Odisha News
➡️ Kotia Border Dispute : Supreme Court grants 4 weeks’ time to Odisha Government to submit counter reply to Andhra Pradesh Govt.
➡️ Odisha reports 53 Covid-19 cases including 31 quarantine and 22 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total positive cases now stand at 336513 including 333888 recoveries & 658 active cases.
➡️ Odisha Assembly begins for the second day of the budget session.
➡️ Puri Jagannath Temple Administration waives entry fee at Shree Gundicha temple.
➡️ A widow gang raped and murdered in Mahanga block of Cuttack district.
➡️ Magha Saptami rituals held without public at Chandrabhaga in Konark today.
➡️ Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut pays obeisance to Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra at Puri Srimandir.
➡️ Elephant enters second campus of Ravenshaw University in CDA area of Cuttack after breaking wall of the campus today.
India News
➡️ Uttarakhand: 62 bodies recovered till now; search and rescue operation continues at Tapovan tunnel for the 13th day;
➡️ Jammu & Kashmir: 3 LeT terrorists neutralised in Shopian, huge amount of arms & ammunition recovered.
➡️ Wreath laying ceremony of J&K Police SPO Mohammad Altaf held at Srinagar who lost his life in Budgam encounter today.
➡️ Unnao case: Last rites of two girls to be held in Asoha today; police and local administration deployed.
➡️ India reports 13,193 new COVID-19 cases, 10,896 discharges and 97 deaths in last 24 hours.
➡️ Total case tally stands at 1,09,63,394 including 1,39,542 active cases, 1,06,67,741 cured cases & 1,56,111 deaths.
➡️ Total number of samples tested up to 9th January is 18,10,96,622 including 8,43,307 samples tested yesterday: ICMR.
➡️ China officially admits 5 Military Officers, Soldiers killed in Galwan Clash with Indian Army.
➡️ Yog Guru Ramdev releases scientific research paper on ‘the first evidence-based medicine for #COVID19 by Patanjali’.
➡️ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi gives shoulder to the mortal remains of party leader Captain Satish Sharma who passed away on February 17.
➡️ Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear Disha Ravi’s case against Times Now, India Today, News18, the Delhi Police and the Union for alleged leakage of information on #Toolkit case.
World News
➡️ Global Covid-19 cases topped 110.2 million; deaths exceed more than 2.42 million.
➡️ American space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Perseverance Rover lands successfully on Mars.
➡️ Zuckerberg, Pichai, Dorsey To Face US Misinformation Hearing.
➡️ Ambitious US Citizenship Act of 2021 introduced in Congress.
➡️ Joe Biden pledges $4bn for global Covid-19 vaccine program.
➡️ No electricity, no water, Texans struggle through historic cold with more dark days ahead.