Odisha News
➡️ Passengers coming to Odisha from 5 Covid high risk States instead of 12 – Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to undergo home isolation for 7 days.
➡️ Senior Journalist Braja Kishore Parida dies in Road Mishap.
➡️ On Magha Purnima, Trinity will don the Gaja Uddharana Besha at the Jagannath Temple in Puri.
➡️ Bhubaneswar recorded temperature of 40.4°C on Friday, 2nd highest temperature for February in past 10 years.
➡️ Ipsita Priyadarsini of Cuttack among final contestants of Mrs Femina 2021.
India News
➡️ India reports 16,488 new COVID-19 cases, 12,771 discharges and 113 deaths in the last 24 hours.
➡️ Total case tally stands at 1,10,79,979 including 1,59,590 active cases, 1,07,63,451 cured cases & 1,56,938 deaths. Till now 1,42,42,547 Vaccinated.
➡️ Total number of samples tested up to 24th January is 21,46,61,465 including 8,31,807 samples tested yesterday: ICMR.
➡️ Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla writes to all states and UTs after extending COVID 19 guidelines till March 31st.
➡️ In wake of the IT System Transition from Co-Win 1.0 to Co-Win 2.0, there will be no vaccination exercise on Saturday and Sunday (Feb 27 and 28): Union Health Ministry.
➡️ Uttarakhand flash floods: A total of 72 bodies and 30 parts of human bodies recovered from different locations. Of these, 40 bodies and 1 body part has been identified.
➡️ People take holy dip on the occasion of ‘Magh Purnima’ in Prayagraj; Prayagraj District Administration showers flower petals on devotees at Triveni Sangam, on the occasion of ‘Magh Purnima’.
➡️ One body recovered from the site in Pratap Nagar area where a fire broke out this morning. 28 fire tenders on the spot.
➡️ Delhi Police ASI allegedly shoots himself dead with his service pistol in PCR van while on duty.
➡️ Budget session of Goa Legislative Assembly to be held between March 24 and April 16.
➡️ PM Modi inaugurates The India Toy Fair 2021.
➡️ PM Modi to receive CERAWeek global energy and environment leadership award next week.
➡️ AG KK Venugopal refuses sanction for contempt of court case against former CJI Ranjan Gogoi
➡️ Maharashtra: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated Uttarakhand National Highway project.
World News
➡️ US announces ‘Khashoggi ban’ for 76 Saudi individuals for threatening dissidents overseas
➡️ Saudi crown prince approves operation to ‘capture or kill’ Khashoggi.
➡️ US man kills neighbour, cooks her heart with potatoes to feed it to his family.