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1.India asked all its nationals currently residing in Iran to leave by available means as the security situation in the country deteriorated .
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2.President Donald Trump said that NATO should help the US acquire Greenland and anything less than American control is unacceptable.
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3.The Odisha government is preparing a comprehensive plan for the integrated development, heritage conservation, and modern historical research of major Buddhist sites in the state.
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4.Eminent literature scholar and researcher Nrusingha Charan Sarangi was conferred with the prestigious Vyasa Kabi Fakir Mohan Odia Bhasha Samman 2021 by Odia Language, Literature and Culture (OLL&C) department.
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5.During a high-level committee meeting on Ama Bus operations Wednesday, officials approved an incentive scheme for bus captains and guides, set to roll out from January 26.
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6.Police in Bhadrak district rescued a one-month-old baby girl, who was allegedly sold for Rs35,000 by her parents due to financial distress, officials said.
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7.The Kerala Cabinet approved revised guidelines for the ‘connect to work’ scheme, aimed at improving youth employment prospects through skill development and financial support.
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8.Ahead of the 77th Republic Day, the Madhya Pradesh (MP) government has approved the premature release of 87 lifeterm convicts from prisons across the state.
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9.Architect-turned-writer Aaabhas Maldahiyar Wednesday took to X to lament the cancellation of a discussion on his book about Mughal Emperor Babur at the Bhopal Literature and Art Festival (BLF).
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10.The Calcutta High Court disposed of the TMC’s petition praying for protection of its data after the ED informed it that nothing was seized from I-PAC director Pratik Jain’s office and home during its raids last week.
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11.In a significant development, a special court convicted Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi and two others for offences including conspiracy to wage war against the country and being members of a terrorist organisation under stringent anti-terror law UAPA.
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12.Editors Guild of India urged governments of India and Pakistan to lift restrictions on news websites and restore access to cross border journalism.
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13.The Trump administration announced pausing immigrant visa processing for individuals from 75 countries, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Russia, as part of increasing crackdown on foreigners likely to rely on public benefits in the US.
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14.India's exports to China posted a USD 5.5 billion increase compared to last year bucking the declining trend even as the trade deficit hit a record USD 116.12 billion, as per the annual trade data released by Chinese customs here Wednesday.
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15.Wholesale price inflation increased for the second month in a row, rising 0.83 per cent in December 2025, driven by an uptick in prices of food, non-food articles, and manufactured items on a month-on month basis, government data showed Wednesday