Odisha News
Odisha reports 816 COVID-19 cases on Friday including 475 quarantine and 341 local contact cases.
Khordha reports 291 fresh Covid cases followed by Cuttack (116).
Odisha reports single-day spike of 69 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours including Cuttack (38), Jagatsinghapur (9), Bargarh (8), Jajpur (4), Boudh (3). With this, the Covid-19 death toll in Odisha has gone up to 7,697.
As many as 69,585 samples were tested yesterday in Odisha.
ECMO treatment to start at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack from today; CM Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate 9 ECMO machines.
Odisha Government approves Emergency COVID Response Plan (ECRP) to tackle 3rd Wave of Covid-19.
Dr Basant Kumar Misra, a Bhubaneswar-born neurosurgeon receives prestigious AANS award, International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery.
India News
India reports 44,658 new COVID 19 cases, 32,988 recoveries and 496 deaths in the last 24 hrs.
Total case tally stands at 3,26,03,188 including 3,44,899 active cases, 3,18,21,428 cured cases & 4,36,861 deaths.
Total number of samples tested up to 26th August is 51,49,54,309 including 18,24,931 samples tested yesterday: ICMR.
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage stands at 61,22,08,542; 79,48,439 in last 24 hours.
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Kerala recorded 30,007 COVID positive cases and 215 deaths yesterday.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has called an all-party meeting today to discuss the issue of OBC quota in local bodies.
Actor Sonu Sood meets Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Sonu Sood to become the brand ambassador of our ‘Desh Ke Mentors’ program which will be launched soon.
Sensex down 169 points, currently trading at 55,779; Nifty at 16,609.
Rupee rises 5 paise to 74.17 against US dollar in early trade.
Tokyo Paralympics: India’s Para Table Tennis player Bhavina Patel beats Joyce de Oliveira, storms into quarters.
World News
The explosion in Kabul Airport has led to more than 100 deaths, including 13 US soldiers.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government will continue its evacuation operation in Afghanistan despite terror attack.
“We will not forgive. We’ll not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay,”#USPresident #JoeBiden to Kabul bombers.
The US flag will be flown at half-mast until the evening of August 30 to honour the victims killed in the terrorist attacks in Afghanistan’s Kabul: White House.
US Supreme Court ends President Biden’s federal eviction moratorium, implemented during the pandemic: Reuters.
More than 100,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan to US since August 14.
Global coronavirus cases tops 214.5 Million, death toll surge to more than 4.47 Million.
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