1.The Congress Tuesday appointed former Union minister Bhakta Charan Das as the president of its Odisha unit.

2.Nabaneet Priyadarshi of Odisha has topped the state in the first edition of JEE-Main 2025 the results of which were announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) Tuesday.

3.Pregnant women will receiveRs10,000 on the birth of a boy child and an additional Rs2,000 on the birth of a girl child as the Mohan Charan Majhi government Tuesday decided to club and implement Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana alongside Mamata Yojana in Odisha.

4. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday announced that the students of Class IX and X will receive mid-day meals (MDM), a decision that is expected to increase student attendance in schools.

 5.With incidents of divorce on the rise among young couples, the state government Tuesday decided to open a pre-marriage counselling centre, an official said.

6.Jayant Panda, Professor of Medicine at SCB Medical College and Hospital Cuttack, took over as the president of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Odisha Branch.

7.HIF Global India, a subsidiary of Chile-based HIF Global, has expressed interest in investing around $1 billion in Odisha’s renewable energy sector.

8.More than 2.05 crore farmer IDs, including 9,843 in Odisha, have been generated under the Digital Agriculture Mission, Parliament was informed Tuesday.

9.Kerala has launched the country’s first women’s scuba diving team through the state’s Fire Department, which Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Tuesday described as a significant step towards women’s empowerment and progress in the state.

10.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday made a strong case for collective efforts to establish a global framework for artificial intelligence (AI) based on open source which enhances trust, transparency and is free from biases.

11.Indian stocks have lost about $180 billion in market value in the two days since US President Donald Trump said he would slap reciprocal tariffs on several countries, with many analysts saying the world’s fi fth-largest economy could be worst hit.

12.The United States said it remains concerned about terror group ISIS-Khorasan’s (ISIS-K) capabilities to plot, conduct attacks and sustain recruitment campaigns, particularly in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

13. Road accidents remain a significant concern in Ganjam district with 391 fatalities reported in 2024.

14.A day after he hit the spotlight with a comment on parents and sex, trouble mounted for infl uencer Ranveer Allahbadia Tuesday with Mumbai police at his doorstep, YouTube pulling down the episode of “India's Got Latent” and the issue being raised in Parliament

15. India's most accomplished player Pankaj Advani secured his 36th overall national title and 10th men's snooker crown at the Yashwant Club, in a commanding display of skill and determination.