Odisha News
? Bhubaneswar reports only 88 Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours including 17 Quarantine and 71 local contact cases; taking the total positive cases to 28782 in the Capital City.
? 230 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the Capital city in the last 24 hours.
? Odisha records 2010 Covid-19 Recoveries today including 269 from Khordha, 164 from Cuttack, 103 from Mayurbhanj and 102 from Sundargarh. The total recovered cases of the State now stand at 268115.
? 3 more Journalists booked over extortion charges in Odisha.
? Delhi High Court suspends jail term for former Union Minister Dilip Ray in connection with the alleged irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999.
? BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik to address virtual rally for Tirtol Assembly seat tomorrow & Balasore Sadar constituency on Oct 29.
? Odisha CM inaugurates Odisha State Scholarship portal, a single platform for empowering students to become scholar and “SUMANGAL” Portal to provide cash incentives for promotion of inter-caste marriage.
? Odisha Govt effects minor Bureaucratic Reshuffle in IAS Cadre; Parag Gupta has been appointed as the Chairman of Odisha Forest Development Corporation Ltd, Bhubaneswar.
? Dedicated COVID Hospital with 500 beds & 70 ICU beds inaugurated at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
? A 90-year-old woman with comorbidities defeats coronavirus in Sambalpur.
India News
? Centre notifies new laws allowing any Indian citizen to buy land in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
? MHA extends the guidelines for reopening (unlock 5.0), which were issued on September 30, till November 30.
? U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo & Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper called on Hon’ble PM Modi today.
? Kerala becomes the first State to fix floor price for vegetables, which would be 20% above the production cost.
? 55-year-old woman killed for opposing sexual harassment of her daughters.
? Chirag Paswan’s video on shooting in front of father Ram Vilas Paswan’s picture goes viral before first phase of Bihar election 2020.
? RBI asks lenders to implement waiver of interest on onterest scheme by November 5.
? NASA‘s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) confirms water on moon surface for 1st time.
? Rhea Chakraborty requests dismissal of petition by Sushant Singh Rajput’s sisters to quash FIR against them.
? Facebook’s India head of public policy Ankhi Das quits.
? Anuradha Paudwal Turns 66, Birthday greetings pour in.
? IPL 2020: Delhi Capitals win toss, elect to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad.