? Odisha reports 1030 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours including 179 between 0-18 years age group; Sundargarh reports 227, Khordha 164 and Mayurbhanj 110 fresh covid-19 cases today. Active cases rise to 6974. Samples Tested – 20,813. Daily TPR – 4.95%.
? Puri is all set to get a ‘Greenfield Airport’ soon. The ambitious project is likely to be operational in the next two years, informed Puri District Collector Samarth Verma.
? Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha, Manas Mangaraj has been elected as the Member of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA).
? India reports 20,557 new Covid 19 cases and 44 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active cases stands at 1,46,323.
? TMC General Secretary Kunal Ghosh demands expulsion of Minster Partha Chatterjee from the party. Party spokesperson Riju Dutta endorses the demand.
? Additional cash of Rs 15 crore, recovered from the residence of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee. Counting of cash underway. A few days ago, Rs 21 crore cash recovered from her before her arrest.
? 5G spectrum auction enters Day 3, received bids worth Rs 1.5 trillion so far.
? Rupee rises 11 paise to 79.80 against US dollar in early trade.
?Indian stock indices extend gains, Sensex up 1 pc in early trade.
? Indian wrestler Suraj Vashishth wins first ever gold medal in the Greco-Roman U-17 World Championship in Rome.
? Indian hockey captain Manpreet Singh selected as the second flagbearer for Team India for the opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham.
? India beat West Indies by 119 runs (D/L method) in the 3rd ODI to win Series 3-0. Player of the Series – Shubman Gill.
? Nearly a million under lockdown in Wuhan after 4 Covid cases detected.
? U.S. reports 1,048 new monkeypox cases – biggest single day spike.