Odisha News
? Odisha’s legendary music maestro Shantanu Mohapatra breathed his last on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at Care Hospital in Bhubaneswar. He was 84.
? Odisha reports 305 Covid-19 cases including 174 quarantine and 131 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 329306 including 324775 recoveries & 2607 active cases.
? Sundargarh & Sambalpur reports 28 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Angul (26).
? Odisha reports 3 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. Toll mounts to 1,871.
? Vigilance raids properties associated with Bolangir WESCO employee Bibhuti Sankar Bindhani on DA charges. Gold biscuits, Rs 16 lakh recovered.
? Property worth lakhs of rupees, 1 car, 2 bikes gutted after major fire breaks out at a house in Basanati colony in Rourkela.
? CAG of India, Girish Chandra Murmu calls on Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar yesterday.
? CBI arrested three senior GST officials on charges of accepting Rs 10 lakh bribe in Bhubaneswar.
? Odisha Government launched web app for ‘Khusi’ to ensure hassle free distribution of sanitary pads.
India News
? India records 20,550 new COVID-19 cases, 286 deaths in the last 24 hours.
? Total case tally stands at 1,02,44,853 including 2,62,272 active cases, 9,83,4141 cured cases & 1,48,439 deaths.
? A total of 17,09,22,030 samples tested for COVID-19 up to December 29. Of these, 11,20,281 samples were tested yesterday: ICMR.
? 14 more test positive, Total. 20 UK returnees to India have tested positive for the new COVID strain so far.
? Temporary suspension of flights to & from the United Kingdom extended till 7 January 2021: Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
? J&K: Militant killed in overnight encounter in Parimpora area of Srinagar.
? Minimum temperature of minus 1.5 degrees Celcius recorded in Churu, Rajasthan today.
? Five rounds of talks between farmers and govt have taken place.
? Karnataka Gram Panchayat Polls: Counting of votes for 5728 GPs underway.
? Chhattisgarh signs MoU to set up India’s 1st ethanol plant under PPP model.
? West Bengal: Several BJP workers were injured after attacked by alleged TMC workers at Bhutar More in Nandigram.
? Sensex opens 55.11 points or 0.12 pc higher at 47,668.19; Nifty up 10.75 points at 13,943.35.
World News
? US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris receives first dose of Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine.
? Global Covid-19 cases top 81.9 Million; Death toll crosses more than 1.78 million.
? UK records its highest number of 50,000 coronavirus cases overnight for the first time since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the world.