📌Nabajoubana Darshan of Lord Jagannath, his siblings begin in Puri after 15-day Anabasara.
📌The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) rejects ISKCON’s claims on off-season Ratha Jatra, clarifies Gajapati Maharaja’s Berlin visit.
📌Former SCERT Director Manoj Padhi arrested in connection with errors found in school textbooks.
📌Odisha Crime Branch says the State suffers Rs 175 Crore Revenue loss due to Textbook Errors.
📌Odisha Cabinet approves 13 proposals across 7 departments; strong focus on rural connectivity, agriculture and cooperative reforms.
📌Graham Staines Murder Case: Supreme Court directs Odisha Government to release of Dara Singh by August 15.
📌Election Commission of India (ECI) announces Rs 6,000 one-time honorarium for BLOs and BLO supervisors engaged in SIR.
📌Odisha Government made Rate Chart mandatory at all Medicine Stores after Central Government fixed prices of 39 essential medicines.
📌Drunk Law student arrested in Bhubaneswar after AC mechanic killed in road accident.
📌The Centre, CBSE and NCERT strongly defend in the Supreme Court the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020’s three-language framework, saying it is essential for promoting “multilingualism and national integration”.
📌Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Fire breaks out in an empty rail coach in Sabarmati Yard. Efforts are being made to douse the fire.
📌Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin to return to Kolkata after 19 years for anti-fundamentalism event.
📌Supreme Court raps comedian Samay Raina, YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia for non-compliance of its order.
📌Special Court of National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Bengaluru has convicted and sentenced a key accused in a ISIS-linked terror conspiracy case of 2020.
📌India bans import of goods made using forced labour.
📌Sensex tanks 561.46 points to settle at 77,054.94; Nifty drops 158.95 points to 24,052.05.
📌Rupee falls 54 paise to close at 96.22 (provisional) against US dollar.
📌Washington, USA: Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two others lifts-off for a mission to International Space Station.
