Odisha News
➡️ Bhubaneswar reports 318 more COVID positive cases & 237 recoveries in the last 24 hours including 239 local contact cases and 79 quarantine cases.
➡️ 1773 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The total recovered cases of Odisha now stand at 958601.
➡️ Tokyo Olympics 2020: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik watches India Men’s Hockey Team’s match against Great Britain.
➡️ Nandankanan Zoo in Bhubaneswar to reopen from August 3.
➡️ Dr. Prabhata Das is the lone candidate from Odisha to clear Indian Statistical Service (ISS) Examination-2020.
➡️ Woman Maoist Tulasi Ulaka, carried cash reward of Rs 4 lakh on her head, surrenders before DIG Sambalpur and Bolangir.
➡️ Rajya Sabha MP Subhash Chandra Singh writes to Centre seeking GI Tag for Kendrapara Rasabali.
India News
➡️ PM Modi to be first Indian Prime Minister to preside over UNSC meeting. India assumes Presidency of UNSC for August: India’s former envoy to UN Syed Akbaruddin.
➡️ ‘Muslim Women Rights Day’ observed to mark Triple Talaq ban.
➡️ The gross GST revenue collected in the month of July 2021 is Rs 1,16,393 crores: Ministry of Finance.
➡️ Indian Shuttler PV Sindhu wins bronze at Olympics.
➡️ India beat Great Britain 3-1 to reach men’s hockey semifinals in Tokyo Olympic 2020.
➡️ Indian boxer Satish Kumar loses to Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov in men’s Super Heavy (+91kg) quarterfinals.
World News
➡️ Pakistan refuses to accept more Afghan refugees.
➡️ China sounds Covid-19 alarm as Delta variant spreads to 18 provinces.
➡️ Alex Ellis, British High Commissioner to India congratulates Indian Men’s Hockey Team for entering semi-finals.
➡️ Eutelsat Quantum, World’s first commercial fully re-programmable satellite lifts off from French Guiana.
➡️ Asia sees record Covid-19 surge, Delta variant spurs nations to reconsider curbs.
➡️ Partial lockdown in Karachi after alarming rise in COVID cases.