Odisha News
? Bhubaneswar reports 37 Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours including 15 quarantine, 22 local contact cases; taking the total positive cases to 31236 in the Capital City.
? 29 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the Capital city in the last 24 hours.
? Odisha records 358 Covid-19 recoveries today including 43 from Khordha, 36 from Sundargarh and 29 from Anugul. The total recovered cases of the State now stand at 320208.
? Bidyashree Dash, wife of late social activist Aditya Dash attempted to commit suicide by consuming sleeping pills; admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack in a critical condition.
? Odisha CM & Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Mohammed Rafiq jointly inaugurated new Civil Judge Court Building at Hinjilicut, Ganjam.
? Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Odisha Crime Branch reveals that 5-year-old girl was raped before being murdered.
? India test-fires two Prithvi-II ballistic missiles in Balasore off the coast of Odisha.
? The Central GST Intelligence unit arrest a youth on charges of evading tax in Rourkela.
? The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main 2021) question papers will be available in 13 languages including Odia language: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
? Gajapati: A youth charred to death while clicking selfie by climbing atop a train at Paralakhemundi railway station after came in contact with the live wire.
? Tata Motors Job Fraud: Akash Pathak’s 5-Day CB remand end; send to jail again.
? Kendrapara Baldevjew temple to be reopened from January 3.
? S Muralidhar will be next Chief Justice Of Orissa High Court, Justice Mohammad Rafiq transferred to Madhya Pradesh High Court.
India News
? Earthquake of magnitude 3.1 Richter scale hits Subansiri area of Arunachal Pradesh at 8:10 pm today.
? Supreme Court asks the centre to hold talks with farmers with an open mind
? Government approves Rs 3,500 cr package for sugarcane farmers.
? PM Modi to be chief guest at Aligarh Muslim University’s centenary celebrations on December 22.
? PM Narendra Modi meets UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, discusses potential of India-UK partnership.
? Cabinet approves Rs 3,500 crore subsidy for sugar farmers. The subsidy will be given on 60 lakh tonnes of sugar exports at the rate of Rs 6000 per tonne.
? The first session of JEE Main 2021 will be conducted from February 23 to 26.
? 6,185 new COVID-19 cases & 5,728 recoveries reported in Kerala today.
? 57.22% voter turnout recorded in 7th phase of DDC elections across Jammu and Kashmir today.
? India to host Global Film Summit in 2021: Prakash Javadekar.