Odisha News
? Degree College and all University in Odisha to reopen from 11th January, Semester Examination date also declared .
? The penultimate semester exams for the students of UG/PG courses in Odisha will be held between March 16 and March 31. Final semester exams will take place between June 16 and June 30.
? Bhubaneswar reports 8 Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours including 2 quarantine, 6 local contact cases; taking the total positive cases to 31664 in the Capital City.
? 18 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the Capital city in the last 24 hours.
? Puri Jagannath Temple has opened up for public from today. Devotees with their COVID negative reports visited the holy site.
? OAS officer Sangram Mohapatra appointed as Collector & District Magistrate of Jagatsinghpur district.
? Justice S Muralidhar receives guard of honour at State guest house after reaching Bhubaneswar today; take charge as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court tomorrow.
? Odisha Government will soon come up with a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for reopening of hostels with reopening of schools for Class 10 and 12 students.
? Annual Bird Census begins in different forest divisions of Odisha on Sunday.
? FIR lodged against 12 persons, 1 suspect detained in connection with brutal murder of Salipur BJP leader Kulamani Baral and his associate Dibyasingh Baral.
? Minor girl allegedly gang-raped in Ghasipura area of Keonjhar District. Police detain 4 people.
? Girl falls into river while clicking selfie at Kanakund in Odisha’s Sundargarh district.
India News
? 17 people killed after an under construction ceiling collapsed at a cremation ground in Uttar Pradesh’s Muradnagar on Sunday.
? 6 dead as bus carrying marriage party from Karnataka falls on a house in Kerala.
? Jammu & Kashmir: Traffic movement disrupted on Jammu and Srinagar National Highway due to heavy snowfall around Jawahar Tunnel.
? COVAXIN is being approved for restricted use in an emergency by Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI): ICMR.
? ‘Covishield’ ready to roll out in coming weeks: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla.
? Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) NTPC 2nd phase CBT exam will be conducted from January 16 across the country.
? Prasar Bharati (DD-AIR) records massive digital growth in 2020; Pakistan second highest digital audience for DD and AIR.
? PM Modi rated highest among world leaders by American research firm.
? PM Narendra Modi will dedicate the Kochi-Mangaluru Natural Gas Pipeline to the nation on 5th January at 11 am.
? J&K police recover arms, ammunition in Poonch.
? COVID-19 recovery rate improves to 96.16% in India with about 20,963 Corona patients recovering during last 24 hours.