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1.The state government has extended the deadline for renewing the pollution under control (PUC) certificate for motor vehicles by a month.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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5.The Cabinet also approved the proposal of promulgation of an ordinance for uniform reservation for teachers’ recruitment across public universities of the state.
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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.
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7.US border patrol agents have arrested 30 Indian nationals, living illegally in America, operating semitrucks with commercial driver’s licenses.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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12.Legendary classical vocalist Ustad Rashid Khan's son Armaan Khan cancelled his upcoming concerts in Bangladesh given the current political situation there.
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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.
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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.
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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.