Odisha News
? Bharat Bandh affects normal life across Odisha, hundreds of passengers stranded at Baramunda bus stand, vehicle remain stranded in the Capital City.
? Trade unions, farmer unions & left political parties stop trains at Bhubaneswar Railway Station.
? Odisha reports 349 Covid-19 cases including 198 quarantine and 151 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 321913 including 316447 recoveries & 3629 active cases.
? Sundargarh reports 46 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Khordha (44) and Angul (26).
? Odisha reports 6 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. Toll mounts to 1,784.
? Odisha Lokayukta orders vigilance probe into scam in procurement of mask and medicine, asks to submit report in 2 months.
? Ganja worth Rs 3 crore seized at Krushnapur village under Patapur Police limits in Ganjam.
? Odisha celebrates ‘Prathamashtami’ with fervour, gaiety.
? The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) says all items of deities of Srimandir in safe custody following ‘Nagarjuna Besha’.
India News
?Farmers launch nationwide strike over new farm laws.
? Farmers’ associations demonstrate at Ghazipur-Ghaziabad (Delhi-UP) border as part of Bharat Bandh call.
? Bharat Bandh being observed across the country today; Banks open, transport disrupted, exams postponed in some states.
? Bharat Bandh: Heavy security at Delhi borders; railway services affected in Bengal.
? India reports 26,567 new COVID-19 cases & 385 deaths in the last 24 hours.
? Total case tally stands at 97,03,770 including 3,83,866 active cases, 91,78,946 cured cases & 1,40,958 deaths.
? A total of 14,77,87,656 samples tested for COVID-19, up to 6th December 2020. Of these, 8,01,081 samples were tested yesterday: ICMR.
? Delhi Police has put CM Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest since he visited farmers at Singhu Border yesterday, tweets AAP; police denies.
? PM Narendra Modi to address at the virtual India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020, today.
? Every village to have High-speed fiber optic data connectivity in three years: PM Modi.
? Chhattisgarh: 8 arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 16-year old girl in Rajpur area of Balrampur.
? Sonia Gandhi will not celebrate her 74th birthday on December 9 to express solidarity with protesting farmers.
? Earthquake of magnitude 3.3 in the Richter scale hit Sonipat Haryana at 12:27 am today.
? Kerala Local Body polls: Voting for 1st phase underway in five districts.
? Sensex opens 141.83 points higher at lifetime intra-day high of 45,568.80; Nifty rises 38.80 points.
? Rupee rises 10 paise to 73.80 against US dollar in early trade.
World News
? Global Covid-19 cases top 67.5 million, death toll crosses 1.54 Million.
? US sanctions 14 Chinese officials for undermining Hong Kong autonomy.