📌Rashmi Ranjan Swain, Ex DGP, Jammu & Kashmir (IPS Retd), appointed as the First Chairman of Odisha Uniformed Services Staff Selection Commission.
📌Under NEP 2020, Odisha will introduce physical education and wellness classes for students of Classes III to VIII from next academic year.
📌BJP issues whip; asks all it’s MLA to remain present in Odisha Assembly on 16th March.
📌Former Balasore MLA Jiban Pradip Dash quits BJP, opposing entry of Chit Fund Scam accused Politician Rabindra Jena into the party.
📌Rabindra Jena’s joining will not benefit BJP: Balasore MP Pratap Sarangi.
📌Some Congress MLAs from Odisha, along with PCC President Bhakta Charan Das, meet Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar in Bengaluru.
📌Guwahati, Assam: Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases 22nd instalment of PM-KISAN scheme to over 9.3 crore farmers across the country.
📌PM Modi launches distribution of digital land pattas to 28,241 tea workers’ families of Assam.
📌Around 130,000 Indian nationals returned to India since February 28: MEA.
📌IndiGo is introducing a fuel charge on domestic and international routes, effective on 14th March, 2026.
📌West Asia crisis: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar holds 4th phone call with Iranian counterpart in 2 weeks.
📌Over 100 children have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
📌US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says Iran’s new supreme leader ‘is wounded and likely disfigured.
