Odisha News
➡️ Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik dedicates 5 online services for Women & Child Development department.
➡️ Board of Secondary Education (BSE) to strictly follow Covid-19 protocols, increase Centres in view of resurgence of coronavirus infections in several States.
➡️ 15 places in Odisha recorded day temperature above 35 Degrees Celsius.
➡️ Bhubaneswar recorded the maximum temperature at 39.4 Degrees Celsius, the hottest place in the Country today.
➡️ Odisha asks Centre to allow 183 private hospitals empanelled under BSKY as #COVIDVaccination centres for next phase (elderly).
➡️ Odisha Sprinter Dutee Chand wins gold in women’s 100 metre event by clocking 11.44 sec in Indian Grand Prix 2 at Patiala IGP 2021.
➡️ 20-foot-long blue whale shark rescued after being washed ashore on Sunapur sea beach in Ganjam district.
➡️ Odisha Congress workers clashed at its headquarters in Bhubaneswar.
➡️ Odisha Government withdraws expenditure rationalisation measures imposed last year in the wake of economic downturn due to the pandemic.
India News
➡️ India, Pakistan agree to put an end to all ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC).
➡️ All Students of Classes 9, 10, 11 in Tamil Nadu declared Pass.
➡️ Government announced new guidelines and code of ethics for social media companies and OTT platforms.
➡️ UK Court orders fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi’s extradition to India in PNB Scam Case.
➡️ UP Legislative Council passes the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2021.
➡️ Health secretary Rajesh Bhushan to hold video-conferencing with State officials on next phase COVID Vaccination of the aged at 11 am tomorrow.
➡️ 5 dead, 6 injured in explosion at fireworks factory near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district:
➡️ ISRO completes launch rehearsal of PSLV-C51 Mission; launch scheduled at 1024 hrs IST on February 28, 2021.
➡️ INDvsENG 3rd Test, Day 2: India win 3rd Test against England by 10 Wickets.
World News
➡️ Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov meets with External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar
➡️ China President Xi Jinping declares victory in ending extreme poverty.
➡️ US President Joe Biden lifts Trump-era ban on Green Card applicants.
➡️ Baarack, a wild sheep with 35-Kg (77-pound) coat of Wool rescued in Australia.
➡️ Australia passes law making Facebook and Google pay for news.