1.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday launched the ‘Bikashita Gaon, Bikashita Odisha’ (BGBO) scheme for rural infrastructure developmental projects in the state.

2.US President Donald Trump said the US would take over war-ravaged Gaza and create a 'Riviera of the Middle East' after resettling Palestinians elsewhere, shattering decades of US policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and drawing regional condemnation.

3.Offline ticket sale for the February 9 India-England One-Day International (ODI) match at Barabati Stadium here saw thousands of fans jostling, leading to a stampede-like situation, prompting the police to resort to mild lathicharge Wednesday.

4.The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has converted 580 leasehold properties into freehold after it received 867 applications seeking the conversion.

5.The Twin City Commissionerate Police is set to launch a special drive against the use of black fi lms, sirens, and multi-toned horns in vehicles starting February 10.

6.A team of researchers from Estuarine Biology Regional Centre at Gopalpur in Ganjam district have identified a new species of flying fish, ‘Cheilopogon arcticeps’, in the Indian Ocean.

7.Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Wednesday laid the foundation stone for north India’s first 1-MW green hydrogen plant at Dabhota in Himachal’s Solan district and asked officials to complete the project within a year.

8.A US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal immigrants from various states landed here Wednesday, the fi rst such batch of Indians deported by the Trump government as part of a crackdown it resolved to carry out when it was sworn in last month.

9.Less than four per cent of students enrolled for SWAYAM courses have completed the programme since 2017, with complaints including outdated content, inflexible teaching, and poor infrastructure, a parliamentary panel has pointed out.

10.Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Wednesday launched the state government’s ambitious ‘Swachh Shehar Samridh Shehar’ programme.

11.Vigilance sleuths Wednesday seized around Rs2 crore in cash from the house of deputy director and project director (PD) of Watershed department, Malkangiri, Santanu Mohapatra during a raid, officials said.

12.Continuing its slide, the rupee plunges 36 paise to close at an all-time low of 87.43 against the US dollar.

13.Liquor baron Vijay Mallya has submitted before the Karnataka High Court that the Rs 6,200 crore debt he owes to banks has been recovered "multiple times over," and sought a statement of accounts detailing the amounts recovered from him.

14.According to a report, several members of the Hamas group raped male Israeli victims during the October 7, 2023, attack in which at least 1,200 people were killed

.15.Enthusiastic cricket fans continued to throng the ticket counters at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Thursday morning, despite the fact that all offline tickets for the upcoming India vs England ODI match on February 9 have already been sold out.