Odisha News
? Odisha reports 364 Covid-19 cases including 210 quarantine and 154 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 327279 including 322344 recoveries & 3036 active cases.
? Sundargarh reports 64 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Khordha (42).
? Odisha reports 3 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. Toll mounts to 1846.
? Puri Srimandir reopens after 9 Months following all COVID-19 protocols.
? Cold wave sweeps several parts of the State. Mercury levels drops below 10 degree Celcius in 12 places. Phulbani records the lowest at 4 degree Celcius followed by Daringbadi 5 degree Celcius: Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar.
? Another Anganwadi worker from Akshayadham Anganwadi Center, Baselisahi, Puri under Odisha Vigilance scanner.
? Odisha Vigilance arrests Khordha Municipality’s Tax Collector Sadasiba Swain on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to the known sources of his income.
? Goods train ran reverse for 24 kms near Bimalagada Railway yard in Sundargarh district last evening; a railway employee was critically injured, 4 bogies derailed.
India News
? India records 19,556 new infections, 301 deaths in the last 24 hours.
? Total case tally stands at 1,00,75,116 including 2,92,518 active cases, 96,36,487 cured cases & 1,46,111 deaths.
? A total of 16,42,68,721 samples tested for COVID-19 up to December 22. Of these, 10,98,164 samples were tested yesterday: ICMR.
? 2 dead, 15 fall ill following gas leakage at Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) plant at Phoolpur in UP’s Prayagraj.
? Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) 2020 Results out.
? US President-elect Joe Biden appoints Indian Americans Gautam Raghavan, Vinay Reddy as additional members of White House senior staff.
? Neha Kakkar and Rohanpreet Singh’s new song Khyal Rakhya Kar is out, showing the singer pregnant as part of a dramatised sequence.
? BJP plans farmer events across the country on Vajpayee’s birth anniversary
? Sheena Bora murder case: Accused Indrani Mukerjea has filed an application before special CBI court in Mumbai seeking exemption from wearing convict’s uniform.
? Tamil Nadu Government grants permission to hold Jallikattu event.
? Cold wave sweeps Delhi, minimum temperature dips to 3.7 degree Celsius. Hisar in Haryana is likely to record 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature.
? 2-time Congress MP from Jammu-Poonch, Madan Lal Sharma passes away.
? Rupee slips 6 paise to 73.90 against US dollar in early trade.
? Sensex jumps 118.89 points to 46,125.58 in opening session; Nifty advances 28.80 points to 13,495.10.
World News
? Israel heads to new elections as government collapses.
? Global Covid-19 cases Top 77.9 Million.
? Anthony Fauci, the United States’ top infectious disease specialist receives Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.