Odisha News
➡️ Recoveries cross daily positive cases in Bhubaneswar as the CapitalCity reports single-day spike of 919 Covid positive cases in last 24 hours including 153 Quarantine cases and 766 local contact cases.
➡️ 10635 Covid patients recover in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The total recovered cases of Odisha now stand at 623628.
➡️ The vaccination programme for 27th and 28th under BMC area will be held as per schedule.
➡️ Severe cyclonic storm Yaas weakened into cyclonic storm at 5:30 PM IST. it would weaken further into a deep depression during next 3-4 hours: IMD.
➡️ Red Warning: Heavy to very heavy rains expected across 9 districts of Odisha. The districts are Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Dhenkanal.
➡️ Cyclone Yaas: Two casualties reported from Balasore & Keonjhar districts.
➡️Cyclone Yaas restoration works in full swing in Odisha.
➡️ The Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar became operational for flights from 7 PM today.
➡️ Odisha CM asks Minister Ranendra Swain to visit Balasore, supervise restoration works.
➡️ Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announces seven days relief for families of 128 marooned villages of Cyclone Yaas-affected districts; 80% of restoration of electricity supply in next 24 hrs.
India News
➡️ Moderna to launch single-dose vaccines next year; Pfizer ready with 5 crore doses for 2021.
➡️ Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology asks all social media intermediaries compliance details over the new ‘the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Ethics Code) Rules, 2021’.
➡️ Govt respects right to privacy, no intention of violating: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
➡️ Mega vaccine confusion: Nearly 20 villagers given mixed shots of jabs in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharth nagar.
➡️ IMA Uttarakhand serves defamation notice of Rs 1,000 crore to Baba Ramdev over his alleged rants against allopathic doctors.
➡️ IMA writes to PM Narendra Modi on Ramdev statement, says clear-cut case of sedition.
➡️ JEE-Advanced Examination 2021 which was going to be held on July 3, postponed due to Covid-19 surge.
➡️ Delhi gets its first drive-in vaccination centre.
➡️ Flight operations resumed from 6.30pm today at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport after cyclone Yaas.
➡️ Farmers in Punjab, Haryana hoist black flags atop houses to mark 6 months of protest against Farm Laws.
➡️ Government of Assam classifies Mucormycosis as a notified disease.
World News
➡️ 50% of U.S. adults ar1e now fully vaccinated.
➡️ English stumper Foakes ruled out of New Zealand Tests after freak injury.
➡️ WHO scientists likely to reconsider China lab origin theory of Covid-19.
➡️ Pakistan FM Qureshi rules out providing military bases to US in future.
➡️ William Shakespeare, an 81-year-old pensioner in the UK who get first Covid-19 vaccine dies of unrelated illness.
➡️ Pakistani Journalist, known for criticism of Armed Forces, attacked at home in Islamabad.
➡️ Pact with India sets Gold-Standard on Immigration: UK home secretary Priti Patel.