TNI Morning News Headlines – December 16, 2020

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Odisha News

? Odisha reports 407 Covid-19 cases including 236 quarantine and 171 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 324796 including 319850 recoveries & 3073 active cases.

? Sundargarh reports 62 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Angul (60) and Khordha (46).

? Odisha reports 5 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. Toll mounts to 1,820.

? The light and sound show at the Sun Temple, Konark will begin from today one at 6.30 pm and the other at 7.30 pm.

? Jajpur Forest Division busts a wildlife smuggling racket; tusks and rarest chameleon were seized.

? Over 1,000 school students from Odisha take part in Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS 2020) on the digital platform.

? Biju Patnaik Park in Bhubaneswar to get Rain Water Harvesting system.

'Swarnim Vijay Varsh' on Vijay Diwas

India News

? India reports 26,382 new COVID-19 cases & 387 deaths in the last 24 hours.

? Total case tally stands at 99,32,548 including 3,32,002 active cases, 94,56,449 cured cases & 1,44,096 deaths.

? A total of 15,55,60,655 samples tested for COVID-19 up to 14th December. Of these, 9,93,665 samples were tested yesterday: ICMR.

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? Uttar Pradesh: 7 killed in collision between a bus and a gas tanker truck in Sambhal.

? Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveils logo for ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’ on Vijay Diwas to mark the 50th-anniversary of the 1971 India-Pakistan war.

? PM Modi lights up ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaal’ from eternal flame at National War Memorial to mark 50th anniversary of India’s win in 1971 war.

? 5 States – Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Kerala and Maharashtra account 56% of total active cases of COVID-19 in the country.

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? Centre asks States to be ready for ‘adverse’ effects of vaccination.

? Kerala Local Body Election: Counting of votes underway.

? Mumbai: ‘Savdhaan India’ actor arrested for robbing people by posing as cop, handed over to Dehradun Police.

? Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): Army Officer arrested for raping friend’s Russian wife.

? Polling begins for 7th phase District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

? Hathras police unearthed a manufacturing unit making spurious fake spices of local brands using donkey dung and acid.

? Sensex up 317 points in opening trade, currently at 46,580; Nifty at 13,652.

? Twitter plans to shut down Periscope, the live video streaming app it acquired in 2015.

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