Odisha News
➡️ Bhubaneswar reports 197 more COVID positive cases & 185 recoveries in the last 24 hours including 151 local contact cases and 46 quarantine cases.
➡️ 845 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The total recovered cases of Odisha now stand at 981316.
➡️ Lingaraj temple to reopen for devotees from September 1 amid abidance of Covid restrictions.
➡️ Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra & Secy to CM (5T) VK Pandian reviewed the construction of ‘Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, affordable housing project, under-construction science park and planetarium in Chhend & Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium in Rourkela.
India News
➡️ India has administered more than 56.57 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses till now, including over 48 lakh doses administered today.
➡️ EAM S Jaishankar announces India’s support to UN in roll out of UNITE AWARE – a technology platform for peacekeeping missions.
➡️ India is very carefully following developments in Afghanistan; focus is on ensuring security and safe return of Indian nationals still in Afghanistan: EAM S Jaishankar.
➡️ PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of multiple projects in Somnath, Gujarat on August 20.
➡️ Kerala reports 21,427 new cases in the last 24 hours.
➡️ Tamil Nadu Government allows re-opening of schools for classes 9th to 12th from 1st September
➡️ Congress appoints Dr Ajoy Kumar as AICC incharge of Sikkim, Nagaland and Tripura.
World News
➡️ UAE welcoms President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds
➡️ Tsunami alert issued after 6.8-magnitude quake off Vanuatu in South Pacific Ocean.
➡️ UN Human Rights Council to hold special session on August 24 to address “Serious Human Rights Concerns and Situation in Afghanistan”.
➡️ 400 people booked for harassing, molesting Pakistani YouTuber girl.