ODISHA CURRENT AFFAIRS IN FEBRUARY 2025

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Prominent Odia Lyricist Sangram Kesari Mohanty Passed Away. 

*  Veteran Odia Actor Uttam Mohanty Passed Away At The Age Of 66.

MOU SIGNED - 

* IIM Sambalpur Ties Up With US Platform Of AI Driven Digital Case Study Solutions.

*  HAL Koraput, Odisha Has Signed A MoU With The AI Engineering Services Limited, NEW Delhi For Exploring Business Opportunity.

* Ganjam District, Odisha Has Signed A MoU With India Rare Earth Limited To Build The State's First Sea Water Desalination Plant.

* Odisha Recorded The Software And Electronics Exports 12,904 Crores In FISCAL YEAR 2023/24.

* The National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD) Has Projected The Odisha's Credit Potential For 2025/26 Fiscal At 2,52,000 Crores.

NEW BACTERIA FOUND - 

*  BRIC- Institute Of Life Sciences, Has Discovered A Bacteria Named - THIOMONAS BHUBANESWARENSIS ( Named After Bhubaneswar City) Collected From Sediment Sample From Atri, Bhubaneswar Odisha 

* It Is An Aerobic, Obligatory Mixotrophic Moderated THERMOPHILIC Thiosulfate Oxidising Bacterium

* This Bacteria Can Be Utilizes In Bioleaching To Extract Metals From Sulphur Ores.

APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Former Indian Railways Minister Bhakta Charan Das Has Been Appointed As The New President Of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee.

* Lok Sabha MP Baijayant Panda Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of The Committee To Examine The Income Tax Bill 2025.

LAUNCHED - 

* Odisha MP Sujeet Kumar In Collaboration With IG Drones Has Launched India's First Drone Center Of Excellence (CoE) Under The Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana ( SAGY) At Kalahandi District, Odisha.

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The LAKHPATI DIDI SAHAYIKA Yojana.

* Helping Self Help Group Woman 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Addressed At The Inaugural Ceremony Of SUBHADRA SHAKTI MELA At Bhubaneswar.

WILDLIFE - 

* According To The Census - Ganjam Has 8789 Blackbuck 

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* Union Minister JP Nadda Has Inaugurated The 9th Edition Of National Summit On Goods And Replicable Practices And Innovation In The Public Healthcare. ( Host - PURI, ODISHA) 

* Rishikulya's In Odisha Recorded Arrival Of 6.5 lakhs Olive Ridley, 

SPORTS - 

*  Odisha Has Bagged 46 Medals Including 14 Gold, 15 Silver And 17 Bronze Medal At 38th National Games 2025.

KALINGA LITERATURE FESTIVAL AWARDS (KLF) 2025 - 

* NON -FICTION (ENGLISH) - VIKRAM SAMPATH ( FOR TIPU SULTAN: THE SAGA OF MYSORES INTERREGNUM (1760-1799) 

* NANDINI PURANDARE, DEEPA BALSAVAR's Book - THE SHERPAS TRAIL : STORIES From Darjeeling And Beyond 

* NON- FICTION (HINDI) - ANANT VIJAY ( FOR BOOK - OVER THE TOP (OTT) Ka Maayajaal Book)

* CHILDREN ( ENGLISH) - SAVIE KARNEL ( FOR HER BOOK - LAXMI PANDA: The Story Of Netaji's Youngest Spy)

* DEBUT ( ENGLISH) - NEHA DIXIT ( FOR THE MANY LIVES Of Syeda)

* DEBUT ( HINDI) - GAUTAM CHAUBEY ( FOR CHHAKKA JAM)

* TRANSLATION (HINDI) - SUJATA SHIVEN ( FOR CHARU, CHIVAR AUR CHARYA)

* TRANSLATION ( HINDI) - TEN DAYS OF THE STRIKE (ARUN AVA)

* BUSINESS ( ENGLISH) - SMARAK SWAIN ( FOR HIS - DIGITAL FORTUNE: A Value Investor's Guide To The New Economy)

* POETRY ( ENGLISH) - JEET THAYIL ( FOR I WILL HAVE IT THERE)

* POETRY ( HINDI) - SHIRISH KUMAR MAURYA ( FOR - DHARM WAH NAAV NAHIN)

* FICTION ( HINDI) - PRABHAT RANJAN ( FOR KISSAGRAM)

* MANISHA KULASHRESHTA - VANYA 

* FICTION ( ENGLISH) - ROHIT MANCHANDA ( FOR BOOK - THE ENCLAVE: A SHARP AND HILLARIOUS PORTRAIT OF WOMANHOOD IN INDIA)

* VIKASH SWAROOP ( FOR - THE GIRL WITH THE SEVEN LIVES)

* SARITA MISHRA ( FOR THE SAMBALPURI IKATS: THE MASTERPIECE)

* SHIV BALAK MISHRA ( FOR GAANV SE BEES POSTCARD)

ODISHA BUDGET - 

* ODISHA CHIEF MINISTER MOHAN CHARAN MAJHI PRESENTED THE ODISHA BUDGET WORTH RS 2,90,000 Crores For FY 2025/26.

* 17,998 Crores For Women And Child Welfare & Development 

* 37,838 Crores For Agriculture 

* 39,221 Crores For Rural Development 

* 16,273 Crores For Irrigation And Disaster Management 

* 10,145 Crores For SUBHADRA YOJANA 

* 492 Crores For MAMTA & PRADHANMANTRI MATRU BANDANA TOHANA 

* 31,000 Crores For School Education

* 120 Crores For Welfare Of Kendu Leaf Pluckers 

* 3470 Crores For MUKHYA MANTRI SADAK Yojana (MMSY)

* 25 Crores For Odisha Startup 

* 144 Crores For Financial Assistance Against VAT/ GST Reimbursement

* 164 Crores For Kamdhenu Yojana ( Milk)

* 850. Crores For Hirakud Dam Development 

* 600 Crores For Shri Anna Abhiyan

* 2020 Crores for PM KISAN YOJANA

* 63511 Crores For Finance Department

* 28451 Crores For Panchayat Raj And Drinking Water 

* 14894 Crores For Water Resource 

* 1059 Crores For Law 

* 1913.28 Crores For Revenue Secretary Department 

* 6436,38 Crores For SC & ST WELFARE DEPARTMENT 

* 1319.79 Crores For Sports And Youth Welfare 

* 1491.49 Crores For Forest And Climate Change 

* 404.39 Crores For Steel And Mines 

* 353.22 Crores For Science Technology 

* 3962.33 Crores For Energy  

* 808.15 Crores For Industries 

* 10759 Crores For Home 

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* ARCHAEOLOGY - 

* The On-going Ratnagiri, Odisha Excavation ASI Found Three Colossal Buddha Head, Hundred Of Votives Stuphas, Stone Inscription.

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