Odisha News
➡️ Odisha vaccinates more than 1 lakh elderly people on a single day. So far 4.43 lakh people in the age group of 60+ have been given first dose of Covid vaccine.
➡️ 70 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The total recovered cases of Odisha now stand at 335730.
➡️ Biju Jayanti to be celebrated as ‘Legendary Indian Pilots Day’.
➡️ ‘Kalira Atita’ out of Oscar Race.
➡️ Three Buses gutted in fire at Puri Bus Stand; no casualties reported.
➡️ Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates five-day State-level agri exhibition ‘Krushi Odisha’.
➡️ Trawler owner shot dead by a miscreant at Naupalagudi in Balasore district.
➡️ Odisha Government stays Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC)’s decision to hike holding tax
➡️ South Central Railway extends 30 special trains till June; Destinations include Bhubaneswar, Puri.
India News
➡️ J&K: Two JeM terrorists including commander Sajjad Afghani killed in Shopian encounter.
➡️ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a Virtual Summit with the Prime Minister of Finland Marin Sanna on 16 March 2021.
➡️ 2008 Batla House encounter: I-M terrorist Ariz Khan sentenced to death after being convicted of killing Cop Mohan Chand Sharma.
➡️ Army recruitment scam: CBI books six lieutenant colonels along with several other officers and their family members.
➡️ NIA conducts searches at 11 locations in Delhi, Kerala and Karnataka in ISIS module case.
➡️ Rs 2,000 Notes not printed in last 2 years: Government in Lok Sabha.
➡️ Lioness killed after being hit by vehicle in Gujarat’s Amreli district.
➡️ No proposal yet to bring crude petroleum, petrol, diesel, ATF and natural gas under GST purview: FM Nirmala Sitharaman.
➡️ Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah ties knot with Sanjana Ganesan.
World News
➡️ WHO urges world not to halt vaccinations as Astra Zeneca shot divides Europe.
➡️ Inter Parliamentary Union President Duarte Pacheco on a week long visit to India.
➡️ Canada calls on China to stop persecution of Uighurs, Tibetans.
➡️ No evidence of increased blood clot risk from vaccine, says AstraZeneca.