Odisha News
? Bhubaneswar reports 29 Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours including 14 quarantine, 15 local contact cases; taking the total positive cases to 31302 in the Capital City.
? 24 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the Capital city in the last 24 hours.
? Odisha records 363 Covid-19 recoveries today including 66 from Sundargarh, 46 from Khordha and 28 from Mayurbhanj. The total recovered cases of the State now stand at 320947.
? Samaleswari Temple in Sambalpur to reopen from January 3.
? Nayagarh Pari Murder Case: Odisha Police rubbishes allegations against SIT of Odisha Crime Branch.
? Commissionerate Police booked gangster Raja Acharya under National Security Act (NSA).
? Church in Bhubaneswar allowed to open on 25 December. All religious institutions in Bhubaneswar will reopen from January 3.
? Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash rescued a road accident victim near Pipili and admitted him to the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar.
India News
? PM Narendra Modi requests opposition parties with ‘folded hands’ not to mislead farmers.
? Dhanush joins Russo brothers’ The Gray Man, most expensive Netflix Film. At $200 million, it is reportedly the most expensive Netflix original film ever.
? Embassy of Japan in India shares photos of the E5 Series Shinkansen (Japan’s Bullet Train), which will be modified for use as rolling stock of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project.
?CBI files charges of gangrape and murder against four accused in Hathras case.
? Kerala reports 5,456 fresh COVID-19 cases, 23 more fatalities today; Maharashtra reports 3,994 new COVID-19 cases.
? Jaipur district magistrate gives citizenship to 18 Hindu refugees from Pakistan under provisions of Citizenship Act, 1955.
? Another TMC MLA Silbhadra Dutta (Barrackpore) resigns from the party.
? Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat tests positive for COVID-19.
? Organs of brain dead child give new lease of life to five others in Gujarat.
? CBI books Hyderabad-based Transstroy (India) Ltd for Rs 7,926-crore bank fraud.
? Case lodged against Kangana Ranaut in Bihar for ‘derogatory remarks’ against RLSP Chief Upendra Kushwaha.
? Bollywood Singer Neha Kakkar announces pregnancy.
? India vs Australia 1st Test: Australia all out for 191, India take 53-run lead on the second day.
World News
? Afghan airstrikes kill 30 militants in eastern Ghazni province.
? Vice President of United States Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence receive their first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.