1.Odisha pushes a digital database so long-time occupants of Lord Jagannath’s land can move from informal possession to a clearer, time-bound settlement.

2.The Odisha government has initiated a high-level coordination push to repair and restore 1,658 lift irrigation projects damaged across the state due to recent heavy rainfall and flooding.

3. OPSC and SSB push to fill hundreds of vacant school teaching posts in goveronment,fully aided and block-grant-aided schools in odisha.

4.The Odisha government has announced that beneficiaries who have been waiting for their old-age pensions for the past five months will receive all pending dues by October.

5.Kataka Vigilance officers trapped and arrested a Junior Revenue Assistant (JRA) stationed at the Sub-Collector’s Office in Jajpur while accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000.

6.A total of 1,741 errors and suggestions have been detected in State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) textbooks issued for Classes I to VIII during the current academic session. 4 Officials Suspended- The former Director of Teacher Education (DTE) & SCERT and three Assistant Directors.

7.The Election Commission of India (ECI) has postponed two Electoral Literacy Club (ELC) regional conferences in Uttar Pradesh that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was scheduled to address.

8.India’s Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa Vinod Kochalumkal and Ashi Chouksey secured the silver medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event at the Asian Games 2026, with the trio combining for a total of 1763 points in the qualification round.

9.The Union Government has designated Paradip Port in Odisha as a ‘Mega Port’ under the Indian Ports Act, 2025. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways issued a notification in this regard on Friday.

10.IPS officer Saravana Vivek M assumed charge as the new Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Bhubaneswar on Friday. 

11.India is poised to achieve its Rs 50,000 crore target for defence exports by 2028 as overseas demand for the country’s military hardware is on the rise, Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said on Friday. 

12.Patna will get India's first Victim Rights Centre, a new initiative aimed at providing support to victims of crime under one roof.The Centre will be inaugurated by Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant at the Bihar State Legal Services Authority in Patna..

13.A University of Chicago report forecasts about 15,800 additional heat-related deaths in India due to a super El Nino, using seasonal temperature forecasts and temperature-mortality data.

14.The Houthis have imposed a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, hitting its tankers, seizing swathes of Yemen's Red Sea coast vital for oil exports.

15. Senior IAS officer Mandeep K Bhandari is appointed as the CBSE ,board's chairperson