1.Nearly one-third of school students take private coaching and the trend is more common in urban areas, the Centre’s Comprehensive Modular Survey (CMS) on education has found.

2.Humans exposed to wildfires have increased by 40 per cent in the past two decades, with climate change being responsible for a 54 per cent rise in extreme fire weather since 1979, according to a new study.

3.The United States has issued a draft notice detailing plans to implement the additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian products, as previously announced by President Donald Trump, that will come into effect from August 27.

4.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday launched ‘Ama Shasana’ (Our governance), a public service initiative, to reach out to people and take their feedback on the implementation of different welfare schemes.

5.The state government Tuesday nominated 10 people, including former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Girish Chandra Murmu, to the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC).

6.According to separate orders, government offices and schools will remain shut August 29 in addition to August 28, the day of the festival.

7.The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police Tuesday arrested a 55-year-old man here in connection with a loan fraud of Rs 1.27 crore, officials said.

8.Odisha’s Angul district have made their way to the United States. Nearly one lakh lemons have been exported to the US in three phases this month. What once sold for just 20 to 30 paisa a piece in the local market is now fetching farmers Rs 1 per piece, thanks to the support of the Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS).

9.The Union government has released the fi rst installment of the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Untied Grants to Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) for 2025–26, with Odisha receiving Rs240.81 crore.

10.Forest offi cials Tuesday arrested nine marine fi shermen and seized their seaworthy fi shing trawl from the seawaters of the Gahirmatha marine sanctuary of Kendrapara district on the charges of illegally fi shing within the turtle congregation zone, an official said.

11.To strengthen cybersecurity, the Jammu and Kashmir government Monday said it has decided to prohibit the use of pen drives on official devices at all administrative departments in the civil secretariat and deputy commissioners’ offices across districts.

12.August 26: In a major boost to the country's maritime strike capabilities, the Indian Navy Tuesday commissioned two multi-mission stealth frigates, INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri, each equipped with eight BrahMos missiles and featuring a suite of advanced weapons and sensors developed by the indigenous manufacturers.

13.Physical crime in Singapore rose by 5.4 per cent in the first half of 2025, with 10,341 cases reported from January to June as compared to 9,809 cases recorded in the same period last year, police said Tuesday.

14.Apex exporters body FIEO Tuesday expressed serious concerns over high US tariffs on Indian goods and said that textiles and apparel manufacturers in Tirupur, Noida, and Surat have halted production amid worsening cost competitiveness due to these steep duties.

15.Cinema and multiplex operators have urged the government to put film tickets priced below Rs 300 under the lowest 5 per cent slab under the new GST regime.