Odisha News
? India successfully test-fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with a strike range of more than 400 km from off Odisha coast.
? Odisha records 4219 Covid-19 Recoveries today including 628 from Khordha, 494 from Cuttack and 264 from Puri. The total recovered cases of the State now stand at 185700.
? Bhubaneswar reports 369 new COVID-19 cases including 75 Quarantine and 294 local contact cases: taking the total positive cases to 21895 in the Capital City.
? 356 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the Capital city in the last 24 hours.
? Epidemic Diseases (Odisha Ammendment) Bill 2020 passed in Odisha Assembly.
? Odisha BJP forms managing committees for Balasore & Tirtol bypoll scheduled to be held on November 3; includes 23 members in the committee for Tirtol and 16-member team for Balasore.
? Odisha Govt offices in Bhubaneswar & Cuttack to function with 50% staff in October.
India News
? UP CM Yogi Adityanath speaks to Hathras gang-rape victim’s kin; announces Rs 25 lakh as ex-gratia, and a house along with a governmnet job to one family member.
? National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) issues notice to Chief Secretary and DGP of UP Govt over gang rape of a 19-year-old woman.
? CBDT extends deadline for filing belated, revised ITRs for assessment year 2019-20 from 30th September 2020 to 30th November 2020.
? Bihar Elections: Former Maharashtra CM and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis appointed party’s Bihar in-charge.
? Lockdown in Maharashtra extended till 31st October.
? Government will borrow Rs 4.34 lakh crore in second half of 2020-21 to meet its expenditure requirement amid COVID-19 crisis.1
? Farm Bills Row: Farmers plan massive protests in Delhi in November.
? All accused in Babri Masjid demolition case acquitted by Special CBI Court in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
? The Supreme Court refuses to postpone UPSC prelims examination scheduled to be held on October 4 in view of COVID-19 pandemic
? Google India to launch ‘Namaste Digital’ show on Doordarshan to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
World News
? Serena Williams withdraws from French Open with an achilles injury.
? Nepal to build Ayodhyapuri Dham, allocates 40 Acres of land.