1.The state government has extended the deadline for renewing the pollution under control (PUC) certificate for motor vehicles by a month.
2.Senior IAS officer Anu Garg was Wednesday named the next Chief Secretary of Odisha, making her the fi rst woman to be appointed to the post.
3.The Cabinet of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday decided to bear around Rs735 crore towards one year’s rent on installation of smart meters in the houses of domestic consumers of the state.
4.The state government also approved ‘Baraputra Aitihya Gram Yojana’ to develop the birthplaces of the state’s great sons and daughters, including freedom fighters, poets, social reformers and other eminent personalities at a cost of Rs345 crore.
5.The Cabinet also approved the proposal of promulgation of an ordinance for uniform reservation for teachers’ recruitment across public universities of the state.
6.A private jet carrying Libya’s military chief and four other officers and military staff crashed Tuesday after takeoff from Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing everyone on board.
7.US border patrol agents have arrested 30 Indian nationals, living illegally in America, operating semitrucks with commercial driver’s licenses.
8. Adani Power Ltd has raised its long-term installed capacity target to 41.87 gigawatt (GW) by FY32 and committed capital expenditure of about Rs 2 lakh crore, signalling one of the most aggressive private sector expansion plans in India's thermal power industry.
9.The Reserve Bank Wednesday postponed implementation of the second phase of the faster cheque clearance mechanism to provide more time to banks to streamline their operations.
10.The Delhi High Court order providing relief to Kuldeep Singh Sengar - the convict in the 2017 Unnao gangrape case -- will be challenged immediately in the Supreme Court by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
11.A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Odisha's Bhadrak district, triggering a massive outrage with locals demolishing the accused's house, police said on Wednesday.
12.Legendary classical vocalist Ustad Rashid Khan's son Armaan Khan cancelled his upcoming concerts in Bangladesh given the current political situation there.
13.The environment ministry on Wednesday issued directions to Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana and Rajasthan to impose a complete ban on the grant of any new mining leases in the Aravallis.
14.Delhi High Court on Wednesday slammed the government for failing to contain air pollution in Delhi and asked it to consider reducing goods and services tax (GST) on air purifiers.
15.The 14-year-old Suryavanshi becomes the youngest to score a hundred in men's List A cricket. His 150 came in 59 balls — the fastest in men’s List A history and he ended at 190 off 84 balls, which included 16 fours and 15 sixes.
India and New Zealand finalise talks on a free trade deal that will give India tariff-free access to the island nation’s markets.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the fi fth national conference of chief secretaries in the national capital this week, a senior government official said Monday.
Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, has been awarded Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour, the King Abdulaziz Medal of Excellence.
A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow Monday, Russian investigators said, adding that they suspected Ukrainian special services could have been behind the attack.
The Aravalli Range has returned to the national spotlight following a Supreme Court ruling redefining what qualifies as the ancient hill system.
The Delhi High Court Monday asked Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others to respond to a plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging the order of the trial court that refused to take cognisance of its chargesheet against them in the National Herald case.
Patiala Former IPS officer Amar Singh Chahal allegedly shot himself here Monday and in a purported note, he claimed that he had been duped of `8.10 crore by cyber thugs who posed as wealth management advisors.
The king of Puri, Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, accused the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) of spreading “misinformation” against Shree Jagannath culture and called upon religious scholars and devotees to oppose the holding of “untimely” Rath Yatra.
Normal life was affected in several parts of the state Monday, as the mercury dipped below the 10 degrees Celsius-mark at nine places, weather officials said.
Migratory birds like the Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) and the Common Crane (Grus grus) have begun arriving at the Pangaon and Kamkheda lakes in Latur’s Renapur tehsil, wildlife experts said Monday
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday lashed out at the Election Commission, alleging that there were “gross errors” in the draft rolls published following the enumeration phase of the SIR in the state.
The Reserve Bank of India sold a net $11.88 billion in the foreign exchange market in October, data released Monday showed, reflecting the central bank's efforts to support the rupee.
The Nitish Kumar government's work on the infrastructure got a big thumbs up from Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday.
More than 2.12 lakh new PUC certificates were issued following the strict implementation of GRAP-IV measures over the past four days in Delhi.
A village panchayat in Rajasthan's Jalore district has prohibited daughters-in-law and young women from 15 villages from using phones with cameras starting January 26.
1.President Droupadi Murmu Sunday gave her assent to Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, the Rural Development Ministry said.
2.President Droupadi Murmu has granted assent to the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, passed by Parliament during the Winter Session.
3.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 10,601-crore brownfield ammonia-urea plant in Dibrugarh district of Assam.
4.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday attended the ‘Parab-2025’, a national-level tribal festival, in Koraput where he laid foundation stones for 70 development projects worth Rs521 crore and inaugurated 16 others worth Rs24 crore.
5.Under the railways new ticket pricing structure, passengers will pay an extra 1 paisa per km on journeys beyond 215 km in Ordinary Class, and 2 paise per km for Mail and Express non-AC and AC classes. Passengers on a 500 km non-AC journey will pay an additional `10 for their journey. There is no increase in ticket prices for passengers travelling on routes shorter than 215 km.
6.Adani group plans to foray into engine MRO as well as passenger-aircraft-to-freighter (P2F) conversion, as the diversified conglomerate bets big on the domestic aviation market, according to a top group official.
7.Nine people have died and at least 10 others were injured after a group of unidentifi ed gunmen carried out a shooting at a South African pub during the early hours of Sunday.
8.Claiming that people in live-in relationships are "not ready to take responsibility," Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday highlighted the importance of maintaining the family structure in society.
9.The Sambalpuri Dhanu Yatra, now in its third year, will be held from January 18 to 22, organisers said.
10.Odisha Vigilance Sunday arrested a forest range offi cer for possession of assets disproportionate to his known source of income.
11. A Kremlin envoy said peace talks on a US-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were pressing on “constructively” in Florida, while the Ukrainian president said they were moving ”quickly.”
12.The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall at the Dhaka University has been renamed in memory of Sharif Osman Hadi.
13.The sale of meat, tobacco, alcohol, other intoxicants are now prohibited in Amritsar Walled City, Talwandi Sabo and Sri Anandpur Sahib after a notification was issued by the Punjab government, according them 'holy city' status.
14.Kerala government on Sunday warned that schools would not be allowed to be turned into "communal laboratories."
15.Mason Greenwood scored as Marseille strolled to a 6-0 win over third-tier Bourg-Peronnas in the French Cup last 64 on Sunday.
1.Parliament passed eight bills during the relatively short winter session, with the opposition and treasury benches engaging in sharp exchanges on some of the legislations and during debates on electoral reforms and the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram.
2.At least eight elephants were killed and one calf injured after a herd collided with the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Assam's Hojai on Saturday morning, leading to disruption of rail services.
3.The national capital, Delhi, woke up to a thick layer of smog blanketing the city with the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 380, falling under the 'very poor' category.
4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new terminal building of Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport in Guwahati.
5.A case of snake-bite death in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district has now been exposed as a murder, allegedly planned and executed by the victim's own sons to claim large life insurance payouts.
6.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday approached the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court's order refusing to take cognisance of its charge sheet against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others in the National Herald case.
7.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday asserted that Odisha is poised to emerge as one of India’s key growth engines, highlighting the Odisha Investor Meet as a vital platform for converting investment intent into tangible outcomes.
8.A total of 97.4 lakh voters have been removed from the Tamil Nadu voter list, following the enumeration phase of the SIR exercise and the state’s electoral roll now has 5.43 crore voters, Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik said Friday.
9.US President Donald Trump Thursday signed an order directing the loosening of federal regulations on marijuana, a move that could further reverse decades of tough-on-weed policy.
10.Former president of Institution of Engineers (India) and an alumnus of NIT, Rourkela, Ashok Basa has been appointed as the internal auditor of World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) for the period 2025 to 2027.
11.In a relief to Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, the Delhi High Court Friday set aside an order of the Lokpal granting sanction to the CBI to fi le a chargesheet against her in the alleged cash-for-query scam.
12.As many as 73.73 lakh voters were removed following the special intensive revision (SIR) drive in Gujarat, reducing the number of registered voters in draft electoral rolls to 4.34 crore from the earlier 5.08 crore, officials said.
13.The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a married person cannot legally enter into a live-in relationship with a third party without first obtaining a decree of divorce.
14.A court in Ahmedabad in Gujarat has directed the Congress and four of its leaders to remove a deep fake video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Gautam Adani from social media platforms.
15.Karnataka Legislative Council Friday passed a bill to curb hate speech, amid strong protest from Opposition BJP and JD(S), which called it “draconian”, “direct attack on free speech” and “dangerous tool for political vendetta”.
16.Pope Leo named Bishop Richard Moth as the new Archbishop of Westminster, the most prominent Catholic figure in England and Wales.
17.Ukraine thanked the European Union Friday for deciding to provide it with 90 billion euros ($105.46 billion) of support over the next two years - even if the bloc failed to agree on an ambitious plan to finance it using frozen Russian assets.
18.Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar Friday accused India of consistently attempting to undermine the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), claiming the current material breaches strike at the heart of the pact.
19.Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood Friday announced that air purifi ers will be installed in 10,000 classrooms to ensure clean air for students.
20.State Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari Friday asserted that the Kotia region belongs to Odisha and will continue to remain so.
