Odisha News
? Odisha reports 234 Covid-19 cases including 136 quarantine and 98 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 328738 including 324068 recoveries & 2753 active cases.
? Angul reports 36 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Sundargarh (28).
? Odisha reports 3 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. Toll mounts to 1,864.
? Odisha Vigilance officials today raids several places of Santosh Kumar Raut, Secretary, Service Cooperative Society, Uma, in Boudh district in connection with amassing disproportionate assets.
? Cold wave sweeps several parts of the State. Mercury levels drops below 10 degree Celcius in 6 places. Phulbani records the lowest at 5.5 degree Celcius: Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar.
? Akhandalamani Temple in Bhadrak District reopens today following Covid-19 protocols.
? Khandadhar waterfall in Sundergarh district thrown open for tourists.
? Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat to deliver keynote address at Odisha Police’s 62nd Senior Police Officers’ conference today.
India News
? India records 20,021 new infections, 279 deaths in the last 24 hours.
? Total case tally stands at 1,02,07,871 including 2,77,301 active cases, 97,82,669 cured cases & 1,47,901 deaths.
? A total of 16,88,18,054 samples tested for COVID-19 up to December 27. Of these, 7,15,397 samples were tested yesterday: ICMR.
? PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s first driverless train on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line & launches fully operational National Common Mobility Card on the Airport Express Line.
? Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is being shifted to AIIMS, Delhi. He had tested positive for COVID-19 on December 18.
? Senior Congress leader AK Antony hoists Congress flag at the party headquarters to mark its 136th Foundation Day.
? Minimum temperatures have fallen by 1-2℃ over Punjab, Haryana & Delhi.
? PM Modi to flag off 100th Kisan Rail from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal today.
? BJP appoints district observers, co-observers for West Bengal.
? Uttar Pradesh: 4 COVID-19 positive prisoners who were admitted at a hospital escaped in Bulandshahr.
? India vs Australia, 2nd Test: India all out for 326, hold 131-run lead at lunch in Melbourne.
World News
? US President Donald Trump signed COVID19 relief bill.
? Facebook to offer hardware security keys to users in 2021.
? Global Covid-19 cases over 80.2 Million. Death toll crosses 1.76 million.