Odisha News
➡️ Bhubaneswar reports 1402 more COVID positive cases & 696 recoveries in the last 24 hours including 1358 local contact cases and 44 quarantine cases.
➡️ The State Election Fee (SEC) directed the Odisha authorities to suspend the Principal of Maa Tarini Mahavidyalaya in Mahakalapada of Kendrapara district and the Salepur SDPO for violating poll code.
➡️ Odisha Panchayat Polls, Nominations filled on January 18: Ward Member – 10,734, Sarpanch – 1546, Panchayat Samiti Member – 1034 and Zilla Parishad Member – 42.
➡️ Cuttack: A team of Forest department takes custody of ‘Coco’- the ‘pet parrot’ from its owners who was traced after 12 days.
➡️ Suspended BJD MLA Prashant Jagdev from Chilika coordinates Mishrana Parva at Party Office; BJP leader and Chilika Block Chairman Jharana Barik join BJD.
➡️ Pre-Panchayat Poll Violence: Clashes break out in Ganjam and Kandhamal; 3 injured.
➡️ Police lathicharge over land acquisition in Dhinkia: 2 PILs filed in Orissa High Court seeking protection of Human Rights, free treatment of injured.
India News
➡️ Army rescues 14 civilians including women, children and a heart-patient stuck in Avalanche in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kupwara.
➡️ Lt Gen Manoj Pande appointed as next Army Vice Chief.
➡️ 4 Maoists gunned down on Telangana-Chhattisgarh Border.
➡️ Kerala reports 28,481 new COVID-19 cases and 7,303 recoveries and 39 deaths.
➡️ West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will campaign for Samajwadi Party in upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
➡️ Centre asks States to enhance Covid testing.
➡️ Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu tests positive for coronavirus.
➡️ Punjab Assembly Election: AAP picks Bhagwant Mann for Punjab, says he scored 93% in Televote.
➡️ Rupee falls 33 paise to close at 74.58 (provisional) against US dollar.
➡️ Sensex tanks 554.05 pts to end at 60,754.86 pts; Nifty declines by 195.05 pts to 18,113.05 pts.
World News
➡️ Israel sends its condolences to India for the death of 2 Indian citizens in the Abu Dhabi (UAE) terror attack.
➡️ UAE drone attack: External affairs minister Jaishankar assures of ‘fullest support’ to families of victims from India.