1.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday allocated portfolios to his Council of Ministers, keeping Home, Finance and several other departments to himself, according to an order issued by the Raj Bhavan

2.Former Odisha Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare passed away at the age of 95, Saturday. He was in charge for six years starting 2007.

3.Fourteen tourists were killed and 11 injured when a tempo traveller skidded off the road and fell into Alaknanda river on Badrinath national highway in Uttarakhand here Saturday, officials said.

4.The Sahitya Akademi Saturday announced the names of 23 writers including Sanjay Panda from Odisha, who will receive the prestigious Yuva Puraskar for his book Hu Baia . Manas Ranjan Samal will get  the Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2024 for his book for children titled Gapakakali.

5. A disease caused by a rare ‘flesh-eating bacteria’ that can kill people within 48 hours is spreading in Japan after the country relaxed Covid-era restrictions.

6.Unidentified miscreants physically assaulted two priests and looted `10 lakh from a catholic church in Sundargarh district, police said Saturday.

 7.Buzz of activities by marine fishermen started early Saturday at several fishing jetties of Kendrapara district as after a gap of six and half months, the Marine Fishery department lifted the ban on fishing within 20 km outside the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary

8. BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who was elected as an MP in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, Saturday resigned as a member of the Assembly.

9.The Delhi High Court Saturday ordered removal of a video recording of court proceedings related to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case from social media platforms.

10.Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar Saturday stated categorically that there was no question of taking back those who sided with the rebel factions.

11.In view of the water shortage in the national capital, the Delhi government has appealed to Haryana to discharge additional water into the Yamuna on humanitarian grounds, senior AAP leader and minister Atishi said Saturday.

12.BJP president J P Nadda Saturday formed a four-member committee to look into the alleged political violence in West Bengal, as the party accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of remaining a mute spectator.

13.The Group of Seven industrialised nations have committed to promoting concrete infrastructure initiatives such as the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) in the G7 Summit Communique issued at the end of the three-day G7 Summit, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

14.World leaders gathered at a Swiss mountain resort Saturday to try to build support for Ukraine’s peace proposals at a summit skipped by US President Joe Biden, shunned by China and dismissed as a waste of time by Moscow

15.Escalating tensions between India and China have cost Indian electronics manufacturers `1.25 lakh crore in production losses as well as 100,000 jobs in the past four years, as per reports.