Odisha News
? Odisha reports single-day spike of 1480 Covid-19 cases including 858 quarantine and 622 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 282695 including 264102 recoveries & 17281 active cases.
? Angul reported 141 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Mayurbhanj (113), Khordha (110) and Cuttack (106).
? Odisha reports 14 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours including 3 from Khordha, 2 each from Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Nuapada and Sundargarh. Toll mounts to 1259.
? CBI Court sentenced to 3 years Jail term to former Union Minister Dilip Ray, 2 others. All have been granted bail.
? Three of family found dead on railway track near Singaram station in Koraput Dist.
India News
? India reports 45,149 new COVID-19 cases & 480 deaths in the last 24 hours, records lowest daily spike in cases in over 3 months.
? Total case tally stands at 79,09,960 including 6,53,717 active cases, 71,37,229 cured/discharged/migrated cases & 1,19,014 deaths.
? Total 10,34,62,778 samples tested for COVID-19 up to 25th October. Of these 9,39,309 samples were tested yesterday: ICMR.
? Allahabad High Court grants interim relief from arrest to Nawazuddin Siddiqui and family in case alleging child abuse.
? Recovery rate touches 90%, only 8.5% of total caseload active in India: Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
? Campaigning for the first phase of Bihar Elections 2020 will end today.
? 10-day long Dussehra celebrations concluded with boat ride of idols of goddess Kanaka Durga and Lord Malleswara at Krishna river in Vijayawada on Sunday.
? 4-day Army Commanders’ Conference to begin in Delhi today.
? Week-long Kullu Dussehra celebrations began yesterday with Lord Raghunath’s ‘rath yatra’ on Vijaya Dashmi.
? US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark T Esper to arrive in India today for Indo-US 2+2 dialogue.
World News
? An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter scale occurred in Pakistan at 4:14 am today at the depth of 10 km.
? Global coronavirus cases nearing 43 Million Mark.
? Bulgarian PM tests positive for COVID-19.
