1.Cyclone 'Dana' over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said today.

2.The state government removed the Chairperson and all the members of Odisha State Commission for Women (SCW) from their posts.

3. As many as 6,025 teachers will be recruited for Government Secondary Schools in Odisha. The Odisha Staff Selection Commission notified for the appointment of these teachers as the Leave Training Reserve teachers.

4. The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) postponed the Odisha Civil Service Preliminary Examination-2023. The preliminary exam was scheduled to be held on October 27, 202 The commission further stated next date of Odisha Civil Service (OCS) Preliminary Exam-2023 will be notified after seven days.

5.The Odisha Government gave its nod to the proposed Samrudh Krushak Yojana in its Cabinet meeting. The scheme entails purchase of paddy at higher rate (Rs 3,100 per quintal as against the prevailing rate of Rs 2,100- Rs 2,200 per quintal) by the government from farmers to enable them sell their paddy at a fair price and make profits

6.Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari informed that over 5,000 relief centers have been established in districts most vulnerable to the cyclone's impact.

7.Olympic bronze-medallists India waste chances galore to lose 0-2 to World Champions Germany in the first hockey Test.

8.Director of BPIA, Prasanna Pradhan informed Wednesday that flight operations at the airport will remain suspended from 5.00pm October 24 till 9.00am October 25. A total of 40 flights will be cancelled during this period, Pradhan stated.

9.SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack will soon start heart transplantation, with the state government inking a pact with a Chennai-based healthcare facility, Wednesday.

10.Peeved over rampant illegal mining and smuggling of stones at some of the villages like Nuabaripal, Ostapura and Bhol Nuagaon under Ghasipura tehsil of Keonjhar district, BJP's Yuva Morcha state coordinator Yagnya Prasad Sahu Wednesday lodged a complaint with the district Collector Vishal Singh seeking stringent action against the errant miners.

11.Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu Wednesday inaugurated the Kameng Culture and Heritage Museum at Nyukmadung in West Kameng district.

12.The Supreme Court Wednesday held the states have regulatory power over production, manufacture and supply of industrial alcohol.

13.After days of stalemate, Maha Vikas Aghadi of Congress, NCP (SP), and Shiv Sena (UBT)Wednesday announced contesting 85 seats each in Maharashtra Assembly elections even as deliberations to seal a final pact are still underway.

14.About 77 per cent of children in India aged 6-23 months lack diversity in diet as suggested by the WHO, with the country’s central region showing the highest prevalence of minimum dietary failure, a study has found.

15.The newly elected Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday and discussed issues related to the Union Territory including early restoration of statehood.

16.The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the divorce granted by a family court in favour of a man, saying that calling a husband “hijda” (eunuch) is an act of mental cruelty

17.In view of severe cyclone ‘Dana’ approaching the coast, the West Bengal government has evacuated more than 1.14 lakh people from vulnerable areas, including Sundarbans and Sagar Island, to safer shelters, according to an official statement.

18.Hashem Safieddine, the top Hezbollah official widely expected to succeed slain secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli attack, the group said Wednesday.

19.NASA and Chinese officials are engaged in talks to let American scientists analyze rocks retrieved by China from the moon’s far side, according to the head of the US space agency, as Washington pursues improved communication with Beijing on issues involving space.

20.India will retain investment curbs on bordering nations, the finance minister said, days after it struck a pact with China on patrols along their disputed Himalayan frontier, with the leaders of both countries expected to meet Wednesday.