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1.Senior IAS officer Anu Garg takes charge as first woman Chief Secretary of Odisha.
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2.The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved the widening and strengthening of NH-326 in Odisha, upgrading the existing twolane stretch to a two-lane highway with paved shoulder from 68.600 km to 311.700 km under the EPC mode. According to an official statement, the total capital cost for the project is Rs1,526.21 crore.
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3.The Supreme Court has held vacation courts for the first time with Chief Justice of India Surya Kant himself sitting twice during the winter break to hear urgent matters involving life and liberty as well as those requiring immediate judicial intervention.
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4.Vigilance sleuths Wednesday arrested an additional tehsildar and panchayat executive officer (PEO) for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets (DA) to their known sources of income.
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5.After US President Donald Trump’s 70-odd assertions, China has now claimed a role in “mediating” a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, drawing a sharp contrast with New Delhi’s insistence that there was no third-party intervention in bringing the conflict to a pause.
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6.Authorities of Srimandir in Puri Wednesday tendered an apology to the public and stopped the sale of calendars with a picture of the sibling deities in wrong positions on the ‘Ratna Singhasan’ in the 12th-century shrine.
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7.All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Bhubaneswar has successfully conducted its first-ever liver transplant procedure on a 37-year-old man from Puri’s Pipli recently reaffirming its commitment to delivering advanced and life-saving medical services to the people of Odisha and neighbouring states, the hospital authorities said Wednesday.
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8.India Wednesday successfully test fired two Pralay missiles in quick succession off the coast of Odisha, paving way for its induction into the military.
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9.Ending a long wait, the state government Wednesday officially upgraded Puri city from a municipality to a Municipal Corporation.
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10.The Union Health Ministry has banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of all oral formulations containing the popular painkiller nimesulide above 100 mg, citing serious risks to health, an official notification said.
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11.Chamoli District Magistrate Gaurav Kumar Wednesday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the collision between two loco trains inside the Pipalkoti tunnel of the under-construction Vishnugad-Pipalkoti hydropower project, which left 88 people injured.
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12.Bulgaria becomes the 21st country to join the euro currency union, furthering its integration into the European Union. But the historic milestone arrives amid political instability and scepticism among ordinary people fuelled by fears of price rises
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13.Zohran Mamdani was a trailblazing candidate whom many in his city of 8 million -- some with hope, some with trepidation -- expect to be a disruptive New York mayor.
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14.Prices of cooling appliances such as room air conditioners and refrigerators may go up 5-10 per cent from January 1, 2026, as the new revised star rating from the Bureau of Energy Efficiency comes into force.
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15.The Centre's fiscal deficit at the end of November stood at Rs 9.76 lakh crore, or 62.3 per cent of the annual budget target for 2025-26, compared to 52.5 per cent in the year-ago period, according to government data released Wednesday.