1.The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha today announced the results of the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) 2026, recording an overall pass percentage of 64.48%.

2.flagged off the first senior citizen pilgrimage train of FY 2026‑27 on Wednesday, carrying 775 pilgrims to Varanasi and Ayodhya under the Mukhyamantri Baristha Nagarik Teertha Yatra Yojana.

3.A criminal revision petition alleging misuse of government helicopters by former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and the then 5T Secretary V.K. Pandian was dismissed on Wednesday by the Khordha District and Sessions Judge.

4.Supreme Court of India has deferred the hearing on the Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) appointment case to September 7.

5.Development Commissioner‑cum‑Additional Chief Secretary Deoranjan Kumar Singh has directed all Secretaries and senior officers to undertake mandatory field visits to their allotted districts by October 2026.

6.The Odisha Government has announced a reduction in the Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC) penalty, bringing the maximum fine down from Rs 10,000 to Rs 6,000.

7.Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra (Retd.) has been appointed the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, which oversees the construction and management of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

8.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana made it clear that Mishra’s continuance as BCI chairman cannot be treated as an arrangement extending until 2030.

9.to the IMD’s update based on observations at 5:30 am IST on September 2, 2026, the weather system that was earlier positioned over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand has moved to west Jharkhand and neighbourhood.

10.Abhinandan Varthaman the former Group Captain and Vir Chakra awardee, who served in the Air Force for 22 years, has joined Goa-based regional airline FLY91 as a pilot,

11.Himacha Education Minister Rohit Thakur said that the state boasts the country's best Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) of 1:10, meaning one teacher is appointed for every 10 students.

12.As many as 16,784 people have been evacuated to safety so far, with 3,042 of them rescued on Wednesday, as flood conditions persisted in parts of Uttar Pradesh.

13.The United States has warned that employment-based first-preference green cards for Indians could become unavailable within weeks because of heavy demand, adding fresh pressure to an already severe backlog that has left another major category closed to Indian applicants .

14.As many as 166 Indian nationals have been rescued, including three individuals Wednesday, as New Delhi continues to extend humanitarian assistance to Nepal in the wake of devastating floods which have claimed over 1,100 lives so far.

15.The Calcutta High Court Wednesday ordered the immediate demolition of two structures set up for the Sebashray health camp initiative, associated with Trinamool Congress General Secretary .