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 

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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) 

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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) 

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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.

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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.