ODISHA CURRENT AFFAIRS IN OCTOBER 2026

 * ODISHA Government Launches The ODISHA Seva First Innovation Challenge To Accelerate Innovative  And Entrepreneurship 

 * The ODISHA Government Has Launched The State Wide 44 Days Child Labour Free Panchayat Campaign On The Occasion Of Gandhi Jayanti 

* The ODISHA Government Has Launched The Expanded KRUSHI UNNAT SAHYOGI ( KUS) Internship Programme To Bridge Academic Agricultural Education 

* Bhubaneswar Host The 24th National Maritime Search And Rescue ( NMSAR) Board Board Meeting 

MICE PORTAL - 

*  Odisha Government Has Launched The MICE Incentive Portal, To Promote The State As a Destination For Corporate Meeting, Conference, Exhibition, And Incentive Travel, Tourism Department 

( MICE - MEETING, INCENTIVES, CONFERENCE, AND EXHIBITION ) 

* The Launch Aligns With Odisha's Broader 2026-2031 Tourism Policy, Which Features Rs 1500 Crores Infrastructure Provision And a 5500 Acres Tourism Land Bank 

* Deputy Chief Minister Smt Parvati Parida Launched At The 7th Odisha Travel Bazar in Bhubaneswar 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated Revamped Kalinga Studio In Bhubaneswar, Odisha 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Witnessed The HAL KORAPUT Delivery Of It's 2000th Aero - Engine And Announced A 2nd Production Line For SHAKTI Engine on 6th October 2026 

* HAL KORAPUT Has Crossed 9000 Engines 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The RBI Data Centre & Cybersecurity Training Institute At Bhubaneswar, Odisha 

SPORTS - 

* Keonjhar Miners Crowned Champions Of The ODISHA T20 League 2026 ( Brand Ambassador - Suresh Raina) 

* At The Odisha Healthier Rice Business SUMMIT 2026, Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo Launched a Market Ecosystem For Nutrients Dense Rice 

AWARDS - 

*  ODISHA Higher Education Department SAMS Portal Has Been Conferred The Prestigious SKOCH Platinum Award 2026 

*  Odia Film Chaari Kandha Wins Best Film Jury Award At  AIFF 2026 

*  Eminent Journalist P Sainath Received The First Sambad Journalism Award 

* Odisha Has Been Conferred With a Special Recognition AWARD By The Union MINISTRY Of Housing And Urban Affair ( MoHUA) For Undertaking The Highest Number Of Reforms Under The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban ( PMAY -U)2.0 

* 147 Years Old Copper Plate Discovered In Gunpur 

* INDIAN Coast Guard Conducted The 12th National Maritime Search And Rescue ( SAREX) Exercise 2026 At Paradip Coast In Odisha 

* THEME 2026 - Leveraging Technology To Strengthen SAR Preparedness And MARITIME Safety 

* ODISHA Set To Host The 19th Urban Mobility India Conference And 2nd National Urban Conclave 

* Odisha Has Been Conferred With The Wind India 2026 Award For Leadership In Wind Energy - De - Risking At Windergy India 2026 Summit 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Sanctioned An Additional Rs 100.83 CRORES Under Puri ABADHA Scheme 

*  Odisha's Sprinter Srabani Nanda Wins Silver In The 100m Event At The 65th National Open Athletics Championship 2026 New Delhi 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Addressed At The Birth Anniversary Of Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das (149th Birth Anniversary) 

* CM Highlights The Key Schemes - Free KG - To - PG Education And Ayushman Bharat - Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana 

*  Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Host The ITF WORLD TENNIS Master Tour ( MT 200) 

* Odisha State Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Attend The Inauguration Of Boeing Sukanya Aerospace Lab 

* Dr. Hari Babu Inaugurated The BOEING SUKANYA PROGRAMME STEM Lab And Aeromodeling Training Center At The KOSALA SCHOOL, BARGARH ODISHA 

* This Facility Will Benefit to 2000 Students Annually 

* THE SUKANYA BOEING Is Implemented In Partnership With Learning Link Foundation (LLF), A Boeing Global  Engagement Non Proffit Partner For Education And Skill Initiative In India 

* Before This Sukanya Lab Inaugurated In Sambalpur ( in Rairakhol, Kuchinda) 

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* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated The New Plants Of Jindal Stainless Limited And Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Limited At Kalinga Nagar, Jajpur 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone of 46 Medium And Large Industrial Projects Across 14 Districts in Odisha 

APPOINTMENT - 

* SENIOR BJP LEADER OF JHARKHAND (THREE TIMES MP) BRAJ MOHAN RAM APPOINTED AS THE NEW GOVERNOR OF ODISHA.

 * Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Announced The Two Years Extension Of Odisha States Rural Housing Scheme 2027-2029 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Sanctioned Rs 56.55 Crores Towards 6 Months Honorium For Active Sarpanch (10,000/months) And Naib Sarpanch ( 4000/Month) Across State 

*  Senior odia Journalist Bibhuti Pati Passed Away 

 * Bhubaneswar To Host The Twin National Urban Summit 2026 

 

* Union Minister For State Tokhan Sahu Inaugurated Two Days Conference In Presence Of Dr Krushna Chandra Mahapatra 

( * FOCUS - Urban Accessibility And Liveability In Digital Age ) 

* A New Species Of Smithia Aiton (Fabaceae) Found In Odisha 

* SPECIES NAMED - SMITHIA ODISHAE 

* Discovered By Rajkumari Supriya Devi, Sanjeet Kumar, Rajeev Kumar Sing (BSI) 

* Found Near Konark, Puri District Odisha 

* Yellow Colour Flower 

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* Odisha Bagged Three Awards At The Urban Mobility India Conference 2026 

* Best Green Transport Initiative (CRUT, Bhubaneswar) 

* Best Urban Transport Reforms And Implementation (Bhubaneswar) 

* CRUT - First Prize For Exhibition 

*  Professor Sachidananda Mohanty, Former Vice Chancellor Of Central University Odisha Passed Away ( Cultural Historian)