- The Odisha government has approved renewable energy projects with total capacity of 178 MW in the state. The projects will come up with Rs 869.8 crore investments.
- 2. Sourav Tripathy, the Junior Revenue Assistant (JRA) at the Special Certificate Section in the Sub-Collector’s office in the capital city, had sought the bribe Rs30000from the person concerned to process the file.
- 3. The state government has allowed Sub-Divisional Hospitals (SDHs) across Odisha to issue disability certificates or Unique Disability Identity (UDID) cards to differently-abled persons.
- 4. Professor Jagneshwar Dandapat has been reappointed as the in-charge Vice Chancellor of Utkal University in the Odisha.
- 5. Kanikapada village under Mangalpur police limits in Odisha’s Jajpur district, a married woman allegedly poisoned her family’s meal due to a domestic dispute. Six members of the family, undergoing treatment in critical condition at the Jajpur District Headquarters Hospital.
- 6. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday expressed hope that the Parliament would function smoothly next week as the government and the Opposition have agreed to take up a special 16-hour discussion on Operation Sindoor in Lok Sabha on July 28.
- 7. The UPI system is currently free for users, with the government covering costs by subsidising banks and other stakeholders that support the payments infrastructure. “Costs will have to be paid. Someone will have to bear the cost,” he said at an event in the financial capital.
- 8. First-time employees registered with the EPFO are set to earn Rs 15,000 from August 1 under the new PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY), said the Ministry of Labour and Employment on Friday.
- 9. In a significant boost to India’s indigenous defence capabilities, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully carried out flight trials of the UAV-Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 at the National Open Area Range (NOAR) in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.
- 10. Vigilance sleuths Friday found Rs1.43 crore in cash, 1.5 kg gold and over 4.6 kg silver from a ‘secret treasury’ at the residence of a deputy forest ranger in Koraput district.
- 11. The government has ordered the blocking of websites and apps of 25 OTT platforms, including Ullu, ALTT, and Desifl ix, for having obscene, vulgar and in some cases, pornographic content.
- 12. Kolkata, A recent survey by the India unit of a global research body had pointed out that West Bengal is witnessing 25 drowning deaths every day, with 13 among them being children.
- 13. Narendra Modi Friday overtook Indira Gandhi to become the second longest serving prime minister of India in consecutive terms.
- 14. The Centre has notifi ed new rules for the identifi cation and clean-up of contaminated sites across India to prevent risks to human health and the environment.
- 15. India is proud to be the most trusted friend of the Maldives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday after announcing a Rs 4,850 crore line of credit to the island nation
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