BJD has rejected Union Education Ministry’s Performance Grading Index (PGI) report of schools that gave a big thumbs down to Odisha; calls it a biased one.
Maguni Charan Kuanr, a puppeteer from Keonjhar, conferred with Padma Shri award by President Droupadi Murmu for promoting and propagating the traditional puppet dance form of Odisha.
Indian Army Cheetah helicopter has crashed near Mandala hills area of Arunachal Pradesh. Both the pilots involved in the crash have lost their lives: Army officials.