Odisha News
? Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari tabled Supplementary Budget of Rs 11,200 crore for financial year 2020-21.
? Bhubaneswar reports 42 Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours including 9 quarantine, 33 local contact cases; taking the total positive cases to 30372 in the Capital City.
? 56 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the Capital city in the last 24 hours.
? Odisha records 1101 Covid-19 recoveries today including 102 from Khordha, 96 from Sundargarh and 89 from Cuttack. The total recovered cases of the State now stand at 303897.
? Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates the seismic survey campaign of OIL at Kakatpur in Puri Dist in the Mahanadi basin.
? Delegation of BJP MLAs meet Odisha Human Rights commission seeking probe into the Custodial Death in Puri. Orissa HC seeks report from State Government.
? Puri district administration clamps restrictions on gathering during Radha Pada darshan at Gopinath temple this year.
? Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro calls for an all-party meeting as ruckus by Opposition continues during winter session of Odisha Assembly.
? Rourkela Airport to start commercial flight services soon; Airport Authority of India team visits airport for inspection for an inspection.
? In view of a possible second wave of COVID-19, Ganjam administration decides to keep the Tata COVID Hospital at Sitalapalli running.
India News
?Around 172 students and an equal number of teachers of various schools in Haryana have tested positive for COVID-19.
?Comptroller & Auditor General of India Girish Chandra Murmu elected as External Auditor of Inter Parliamentary Union, Geneva; will assume this prestigious position shortly.
?Congress forms committees on Economy, Foreign Affairs, National Security.
?Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to be available for Indians by April 2021: Serum Institute Chief.
?Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij being administered a trial dose of Covaxin.
?Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 7.5 degrees Celsius today – the lowest, in this winter season
?Doctors advise Sonia Gandhi to briefly move away from Delhi as heavy pollution has aggravated her health condition. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi arrive in Panaji.
?Attorney General grants consent for contempt proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra for his latest tweet on Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde.
?Iconic Howrah Bridge illuminated on World children’s day 2020.
?Chhath Puja celebrated with restrictions across India.
?Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar takes part in ChhathPuja celebrations at his residence in Patna.
?Gujarat Govt imposes night curfew from 9pm to 6am in Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot.
?CBI arrests former superintending engineer in the irrigation department in connection with the Gomti River Front Scam.
World News
?Pfizer seeks emergency approval for COVID-19 Vaccine from US Regulators.