- Rajesh Malhotra has assumed charge as Principal Director General, Press Information Bureau (PIB). Malhotra takes over after the superannuation of Satyendra Prakash
- Popular Odia actor Pintu Nanda breathed his last late on Wednesday night while undergoing treatment at Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad. He was 45.
- The price of a 14.2 kg domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder has been increased by Rs 50 with effect from Wednesday. With the latest revision, the domestic cylinder will cost Rs. 1,103 per cylinder in Delhi from Wednesday.
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday ordered the state Culture department that the entry fee of any museum in the state should not be more than Rs 10.
- Christopher Wray, Director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has said that the Covid19 pandemic “most likely” originated from a “Chinese governmentcontrolled lab” in Wuhan city.
- The Union Cabinet has approved procurement of 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force at a cost of Rs 6,828.36 crore. The aircraft will be supplied over a period of six years.
- Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of Office to Suresh Chandra Mahapatra as Chairperson, Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission.Mahapatra.
- The Odisha government announced on Wednesday that it launch a recruitment drive to appoint 20,000 junior teachers. “Extensive steps have been taken by the School and Mass Education (S&ME) department for the recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff.
- The state government is aiming at investing Rs75,000 crore for creation of water infrastructure in the next five years, said Water Resources Minister Tukuni Sahu, Wednesday
- The Ministry of Home Affairs has suspended the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence of prominent public think-tank ‘Centre for Policy Research’ (CPR) over violation of laws, officials said Thursday. The CPR was under scrutiny after Income Tax surveys on it and Oxfam India in September last year.
- The Union Ministry of Finance Wednesday said there was a 10 per cent increase in goods and services tax (GST) collection in Odisha in February 2023 as compared to the same month in the previous year. In February 2023, GST collection in the state was `4,519 crore, which was 10 per cent more than `4,101 crore collected in February 2022.
- India-centric non-profit bodies to organise first ever India Giving Day in USA on March 2.
- Three –day , second edition of Japan Mela to begin in Kochi; to also witness a Business-to-business conclave & panel discussions on various topics.
- Odisha State Transport Authority Wednesday (STA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with M/s Akshara Nipun JV for development, operation and maintenance of Automated Driving Testing System (ADTS) in the state
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has recommended the names of AAP MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj to the Lieutenant Governor for their appointment to the Cabinet, sources claimed Wednesday.
- Seeking to ensure every village in Andhra Pradesh has a temple, the government has said the construction of shrines has been taken up in a big way in the state.
- Meta-owned WhatsApp banned more than 29 lakh accounts in India in the month of January, a figure that is drastically lower than 36.77 lakh accounts it blocked in the country in December last year, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.
- Chief Justice of India Justice D Y Chandrachud Wednesday said that internet facilities should be set up within the courtrooms with firewalls in place to ensure that the facility is put to genuine and authorised use.
- A Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) official has been arrested for demanding a bribe in lieu of facilitating hassle-free construction of a house in Delhi's East Shalimar Bagh, Delhi Police said.
- Three-day-long Bangladesh Travel & Tourism Fair (BTTF) to begin at Dhaka.
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