Odisha Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 02 Oct 2025

• Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the NIELIT Digital University platform in New Delhi on 2 October 2025 and virtually inaugurated five new NIELIT centres.

Sun, 28 Sept 2025

• The Election Commission of India announced on 28 September 2025 that it will deploy 470 officers as central observers for the Bihar Assembly election and bye-elections in eight seats across seven states and a UT.

Sat, 27 Sept 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched development works worth over ₹60,000 crore in Jharsuguda, Odisha, on 27 September 2025, including more than 97,500 4G towers built with indigenous technology.

Mon, 22 Sept 2025

• Gram Panchayats received the National Awards for e-Governance 2025 under a new grassroots category at the 28th National Conference on e-Governance in Visakhapatnam on 22 September 2025, with Rohini in Maharashtra winning Gold.

Sat, 20 Sept 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for works worth over ₹34,200 crore at the 'Samudra se Samriddhi' event in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, on 20 September 2025, and announced that large ships have been accorded infrastructure status.

Fri, 19 Sept 2025

• Twenty-seven maritime MoUs with investment potential of over ₹66,000 crore were exchanged at Bhavnagar, Gujarat, on 19 September 2025, on the eve of the 'Samudra se Samriddhi' event, including an MDL–Guidance Tamil Nadu MoU for a greenfield shipyard.
• Indian Coast Guard Ship Adamya, the first of eight Adamya-class fast patrol vessels built by Goa Shipyard Limited, was commissioned at Paradip Port, Odisha, on 19 September 2025.

Mon, 01 Sept 2025

• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched the beta version of Adi Vaani on 1 September 2025, India's first AI-powered translation platform for tribal languages, supporting Santali, Bhili, Mundari and Gondi at launch.

Sat, 30 Aug 2025

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, closing the two-day National Conference of Chairpersons of SC/ST Welfare Committees of Parliament and State Legislatures in Bhubaneswar on 30 August 2025, urged every State Assembly to set up such committees.

Fri, 29 Aug 2025

• National Sports Day was celebrated on 29 August 2025, the 120th birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, with about 30 crore citizens taking part across all States and UTs.

Tue, 26 Aug 2025

• The Union Government released over ₹284 crore of Fifteenth Finance Commission untied grants to rural local bodies in Mizoram, Odisha and Tripura, the Panchayati Raj Ministry said on 26 August 2025.

Thu, 31 Jul 2025

• On 31 July 2025, the CCEA approved four railway multitracking projects costing about ₹11,169 crore, adding about 574 km across 13 districts in six States.

Tue, 29 Jul 2025

• On 28 and 29 July 2025, DRDO flight-tested the Pralay missile twice from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off Odisha as part of User Evaluation Trials.

Tue, 22 Jul 2025

• On 22 July 2025, NHRC concluded its two-day Odisha Open Hearing and Camp Sitting in Bhubaneswar, hearing 144 cases and recommending about ₹28 lakh in relief.

Thu, 17 Jul 2025

• On 17 July 2025, short-range ballistic missiles Prithvi-II and Agni-I were successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha.

Tue, 15 Jul 2025

• On 15 July 2025 in Cuttack, Odisha, President Droupadi Murmu attended the Ravenshaw University convocation and presented the Kalinga Ratna Award-2024 to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Mon, 14 Jul 2025

• On 14 July 2025, President Droupadi Murmu graced the fifth convocation ceremony of AIIMS Bhubaneswar in Odisha.

Fri, 11 Jul 2025

• On 11 July 2025 off the coast of Odisha, DRDO and the IAF successfully flight-tested the Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile fitted with an indigenous radio frequency seeker from a Su-30 Mk-I.

Thu, 10 Jul 2025

• On 10 July 2025 in Ranchi, Jharkhand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 27th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal.

Sat, 05 Jul 2025

• On 5 July 2025 in Puri, Odisha, the Bahuda Yatra (return car festival) brought Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra back from the Gundicha Temple to the Singhadwara of Srimandir.

Thu, 29 May 2025

• Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the 15-day Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan from Sakhigopal in Puri district and at ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on 29 May 2025, aiming to reach over 1.5 crore farmers.

Tue, 27 May 2025

• The Ministry of Mines said on 27 May 2025 that Tranche V of critical and strategic mineral auctions ended with 10 of 15 blocks auctioned, including the first-ever successful auction of a potash block by the Government of India.

Mon, 19 May 2025

• The Indian Coast Guard said on 19 May 2025 that its annual 'Operation Olivia' helped protect a record of over 6.98 lakh Olive Ridley turtles that nested at the Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha in February 2025.

Wed, 07 May 2025

• The Odisha cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on 7 May 2025 approved eight proposals of five departments, including statewide Mukhyamantri Bus Seva with a 50% fare concession for women, transgender persons, students, persons with disabilities and senior citizens.

Mon, 05 May 2025

• Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu on 5 May 2025 granted in-principle approval for greenfield airports at Kota in Rajasthan and Puri in Odisha.

Sun, 30 Mar 2025

• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi launched the Antyodaya Gruha Yojana, the state's flagship housing scheme, at Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi district, on 30 March 2025.

Wed, 26 Mar 2025

• DRDO and the Indian Navy successfully flight-tested the indigenous Vertically Launched Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off Odisha on 26 March 2025.

Mon, 24 Mar 2025

• The Ministry of Coal announced on 24 March 2025 that twelve coal mines were successfully auctioned in the 11th round of commercial coal mine auctions, at an average revenue share of 36.27%.
• President Droupadi Murmu offered prayers at the Lord Nilamadhab Temple in Nayagarh, Odisha, on 24 March 2025 and attended the foundation day of the Bharatiya Biswabasu Shabar Samaj at Kaliapalli.

Fri, 21 Mar 2025

• The President appointed Justice Harish Tandon, a judge of the Calcutta High Court, as Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court, the Law Ministry notified on 21 March 2025.