Odisha News
➡️ 2 RPF personnel of Khordha division sustained critical injuries after being attacked by coal smugglers at Palaspur in Bhadrak, admitted to hospital.
➡️ Odisha reports 68 Covid-19 cases including 40 quarantine and 28 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total positive cases now stand at 336835 including 334243 recoveries, 625 active cases and 1,911 deaths.
➡️ Incentive for marrying divyangs increased from 50,000 to Rs 2,50,000 in Odisha.
➡️ Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash informs no decision taken for resuming physical teaching for Class I to VIII students in schools.
➡️ A women Elee Mahanta of Sundargarh district arrested for marrying three men after the death of her husband through different Aadhaar ID.
➡️ OJEE: Spot Counselling for admission to BAMS/BHMS courses for the academic session 2020-21 to be held from today.
➡️ Nila Madhab Panda’s ‘Kalira Atita’ to have world premiere at Prague International Film Festival.
India News
➡️ India reports 13,742 new COVID-19 cases, 14,037 discharges and 104 deaths in the last 24 hours.
➡️ Total case tally stands at 1,10,30,176 including 1,46,907 active cases, 1,07,26,702 cured cases & 1,56,567 deaths.
➡️ Travellers from 5 States – Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab need negative Covid-19 report to enter Delhi from Feb 26 till March 15
➡️ Mantralaya – the State Government headquarters in Maharashtra to work in two shifts in view of rise in Covid-19 cases.
➡️ Farmers will gherao Parliament if govt doesn’t repeal agri laws: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait.
➡️ Kerala: Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi went interacts with fishermen in Kerala, sails with them on sea.
➡️ 20-year-old woman Naxal who had surrendered last week commits suicide in police custody in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.
➡️ Supreme Court will hear today the pleas seeking a CBI probe in Palghar mob-lynching incident.
➡️ BJP leader Rakesh Singh arrested from West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district in connection with alleged involvement in drug case.
➡️ Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala pays tribute to former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa on her birth anniversary.
➡️ Anganwadi centres reopen after 11 months in J&K’s Rajouri.
➡️ Rupee gains 13 paise to 72.33 against US dollar in early trade.
➡️ Sensex opens at 49,763 with a gain of 12 points; Nifty at 14,748.
World News
➡️ Golfer Tiger Woods sustained serious leg injuries, hospitalized after his car crash in Palos Verdes early Tuesday.
➡️ 27 law enforcement officers injured in clashes near Presidential office in Kiev, Ukraine
➡️ Biden administration prepares to impose sanctions on Russia over Navalny poisoning, SolarWinds hack.
➡️ Global coronavirus cases top 112 Million, death toll crosses 2.48 Million.
➡️ World risks new Pandemics, warns fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5).