Odisha News
➡️ Bhubaneswar reports 229 more COVID positive cases & 261 recoveries in the last 24 hours including 185 local contact cases and 44 quarantine cases.
➡️ 764 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The total recovered cases of Odisha now stand at 988854.
➡️ Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates 10 more smart schools in Hinjli under State Government’s ambitious ‘High School Transformation’ programme.
➡️ Shree Jagannatha Temple Administrator to set up Srimandir Gurukul in Puri where children of sevayats will study.
➡️ Odisha Government will provide houses to sevayats of Puri Jagannath Temple.
➡️ There will be 30% reduction in the syllabus for +2 students in Odisha this year; CHSE.
➡️ A court in Odisha directed police to launch a fresh probe into allegations on involvement of Law Minister Pratap Jena in the Mahanga double murder case.
1968-batch Odisha-cadre IPS officer & former CBI Director Uma Shankar Mishra passes away.
➡️ Men’s hockey team defender Amit Rohidas awarded Biju Patnaik Sports Award.
India News
➡️ PM Modi will dedicate renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak to the nation on August 28.
➡️ India’s cumulative COVID19 vaccination coverage crosses 61 crore landmark milestone.
➡️ Kerala reports 30,007 new COVID19 cases, 18,997 recoveries and 162 deaths in the last 24 hours.
➡️ No fresh death due to COVID-19 in Delhi, 16th time since second wave of corona.
➡️ India’s aviation watchdog DGCA lifts ban on Boeing 737 Max jets.
➡️ Aviation ministry passes Drone Rules, 2021 to ensure ease of using drones in India.
➡️ Chhattisgarh: 4 naxals, one of them carrying cash reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head, surrender in Dantewada.
➡️ ENGvIND 3rd test, day 2: England 298/3 at tea break, lead India by 220 runs.
World News
➡️ 13 Dead, several wounded in explosion outside Kabul Airport.
➡️ The first blast took place at the Abbey Gate of the airport and the second at the nearby Baron Hotel.
➡️ Large explosion and gunfire reports at the Kabul airport, US citizens should avoid traveling to the airport & avoid airport gates at this time: tweets John Kirby, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, the US.
➡️ Emergency hospital in Kabul says around 60 wounded people have arrived so far from airport explosions: Reuters.
➡️ Yahoo shuts down news sites in India over new FDI rules.
➡️ French ambassador to leave Afghanistan, work from Paris.
➡️ Canada ends Afghanistan evacuation operations.