ODISHA CURRENT AFFAIRS MARCH 2026

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Inaugurated The Milk Processing Plant In Khorda, Odisha 

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Unveiled The Sulphuric Acid Plant - III Of IFFCO At Odisha.

* Odisha Forest Environment Declared 344 Wild Elephant Died in State From APRIL 2022 To March 2026 

*  Kushunupur Village, Kendrapara District Has Selected As Smart Village By The CSIR 

* Odisha Signed MoA With WASSAN To Revive Forgotten Foods.

* Odisha Tourism Department Has Created History By Set Guinness Book World Record With 1174 Kg Of Pakhala - The Largest Serving Fermented Rice On Pakhala Diwas.

*  IIT Bhubaneswar Signed MoU With Bhakti Vedanta Research Centre, Kolkata To Foster Interdisciplinary Research 

*  Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) Has Commissioned A 2nd Generation Bioethanol Refinery At Bargarh, Odisha 

* Odisha Government Has Launched The Hydraulic Infrastructure Project Worth Rs 2612 Crores On WATER Day 

*  Centre, Odisha SIGNED MoU For Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 

* Dhamra Port, Odisha Has Welcome Its Cape Size Import Iron Ore Vessel, MV ENNA, Carrying 151,773 Metric Tonne For Tata Steel 

APPOINTMENT - 

* Dr Avinash Rout Appointed As The Personal Secretary Of Odisha Chief Minister 

* FORMER JAMMU & KASHMIR DGP RASHMI RANJAN SWAIN HAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRST CHAIRMAN OF ODISHA UNIFORMED SERVICES STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION. ( OUSSSC) 

* EMINENT SAND ARTIST SHRI SUDARSHAN PATTNAIK HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE BRAND AMBASSADOR OF CENSUS 2027 

* The Odisha Government Has Appointed Dr Durga Madhab Satpathy As The New Director Of Medical Education And Training ( DMET) 

*WWF APPOINTS EMINENT SAND ARTIST SHRI SUDARSHAN PATTNAIK AS BRAND AMBASSADOR ( ON THE OCCASIONS OF 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH HOUR) 

* Dr Ashok Kumar Panda Has Appointed As Chairman And MANAGING DIRECTOR OF Steel Authority Of India' (SAIL) 

*  Lalatendu Samantray Has Elected As President Of Odisha High Court Bar Association For 2026/27 

FOREST - 

* 22,293 Hectares Forest Fires In Last 3 Years In Odisha 

* 2193 Crocodile In Odisha ( Rises 3.54%) 

*  Odisha Ranked Number One In NITI AYOG Fiscal Health INDEX 2026 

RENAME - 

* University Grants Commission (UGC) Has Approved The Rename Of KALAHANDI University To Maa Manikeshwari University, 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Veteran Odisha Journalist Asutosh Mishra Passed Away 

* Former MP Of Odisha Narayan Sahu Passed Away.

RANKING - 

* Odisha, Goa, Jharkhand, Gujarat And Maharashtra Are The Top 5 States At FISCAL HEALTH Index 2026 Ranking 

SPORTS - 

* Delhi Hurricane Wins The Men's National Rugby 15s Championships 

* Runners Up - Bombay Gymkhana 

* Host - Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Odisha 

AWARDS - 

* ODIA AUTHOR SHRI GIRIJA KUMAR BALIYAR SINGH TO RECEIVE THE KENDRA SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARDS 2025 

* FOR HIS WORK - PADAPURAN 

* * KALINGA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (KISS) UNIVERSITY, BHUBANESWAR, ODISHA HAS HONOURED RELIANCE INDUSTRY HEAD NITA AMBANI WITH KISS HUMANITARIAN AWARD 2026 FOR HER CONTRIBUTION IN LEADERSHIP AND PHILANTHROPIST 

* Paradip Port, ODISHA Welcomes Its Largest Crude Oil, MT ALMI TITAN Arrived With Record 3,02,861 MT Of Crude