1.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who holds the Finance portfolio, Monday presented Rs 2,90,000 crore state Budget for the 2025-26 fiscal with focus on infrastructure, agriculture and irrigation.

2.Among sectors, education received (Rs41,273 crore), followed by rural development (Rs39,221 crore), agriculture and allied (Rs37,838 crore), social security (Rs24,250 crore) and healthcare (Rs23,635 crore).

3.Around 48 per cent of the state’s workforce depends on agriculture and 80 per cent of people live in rural areas, Majhi said his government has allocated Rs37,838 crore for the agriculture and allied sectors, about 12 per cent increase over the previous year.

4.Among departments, Finance got the maximum allocation of Rs63,511.91 crore, followed by School & Mass Education (Rs31,185.47 crore), Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water (Rs28,451 crore), Health & Family Welfare (Rs22,741 crore), Women & Child Development (Rs15,223 crore) and Water Resources (Rs 14,894 crore).

5.“The revenue surplus is projected at 3 per cent of the GSDP, while the fiscal deficit is projected at 3.2 per cent of the GSDP. Year-end debt stock is expected to remain at 12.7 per cent of the GSDP.

6.A total of 36,420 women and 8,403 children went missing in the state over the past five years, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly Monday.

7.A total of 582 CPI (Maoist) cadres have surrendered in Odisha from 2006 up to January 2025, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi told the state Assembly Monday.

8.An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon Monday killed the head of Hamas' military operations in the country, Israel's army said.

9.Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Monday, the Law Ministry said.

10.The BJP reported the highest income among national parties for FY 2023-24, earning Rs4,340.47 crore, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

11. India's exports declined for the third month in a row in January, falling by 2.38 per cent year-onyear to USD 36.43 billion, while the trade deficit widened to USD 22.99 billion in the month.

12.Stock markets snapped the eight-day losing run in a volatile session Monday with benchmark Sensex closing higher by 57 points on the back of value buying in blue-chip stocks HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries.

13.Tahawwur Hussain Rana became part of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks conspiracy in 2005 as a member of Lashkar-e-Taiba and HUJI and was closely engaged with Pakistan-based conspirators, offi cials said.

14.Singapore's Indian-origin Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh was Monday fined SGD 14,000 after a district court found him guilty on two counts of lying under oath to a parliamentary committee.

15.Nearly 1,500 para-athletes from across India will showcase their skills when the 23rd National Para Athletics Championship begins at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here Tuesday.