new US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil.
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4.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday announced plans to set up a new port at Bahuda in Ganjam district and a shipbuilding and repair centre at the Mahanadi river mouth near Paradip with a total investment of over Rs46,000 crore.
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5.Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old Indian-origin democratic socialist, pulled off a stunning victory in the fiercely contested New York city mayoral elections.
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6.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday inaugurated the famous Bali Yatra on the banks of the Mahanadi river here and announced an increase in the government grant for the festival from Rs 2 crore to Rs 10 crore.
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7.Over three lakh devotees witnessed the Suna Besha of Srimandir deities on Kartika Purnima Wednesday.
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8.Odisha Civil Services (OCS) aspirants have urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to include a fair number of Odisha Police Service (OPS–Group A) posts in the upcoming OCS-2025 recruitment notification, citing long-standing stagnation and minimal direct recruitment over the past decade.
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9.Security forces unearthed an arms manufacturing unit run by Maoists along Odisha–Chhattisgarh border and seized a large cache of sophisticated weapons and materials, offi - cials said Wednesday.
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10.Following the Central government's decision to hike the paddy minimum support price (MSP) by Rs 69 per quintal, the Odisha government is also going to procure paddy at a MSP of Rs 2,369 per quintal for common variety during the 2025–26 Kharif marketing season
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11.As part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, more than 1.10 crore enumeration forms were distributed across the state till 8pm Wednesday.
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12.Russia said Wednesday that its forces were advancing north inside Pokrovsk in a drive to take full control of the Ukrainian city, but the Ukrainian army said its units were battling hard to try to stop the Russians from gaining new ground.
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13.Residents of the central Philippines Wednesday began scraping mud from streets and homes that survived after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 85 and left dozens missing as it tore through the region.
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14.India is set to reduce its direct imports of Russian crude from late November, following new US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, effective November 21.
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15.Novak Djokovic battled through a tough opening set before pulling away to defeat Chile's Alejandro Tabilo 7-6 (3), 6-1 at the Hellenic Championship, the fi rst top-tier tournament held in Greece in more than 30 years.