-
1.Retail inflation stood at 2.75 per cent in January under the new series of All India Consumer Price Index (CPI), with 2024 as base year, released Thursday.
-
2. India Thursday cleared a long-pending proposal to procure 114 Rafale fighter jets under a government-to-government framework with France.
-
3.The state government will soon introduce land pattas with QR codes, a move aimed at modernising land administration and curbing property fraud.
-
4.Expressing strong disappointment over the functioning of the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) in several states, the Supreme Court Thursday said it would be better to ‘abolish this institution’, as it is ‘doing nothing’ except facilitating defaulting builders.
-
5.The state government Thursday said that the two-day Odisha Renewable Energy Investor Conclave-2026 mobilised investment commitments worth Rs 67,000 crore, covering approximately 6.8 GW of renewable energy capacity.
-
6.Odisha the Land Allotment Committee (LAC) has cleared land allocation for 31 long-pending industrial projects. The meeting, chaired by IDCO Chairperson Usha Padhee, was held Thursday at IDCO Towers .
-
7.As many as 765 dolphins were spotted along the Odisha coast and Chilika Lake in the latest census conducted by the wildlife wing of the Forest, Environment and Climate Change department.
-
8.Former Doordarshan news reader Sarla Maheshwari, one of TV’s most recognised faces in the 80s and 90s who embodied a calm far removed from the clamour of televised news bulletins died at the age of 71.
-
9.The median age for marriage among Indian singles has risen from 27 to 29 over the past decade, while the number of people seeking a second marriage has increased by “43 per cent”.
-
10.More than 2,800 posts are lying vacant in the three All India Services - IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) - with the IAS alone facing a shortage of 1,300 officers, the government informed Parliament .
-
11.The Supreme Court Thursday said it will not allow “anyone to touch the Aravallis”, refusing to permit the Haryana government to submit a detailed plan on jungle safari till a definition of “Aravalli range” is clarified by experts.
-
12.US messenger app WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms has been completely blocked in Russia for failing to comply with local law, the Kremlin said Thursday, suggesting Russians turn to a state-backed “national messenger” instead
-
13.India's Adani Power becoming one of the first privately-held utilities to disclose publicly their interest in the newlyopened nuclear sector. Adani Atomic Energy Ltd, will generate, transmit and distribute electric power derived from nuclear energy sources, the company said
-
14.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to be taking steps to consolidate his daughter’s position as successor.
-
15.World championship silver medallist Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar beat teammate Niraj Kumar to clinch gold with a world record, as India swept the podium in the 50m rifl e 3-positions event on the penultimate day of the Asian Championship.