1.Odsiha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) has issued a directive to all the government school authorities asking them ensure that the buildings are painted in shades of ‘Orange Frost’ with ‘Orange Tan’ borders.

2.The government Wednesday approved two ropeway projects in Uttarakhand -- Sonprayag to Kedarnath and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib Ji -- at a total cost of Rs 6,811 crore to help significantly reduce the travel time to the pilgrimage sites and boost tourism.

3.Seldom does a Virat Kohli knock in a winning chase leaves one wanting for more. But his 84 that guided India to a semifinal victory over Australia in the Champions Trophy here had that touch of incompleteness to it.

4.The Supreme Court Wednesday said preventive detention was a ‘draconian measure’ and quashed the detention orders against a duo held in a drugs case for want of prescribed safeguards.

5.The state government will conduct a door-to-door survey to identify left out beneficiaries under Subhadra Yojana after March 31, the last date for submitting applications under the scheme in 2024-25, official sources said Wednesday.

6.The much-awaited foot over bridge (FOB) at Palasuni over National Highway (NH)-16 between Cuttack and Bhubaneswar was inaugurated Wednesday by Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi, addressing a long-pending demand for pedestrian safety.

7.A total of 2792km of safety fencing work, at a cost of `865 crore along railway tracks over ECoR has been undertaken.

8.Despite a fi shing ban, turtles continue to die intermittently at Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary (GMS), world’s largest nesting beach for rare Olive Ridley sea turtles, accsording to a recent report.

9.The Punjab government will take the help of anti-drone technology to check smuggling of narcotics and arms from across the border, Cabinet minister Harpal Singh Cheema said Tuesday.

10.India's services sector activity witnessed a sharp uptick in February boosted by improving domestic and international demand, which resulted in a quicker expansion in output and a substantial increase in employment, a monthly survey said Wednesday

11.At a time when US and China have edged closer to a trade war after US President Donald Trump slapped more tariffs on all Chinese goods, the Chinese embassy in the US said Beijing is ready to “fight till the end” in any type of war the US wants.

12.Bangladesh interim government's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has said that Dhaka had sent "formal letters" to India seeking deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's extradition but received "no offi cial response" from New Delhi.

13.Continuing measures to inject liquidity into the banking system, the Reserve Bank Wednesday said it will conduct open market purchases of government securities and undertake USD/INR swaps totalling about Rs1.9 lakh crore during the month.

14.In a first, an Indian film festival was organised in the western US state of Montana, showcasing India's cultural diversity through cinema to a diverse gathering of students participating in an annual conference that also included presentations on the recently concluded Maha Kumbh.

15.Gold bars worth Rs 12.56 crore were seized from Kannada actress Ranya Rao at Kempegowda International Airport, following which searches were conducted at her residence and gold jewellery worth Rs 2.06 crore and Indian currency amounting to Rs2.67 crore were also recovered, DRI said Wednesday.