Odisha News
? Bhubaneswar reports 31 Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours including 16 quarantine, 15 local contact cases; taking the total positive cases to 31104 in the Capital City.
? 29 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the Capital city in the last 24 hours.
? Odisha records 405 Covid-19 recoveries today including 55 from Sundargarh, 52 from Khordha and 34 from Anugul. The total recovered cases of the State now stand at 318683.
? Odisha Government allows one compensatory attempt to Odisha Civil Services Examination (OCSE), 2020 aspirants.
? Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik addresses at the 93rd Annual General Meeting of FICCI.
? General darshan at Puri Jagannath Temple will be allowed from January 3, 2021; maximum 5,000 devotees will be allowed inside the temple per day initially: SJTA.
? Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) Doctors monitor health condition of eminent litterateur Manoj Das in Puducherry.
? 5 Forest personnel injured after attacked by stone smugglers in Dhenkanal District.
India News
? Attack on JP Nadda’s convoy: The ministry of home affairs (MHA) orders central deputation for 3 West Bengal IPS officers.
? Maharashtra bans Jeans, T-shirts, slippers for Government employees.
? UPSC Releases new Time Table for Civil Services Examinations 2020.
? Farmers from Rajasthan to begin ‘Delhi Chalo’ march (Tractor March) via Jaipur highway tomorrow.
? Jammu and Kashmir: 2 civilians injured in a militant attack in the grenade attack in Baramulla.
? A delegation of Haryana farmers met Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar; submitted a memorandum with their signatures supporting the three farm laws.
? Chilla & Ghazipur borders are closed for traffic from Noida & Ghaziabad to Delhi due to farmers protests.
? COVID vaccine will be provided free of cost in the State: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
? Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met leaders of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) today.
? Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) resumes ‘Darshan’ for children below 10, pregnant women & older people.
? India’s Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan Gaurav Ahluwalia has been replaced by Suresh Kumar; Gaurav Ahluwalia appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Algeria.
? Divine becomes first Indian Rapper to feature on New York’s Times Square Billboard.
World News
? Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine to go for ‘Mix-Match Trial’ with Russia’s SputnikV.