1.Droupadi Murmu will script history today by becoming the first President to address the Odisha Assembly, of which she was earlier a member.

2.Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, while considering the possibility of shifting Supreme Court hearings to the virtual-only mode due to the severe air pollution, said he felt unwell when he went for an hour-long walk a day before.

3.The sacred Gundicha Temple here is set to reopen for devotees December 1 after remaining closed for nearly six years due to repair work, structural concerns, and administrative decisions. each devotee will be required to pay Rs10 for entry .

4.The Indian city of Ahmedabad was formally awarded hosting rights of the 2030 Commonwealth Games during Commonwealth Sport’s general assembly here Wednesday.

5.the Assam government has approved the Group of Ministers (GoM) report recommending that the Centre grant Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to six communities of the state.

6.As India celebrated the adoption day of its Constitution on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi prided on the unveiling of Babasaheb Ambedkar's bust at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

7.The state government aims at doubling milk production within the next five years through Mukhyamantri Kamadhenu Yojana, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development (F&ARD) .

 8.The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) has been renamed as Comprehensive Region Urban Transport (CRUT), reflecting its growing role in providing modern, safe, and reliable urban transport solutions beyond Bhubaneswar to communities across Odisha.

9.The Odisha Pavilion has been chosen for the Best Pavilion Award at the 44th India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2025, held at the India Pavilion complex in New Delhi.

10.Nearly 14 lakh SIR enumeration forms have so far been identified as "uncollectable" in West Bengal, the Election Commission said. These forms are "uncollectable" since the voters were either absentee, duplicate, dead or permanently shifted, an official said.

11.Terming it "pathetic", the Supreme Court pulled up the Haryana government and its urban development body on Wednesday for the uprooting of 40 fully-grown trees to build an accessible road to a newly-constructed BJP office in Karnal, and sought a remedial action plan, warning them of being "taken to task".

12.Forty one Naxalites, 32 of them collectively carrying a reward of RS 1.19 crore on their heads, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district Wednesday.

13.The government Wednesday approved a Rs7,280 crore scheme to promote manufacturing of rare earth permanent magnets, a move which would help reduce India's dependence on China. Rare earth magnets are vital for a number of sectors like electric vehicles, renewable energy, electronics, aerospace, and defence applications.

14.Israel handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinians Wednesday, a day after Hamas returned the remains of an Israeli hostage. This is the latest exchange as part of a US-brokered ceasefi re reached last month, whose fi rst phase is coming to an end.

15.JCB, India’s leading company in the earthmoving and construction equipment segment, is witnessing a booming market in mineral-rich Odisha. Odisha among top 10 states in JCB sales.