?Why I was not invited to Rajdhani Pratistha Diwas (Capital Foundation Day) function, asks Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi.

?Odisha reports 14 new Covid cases from 7 districts in the last 24 hours. Active cases stand at 130.

? India reports 1088 new Covid cases and 26 deaths in the last 24 hours, Active cases stand at 10,870.

?11,000 MT of rice from India reached Colombo before New Year celebrations in Sri Lanka. This consignment comes under the $1 billion credit line extended by India.

?90 pilots have been restrained from flying the Boeing 737 MAX. They will have to undergo training again to the satisfaction of DGCA.

?”The India-US relationship has undergone a real transformation in the last two decades,” says External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

?China reports 27,920 new daily Covid-19 cases, the most since the pandemic began.

?Death toll from Philippine landslides, floods rises to 58.

?FIR filed against former Chief Minister & Congress Leader Digvijaya Singh over his recent tweet containing a sensitive photo not related to Madhya Pradesh.

?US President Joe Biden claims that Russian President Putin is trying to wipe out the idea of being Ukrainian.

?US President Joe Biden authorized “release of 1mn barrels per day for next 6 months from US Strategic Petroleum Reserve – & over 30 countries agreed to release 60 million additional barrels,” to help deal with Russia’s gasoline price hike.