Thursday, 5 February 2026

DECEMBER- JANUARY ODISHA CURRENT AFFAIRS 2025/26

DECEMBER 2025 -

HOST - 

 Sambalpur, Odisha HOST The 30th National Road Cycling Championship 2025 

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated The ODISHA PHARMA SUMMIT 2025 AT Bhubaneswar.

* Odisha Unveiled The Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices Policy 2025 

- Foundation Stone Of Dedicated Pharma Park, And A Medical Device Park At Khorda 

- 45 MoU Signed WORTH Rs 6263 Crores 

Bhubaneswar Set To Host The ODISHA AI SUMMIT 2025 

NIT ROURKELA Host The 30th International Conference On Hydraulic Water Resources, River And Coastal Engineering.


The Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar On visit To Odisha, He Visited To Raghurajpur.


ODISHA To Establish The First All Women Protection Squad Of 5 Members To Safe Guard In Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Bargarh, ODISHA.



APPOINTMEMENT - 

1991 Batch IAS OFFICER Anu Garg Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Secretary Of Odisha.

( She Became The First Female Chief Secretary Of Odisha) 
 Er.  Ashok Kumar Basa, Became The First Indian To Be Appointed As The Internal Auditor Of The World Federation Of Engineering Organisation ( WFEO) 

( He Served President Of NIT ROURKELA) 



* Raj Athwal Stepped Down As CEO Of Odisha Football Club.

SCIENCE - 

NIT Rourkela All Women Team Developed Low Cost Chemical Free System To Recycle Dhobi Ghat Waste Water.


(Researchers From NIT ROURKELA Created A Cost Effective Waste Water Treatment Using Low Grade Coal To Remove Pesticides 

IIT MADRAS To Help Odisha To Prepare Chilika Desiltaton Plan 

* NIT ROURKELA Develops AI Robot Capable Of HUMAN Interaction.

Odisha Tourism Received The Best Wildlife Conservation Effort in India Award At The India International Travel Mart ( IITM) in Hyderabad.


* NABARD To Give Loan Of Rs 1.68 k Crores loan To OPTCL ( Odisha)

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Approved The Establishment Of Global Visa Application Centre In Bhubaneswar.

* NIT ROURKELA Secured Patent For Its Indigenous AI Robot 

RANKING - 

 Odisha Ranked 5th In The PMEGP Approved 8327 Loan With Worth Rs 62.71 Crores For Youth Entrepreneurship For 2025/26 


BLUE FLAG - 

ODISHA'S Gopalpur And Biju Patnaik Beaches Gets Blue flag Tag.


APPROVED - 

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Approved The Odisha Pharma And Medical Devices Policy 2025

Odisha Government Has Approved 11 Industrial Investment Proposal Of Rs 1332.80 Crores 



SPORTS - 

ODISHA'S Padmini Rout Has Win Bronze Medal At FIDE World WOMEN Chess Championships 2025 At Spain.

Odisha Cyclist Swati Singh Has Clinched The Silver MEDAL in Women's Elite 30km Event At 30th National Road Cycling Championship 2025 Held At Sambalpur, Odisha 

* ODISHA'S Cyclist Swati Singh Has Gets Her 2nd Gold In 77th Senior National Track Cycling Championship 2025, Uttarakhand.

 ODISHA'S Swati Nayak And Neemisha Ojha FINISHES As RUNNERS Up At Girls' DOUBLES Under 15 Junior National Badminton Championships 2025

 ODISHA'S Swastik Samal Has Scored 169 Balls 212 Scores Against Saurashtra in Vijay Hazare Trophy.

ODISHA'S Women's Cyclist Team Finishes As Runners Up At 77th Senior National Track Cycling Championship 2025 In Uttarakhand.



INAUGURATION - 

* ODISHA HAS UNVEILED INDIA'S FIRST NON - NAVY WATERMAN SHIP & LIFEGUARD TRAINING INSTITUTE AT RAMCHANDI, KONARK.


* ODISHA CHIEF MINISTER MOHAN CHARAN MAJHI HAS INAUGURATED WORTH RS 12 CRORES TO TRAIN FIRE, SERVICE, NDRF, POLICE AND VOLUNTER 

* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Launched The Infrastructure Projects Worth Rs 200 Crores in NIT ROURKELA.


NEW SPECIES - 

* A NEW ROCK GECKO SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED BY ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) TEAM AT EASTERN GHAT ( KA DHAMAL), ODISHA.


* SPECIES NAME - KALINGA ROCK GECKO ( HEMIDACTYLUS KALINGA) 

* GENUS - HEMIDACTYLUS 

* SCIENTISTS SAID THIS IS 2ND ENDEMIC HEMIDACTYLUS SPECIES IN ODISHA 

* THIS SPECIES HAS OLIVE BROWN BODY 



ODISHA MASTERS 2025 ( BADMINTON) 

MEN'S SINGLES - KIRAN GEORGE BEAT MOHAMMED YUSUF ( INDONESIA) 


WOMEN'S SINGLES - UNNATI HOODA ( IND) BEST ISHARANI ( IND) 


MEN'S DOUBLES - ALI FAATHIR & DEVIN ARTHA 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - GABRIELA STOEVA & STEFANI STOEVA 

MIXED DOUBLES - MARWAN FAZA & AISYAH PRANATA 


VETERAN Odia Film Producer Rabindra Sahu Passed Away.


AWARDS - 

EMINENT BIOLOGIST And Founder Of The Cherry Blossoms Festival Of India, Professor Dinabandhu Sahoo Has Been Conferred The Nature Care Award 2025.


* 16 Years Old Jyotsna Sabar From Odisha Has CONFERRED With Rashtriya Bal PURASHKAR 


TIMEPASS PRATHAMA AWARD 2025 - 

* SANGRAM KESARI SENAPATI WINS THE 2025 TIMEPASS PRATHAMA AWARD 


* FOR HIS NOVEL MANUSCRIPT - CIGARETTE 

SCHEME - 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS LAUNCHED THE BARAPUTRA AITHIYA GRAM YOJANA ( SCHEME) ON JUNE 2025 IN ODISHA.


* IT AIMS TO TRANSFORMS THE BIRTH PLACE OF EMINENT ODIAS TO LIVING MEMORIAL THROUGH MUSEUMS.

* ON  25TH DECEMBER 2025 ODISHA GOVERMENT APPROVED 

JANUARY 2026 - 

SCHEMES LAUNCHED - 

* ODISHA GOVERMENT LAUNCHED THE SWEEKRUTI SCHEME.


* SWEEKRUTI SCHEME IMPLEMENT BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF PERSON WITH DISABILITY (SSEPD) 

* IT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STRUCTURED, RIGHT BASED FRAMEWORK FOR THE WELFARE OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND THEIR FAMILIES 

* ACCORDING TO LAST CENSUS ( ODISHA NO. OF TRANSGENDER 20,300) 

* THIS IS THE FIRST SOCIAL SCHEME FOR TRANSGENDER IN ODISHA 

* THE SCHEME FOCUSES ON A SET OF KEY STRATEGIES THAT INCLUDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARENTS OF TRANSGENDER CHILDREN, PRE -POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS, SKILL UPGRADATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, STRENGTH THE SELF HELP GROUP, 


SUDAKSHYA SCHEME - 

* ODISHA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED THE SUDAKSHYA SCHEME 


* ODISHA GOVERNMENT HAS JOINED HANDS WITH THE UDAITI FOUNDATION TO LAUNCH A STUDY AND EMPLOYMENT PILOT TO TO IMPROVE THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN TRAINEE IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION 

* THE SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ( SDTE) DEPARTMENT ISSUED A DIRECTIVE ON JANUARY 27, 2026 

* UNDER THIS SCHEME PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SCHOLARSHIPS TO GIRLS PURSUING ITI/POLYTECHNIQUE/DIPLOMA 

( MONTHLY MAINTAINANCE OF RS 1500 FOR HOSTELLERS & 500 FOR DAY SCHOLARS ) 

* ONLY FOR FEMALE STUDENTS CATEGORY INCLUDING GENERAL, SC, ST, OBC, SEBC 




APPROVED - 

Union Cabinet Has Cleared The Rs 1526 Crores Up gradation Of NH-326 In Odisha.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Approved 11 Proposal From 8 Department.

Odisha Cabinet Has Approved Rs 1140 CRORES Skill Development Project Phase 2 With The Support Of ASIAN Development Bank.


 Odisha Signed Two MoU At Wings India 2026, Including a Flying Training At Mayurbhanj, And Drone Training Center In Berhampur.


 Odisha Ships First Ever Strawberry Consignment To UK.



PORTAL 

ODISHA Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The SAMIKSHYA PORTAL - For Project Tracking 


MOU SIGNED - 

 NIT ROURKELA, Odisha And ORMAS Signed An  MoA To Establish A Mahua Processing Plant In Kuarmunda, Sundargarh.




INAUGURATION - 

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated The India's First Aluminium Flat Rolled Product Unit & Aluminium Battery Foil Plant At LAPANGA, Sambalpur Spent Worth Rs 26,996 Crores 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

 Gyan Ranjan Das, Former National Football PLAYER From Odisha Passed Away.

Two Times MLA From Nilgiri, Odisha Shri Akshay Acharya Passed Away.

Eminent Historian And King Of Khariar, Nuapada District, Odisha Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo Passed Away.

* Chief Secretary Of FINANCE Odisha Mr Suresh Tripathi Passed Away.

* Veteran Journalist Ravi Kanungo Of Odisha Passed Away.

Odia Music Composer, Singer Abhijit Mazumder Passed Away.

* Eminent Literature Shri Arjun Charan Panda Of Odisha Passed Away 


Odisha Shows The Tableaux For 2026 Republic Day 


Theme - Soil To Silicon 


APPOINTMENTS - 

Senior IAS OFFICER Aravinda Padhee Promoted As Additional Chief Secretary Of ODISHA.

Senior IAS OFFICER Deoranjan Kumar Singh Took Charge As The Development Commissioner Of Odisha.

Retired IFS Officer Susanta Nanda Appointed As The Reconstituted Project Elephant Steering Committee Odisha. 



 Bhubaneswar, Odisha Biju Patnaik Airport Records Highest Passenger Traffic In 2025 ( 5.15 millon in 2025) 



 * ODISHA'S Diamond Triangle - Ratnagiri, UDAIGIRI, Lalitgiri Has Entered into The India's Tentative List For Consideration Of UNESCO World Heritage Site STATUS.


ANNOUNCEMENT - 

ODISHA Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Announced The Development Project In Bargarh District, 

Cabinet Has Approved The Amendment To Odisha TOURISM Policy 2022 

* The First Of Its Kind Upstream Solar Manufacturing Facility Will Be Set Up In Gopalpur, Ganjam 


Odisha Wins The Indusind Banks Women's National T20 Cricket Tournament For Blind 2026 


 * Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Unveiled The Logo And Jersey For MCL Hirakud International Half Marathon 2026 

INAUGURARTION - 


ODISHA'S First Solar Powered Village Inaugurated in Cuttack.

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of 25 Development Project Worth Rs 948 Crores In Sambalpur.

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Laid Foundation Stone of New Campus Of The Odisha State Legislative assembly ( Spending Worth Rs 3,623 Crores) 


 Odisha Signed 27 MoU Worth Rs 81864 Crores And Received 19 Investment Proposal Of Rs 18453 Crores At Investor Meet Kolkata.

BOOKS - 

Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati, Governor Of Odisha Witnessed The Book Launch Of AGNISARASSULO VIKASINCHINA KAMALAM - Droupadi MURMU Author - Acharya Yarlagadda Lakshmi PRASAD 

 Odisha Chief Minister  Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The Book ADHUNIKA ODISHARA NIRMATA : JANAKI BALLABH PATTNAIK ( Author - Navajyoti Pattnaik) 


HOST - 

Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Has Inaugurated The 6th National Chilika Bird Festival 

Bhubaneswar Host The 4th Odisha Mining And infrastructure  International Expo 2026 

 ODISHA Host The Masthya Prani Samavesh 2026 


- Outlay Of Mukhyamantri Kamadhenu Yojana Worth Rs 1400 Crores 

First Edition Of BLACK SWAN SUMMIT Set To Held At Bhubaneswar, Odisha From 5-6 February 2026 


SPORTS - 

Vedanta Kalinga Lancers Wins The HIL 2025/26 Title After Beating The Ranchi Royals At KALINGA Stadium. ( Bhubaneswar) 


PORTAL - 

 Odisha Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Has Launched The Odisha Grid Insight ( OGRI) Portal 


AWARDS - 

VYASA KABI FAKIR MOHAN SENAPATI ODIA BHASA SAMMAN - 

* EMINENT LITERATURE AND SCHOLAR Dr NRUSINGHA CHARAN SARANGI CONFERRED WITH THE VYASA KABI FAKIR MOHAN SENAPATI ODIA BHASHA SAMMAN FOR 2021.


CROCODILE CENSUS - 

Crocodile Census Held in Odisha ( Similipal) 

84 in 2026 ( 81 in 2025) 

SALT CROCODILE CENSUS - 

A Total Of 1858 Salt Water Crocodile Counted in Odisha 

- 531 Hatchling (28.58%)

- 442 Yearlings ( 23.79%)

- 365 Juvenile ( 19.64%)

- 167 Sub Adults - ( 8.99%(

- 353 Adults ( 19%)

 Hirakud Reservoir, Sambalpur Recorded Over 4.21 Lakh Birds Of 128 Species.

ODISHA'S Nabarangpur District Declared As The Naxal - Free.

A Rare Black Tiger Sighted At Sundargarh District in Odisha.

Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary , Nuapada District Odisha Has Emerging As Leopard Habitats.

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