➡️ Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated the first direct flight to Rourkela from Bhubaneswar through video conferencing.
➡️ Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and MP Aparajita Sarangi flagged off the maiden flight to Rourkela.
➡️ No Covid threat for Odisha, said health expert Dr Jayant Panda on Friday.
➡️ Man gets life imprisonment for raping a three-year-old girl in Balianta area of Khordha district in 2016.
➡️ Deloitte’s Capability Enhancement Centre inaugurated in Bhubaneswar.
➡️ BJD urges Centre to restart providing FREE Rice to Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) Beneficiaries.
➡️ Model Soumya Ranjan death case in Bhubaneswar: Orissa High Court directs Crime Branch to probe the case.
➡️ Urination case: Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issues advisory to airlines on handling unruly passengers. Man who urinated on woman onboard Air India flight arrested from Bengaluru.
➡️ Kanjhawala accident case: Delhi court sends sixth accused to three-day police custody.
➡️ India’s real GDP to grow at 7% in 2022-23 as compared to 8.7% in 2021-22, as per first advance estimates: National Statistical Office.
➡️ TikTok users can now tag movies, TV shows in videos.
➡️ The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) postponed the 23rd edition of the award ceremony to May 2023.
➡️ India finds 11 Omicron subvariants of COVID-19 in international travellers.
➡️ Russian President Vladimir Putin orders ceasefire in Ukraine on 6-7 January: Kremlin.