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1.President Droupadi Murmu Sunday said India is spreading the message of peace in the world which is crucial to secure the future of humanity.
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2.Four eminent personalities from Odisha are among the 131 individuals selected for the prestigious Padma Awards for 2026, announced by the Union government Sunday. They are: Sakhi Nata folk theatre artiste Simanchal Patro, Santali author and cultural activist Charan Hembram, and master tie-and-dye artisan Sarat Kumar Patra, and eminent educationist and folklorist Mahendra Kumar Mishra.
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3.The government announced 131 Padma awards for the year 2026, including five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri, which includes two duo cases in which the award for two individuals is counted as one.
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4.The Odisha government on Sunday announced the names of 20 police personnel selected for the Governor’s Medal for 2025, to be conferred Monday on the occasion of Republic Day.
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5.Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who created history by becoming the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS), was Monday awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award.
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6. Nalco is transitioning its power-intensive smelting operations to renewable energy sources, and plans to set up 200- 300 MW of green power capacity backed by battery storage to ensure a reliable supply and significantly cut overall carbon emissions.
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7.Nepali Congress party has bagged nine seats followed by CPN-UML with eight and Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party with one seat in Sunday's election to the National Assembly.
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8.India’s combined tax-to-GDP ratio has reached 19.6 per cent, placing the country at par with several major global economies and highlighting steady progress in tax collection efficiency, according to a report by Bank of Baroda.
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9.Thousands of devotees Sunday took holy dip at Chandrabhaga beach in Puri district on the occasion of ‘Magha Saptami’.
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10.Veteran journalist Mark Tully, a chronicler of India and an acclaimed author, breathed his last at a private hospital here Sunday, his close friend said. He was 90.
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11.Renowned vocalist and music director Abhijit Majumdar after a prolonged battle at the AIIMS here. He was 54.
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12.Alok Kumar Singh, 33, a professor of NM College in Vile Parle, who was allegedly stabbed to death by a commuter.
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13.There is a brutal killings in Bangladesh as a 23-year-old Hindu man was burnt to death inside a garage in the violence-hit neighbouring country’s Narsingdi district.
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14.Odisha State Election Commissioner (SEC) said the three-tier panchayat elections will be held on time. There are a total of 853 Zilla Parishad seats, 91,916 wards and 6,794 panchayats that will go to the polls.
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15.DMK President and Chief Minister MK Stalin Sunday hailed the “Language Martyrs” of the state who sacrificed their lives during the anti-Hindi agitation in the past and asserted that there was “no place” for the language here forever.