ODISHA CURRENT AFFAIRS IN JULY 2025

ARCHAEOLOGY - 

* New Decipher Script Has Been Discovered From OLASUNI Caves In Jajpur District In ODISHA 

* Ganga Dynasty Inscription Has Been Found At Rayagada District Odisha (14th Century) 

* 17th Century Sword With Arabic Inscription Found In Berhampur, Odisha.

HOST - 

* Odisha To Host The YONEX - Sunrise All India Senior National Ranking Badminton Tournament From 8th To 15th July 2025.

* Kalinga Stadium To Host The India's First World Athletics Continental Bronze Tour.

* The 64th Senior Men's SAHANI Cup Set To Kicked Off in ODISHA.

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The First Odisha Textile Conclave 

SCHEMES - 

* Odisha State Government Has Announced To Launched The SHAKTISHREE To Ensure Safety Of Girl Students in Colleges And University.

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Manmohan Samal Has Been Appointed As The President Of Odisha BJP For 4th Consecutive Terms.

* IPS OFFICER Sanjeeb Panda Has Been Appointed As The ADG Anti Naxal Ops Odisha.

* Sradhanjali Samantray Became The First Woman Footballer From Odisha To Earn AFC -A Licence.

* MANAS RANJAN PATHAK HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF ODISHA HIGH COURT.

* 2006 BATCH IAS OFFICER ROOPA ROSHAN SAHOO APPOINTED AS THE SECRETARY TO THE ODISHA GOVERNOR.

* SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE TO TAKE SECRETARY CHARGE TO ODISHA GOVERNOR.

AWARDS - 

* Odisha State Wins The BEST STATE IN AGRICULTURE Award At The 16th Agriculture Leadership Conclave.

* * Sand ARTIST Sudarshan Pattnaik Has Been Honoured With Prestigious RAM SARAD KOTHARI PRATIBHA SAMMAN 2025 At Kolkata.

UTKALA RATNA 2025 - 

* ODISHA GOVERNOR HARI BABU KAMBHAMPATI PRESENTS UTKALA RATNA AWARD TO FORMER GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH SHRI BISWA BHUSAN HARICHANDAN 

* 123rd ANNUAL CONVOCATION OF SAMAJ UTKAL 

KALINGA RATNA AWARD 2025 - 

* ON VISIT TO ODISHA, PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU PRESENTED THE KALINGA RATNA AWARD 2024.

* UNION EDUCATION MINISTER DHARMENDRA PRADHAN HAS BEEN HONOURED WITH THE KALINGA RATNA AWARD 2024 

*SARALA SAMMAN - 

 * PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU PRESENTED THE SARALA SAMMAN TO BIJAYA NAYAK 

ATAL PRATIBHA SAMMAN 2025 - 

* THIS AWARD ORGANISED BY ODISHA ATAL YUVASHAKTI 

* RELEASED THE YUGAJANMA ATAL PUBLICATIONS ( CAPTURING VAJPAYEE LIFE, IDEOLOGY AND PATRIOTISM) 

ATAL SHRESTHA ODIA RATNA SAMMAN - 

* Dr Pratibha Ray ( Author) 

 

ATAL MITRA RATNA - 

* SAMIR MOHANTY ( Social Worker & Politician) 

ATAL SAHITYA RATNA - 

* Writer Debaprasad Dash 

ATAL KHEL RATNA - 

* Former Cricketer Debasis Mohanty 

WILDLIFE - 

* A Wild Dog Pair Has Been Spotted For The First Time In Debrigarh Sanctuary At Bargarh Odisha.

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PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Veteran ARTIST Padmashree Awardee Guru Gopinath Swain Passed away (Odisha) 

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ODISHA CURRENT AFFAIRS IN DECEMBER 2024

HOST - 

* Bhubaneswar, Odisha Host The All India DGP/ IGP Conference 2024. 

* India Will Host The Maiden World Athletic Continental Tour In August 2025 In Bhubaneswar, ODISHA.

* Singapore Became The Odisha's Country's Partner For UTKARSH ODISHA, MAKE IN INDIA Conclave Which Scheduled To Held on 28-29th January 2025.

* Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Has Approved The Establishment Of a Yarn Project Worth Rs 4,382 Crores In Bhadrak, Odisha.

* 24 Odisha Villages Received Tsunami Ready Certification From UNESCO. (First State To Received)

* NALCO India Signed Mining Lease Deed For Amalgamated Utkal-D And Utkal-E Coal Block To Coal Production 

INDUCTED - 

* ) Indian Coast Guard Has Commissioned a New Ship Support Facility At Paradip, Odisha.

* President Droupadi Murmu Laid Foundation Stone For Six Projects In Odisha Worth Rs 6400 Crores ( Including Three New Railway Lines) 

MOU SIGNED - 

* NTPC LIMITED Inked Pact With Odisha Government For The Settings Up Green Hydrogen Infra In Odisha.

PUBLISHED - 

* Seemita Mohanty, An English Professor Of NIT Rourkela Odisha Has Published a Multilingual Picture Word Book In Six Tribal Languages For First Generational Tribal Learners In Sundargarh. 

APPOINTMENT - 

* 2013 Odisha Cadre IPS Anupama James Set To Join As NIA As SP.

* IFS Prem Kumar Jha Has Been Appointed As The Odisha PCCF Wildlife. 

* Prasanta Pattnaik Has Been Appointed As The Director (Operation) Of OPTCL.

* Former Governor And Senior Odisha Leader Biswabhusan Harichandan Appointed Chairman Of The Advisory Council Of The Centre For Narendra Modi Studies ( CNMS). 

* IAS Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra Has Been Appointed As The Principal Secretary Of ST & SC Development, Minorities And Backward Classes Welfare Department. Odisha.

* Dr HARIBABU KAMBHAMPATI - ODISHA ( NEW GOVERNOR) 

* Justice Biswanath Rath Has Been Appointed As The Odisha Law Commission Chairman.

* The Appointment Committee Of Cabinet Has extended The Service Period Of Odisha Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja For One More Years.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Former MLA Of Bhubaneswar, Odisha Bijay Mohanty Passed Away. 

NEW SPECIES - 

Researchers From Central University Of Odisha (CUO) Have Discovered Two New Species Of Earthworm From Eastern Ghat Of ODISHA.

INAUGURATION - 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Inaugurated The 35th KONARK FESTIVAL In Odisha.

* President Droupadi Murmu Has Unveiled The Statue Of Pandit Raghunath Murmu At Niladri Bihar, Bhubaneswar, ODISHA.

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Along With Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Inaugurated Badminton High Performance Centres In Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Unveiled A Statue Of Shri Atal Bihari Bajpayee At Cuttack, Odisha.

AWARDS - 

* Shrimati Raimati Ghuria From Koraput, Odisha Recived An Honorary Doctorate From Rasthrapati Droupadi Murmu.

* Olympic Weightlifting Medallist Karnam Malleshwari And Former INDIAN Football Team CAPTAIN Bruno Coutinho Conferred S S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD At Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

* Dr Sunita Chauhan, Odisha Power grid Has Been Honoured With NPSC Woman Engineers Award 2024.

* BHUTI BHAKTI BIBHUTI (ODIA) Book Gets The SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2024 ( By Vaishnav Charan Samal) 

SPORTS - 

*  Odisha's Jyothsna Sabar Win Gold Medal At The Youth Asian Championship At Doha 

* Odisha's Mannata Mishra Won Bronze In Women's 100m Breaststroke in 1:12:90 At KZN Premier Provincial Championship 2024.

* Odisha Senior Women's Football Team Secured The Silver Medal At The 29th Senior Women's National Football Championship For Rajmata Jijabai Trophy 2024/25.

AWARDS - 

* NALCO Captive Power Plant Bagged The Kalinga Safety Excellence Award In The Platinum Category For The Year 2023.

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PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Renowned Professor Laureate Sudarshan Pujari Of Sambalpur Orissa Passed Away.

BILL PASSED - 

*  Odisha Public Examination (Prevention Of Unfair Means) Bill 2024 Passed In Odisha Assembly.