Odisha News
? Y Vijay appointed as new Collector of Malkangiri district; Manish Aggarwal transferred as Deputy Commissioner of Planning and Convergence Department.
? Bhubaneswar reports 52 Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours including 22 quarantine, 30 local contact cases; taking the total positive cases to 30179 in the Capital City.
? 74 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the Capital city in the last 24 hours.
? Odisha records 1297 Covid-19 recoveries today including 142 from Khordha, 133 from Mayurbhanj, 111 from Cuttack and 100 from Balesore. The total recovered cases of the State now stand at 299159.
? Odisha Govt prohibits Chhat Puja including mass bathing at river banks to remain prohibited across Odisha on November 20-21 due to Covid-19 pandemic.
? 1 dead, 2 missing while taking bath at Tribeni Ghat in Balasore Dist.
? Sambalpur District Administration shut Covid hospital in Sambalpur after decline in new positive cases.
? After Bhadrak, one more shivling has been found at Chandrapada village under Chhatrapur block in Ganjam district.
? Remains of Temple found during excavation at Lower Suktel river ghat in Bolangir Dist.
? Odisha Society of Americas to hold 1st ever World Web Festival in December.
? Odisha Govt asks Dist Collectors of 8 Districts to prevent entry of paddy from Chhattisgarh into Odisha for unauthorised purposes.
India News
? Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar CM for 4th straight term; BJP leaders Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi take oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar.
? New Council of Ministers headed by Nitish has 14 members, including two deputies.
? Bharat Biotech starts Phase III trials for COVAXIN today.
? Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) facilitates multiple options for submission of digital life certificate.
? Supreme Court issues notice to Income Tax Dept in 2018 Tax evasion case against Karti Chidambaram & his wife.
? Sports Ministry sanctions Rs 10 lakhs to hockey Olympian MP Singh, who is suffering from a chronic kidney ailment and is currently on dialysis.
? Moderna Inc’s experimental coronavirus vaccine found to be 94.5% effective.
? Vizag Zoological Park to reopen from November 17.
? Kerala High Court dismisses plea for CBI probe into Air India Express crash which killed 19 passengers in August.