Odisha News
➡️ Odisha reports 1864 COVID-19 cases on Saturday including 1082 quarantine and 782 local contact cases.
➡️ Khordha reports 496 fresh Covid cases followed by Cuttack (221), Balasore (114).
➡️ Odisha reports single-day spike of 68 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours including Khordha (30), Puri (11), Angul (8), Mayurbhanj (7), Keonjhar (6). With this, the Covid-19 death toll in Odisha has gone up to 5,445.
➡️ As many as 74,707 samples were tested yesterday in Odisha.
➡️ Central University of Odisha Vice Chancellor Pro. Kshiti Bhushan Das appointed as the new VC of Central University of Jharkhand.
➡️ Floods in Maharashtra & Goa: India Air Force deploys one C-17 Globemaster & two C-130 Super Hercules to ferry 170 personnel & 21 tonnes of load for NDRF from Bhubaneswar to Pune, Ratnagiri & Goa in preparation for Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief.
➡️ 8 teams of NDRF deployed from Bhubaneswar to carry out flood rescue operations in Pune, Goa & Maharashtra.
➡️ Dateline for Odisha UG/PG exams, results, PG entrance announced
India News
➡️ India reports 39,097 new COVID 19 cases, 35,087 recoveries and 546 deaths in the last 24 hours.
➡️ Total case tally stands at 3,13,32,159 including 4,08,977 active cases, 3,05,03,166 cured cases & 4,20,016 deaths.
➡️ A total of 45,09,11,712 samples have been tested up to July 21. Of which, 17,18,437 samples were tested yesterday:: ICMR.
➡️ 42,78,82,261 crore vaccine doses administered so far in India.
➡️ Recovery Rate in India stands at 97.35%.
➡️ Sepoy Krishna Vaidya lost his life during operations at Krishna Ghati Sector, Jammu and Kashmir yesterday.
➡️ Follod: Over 130 dead in Maharashtra, neighbouring states as incessant rain causes flooding, landslides.
➡️ Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin trials for children are presently underway and the results are expected to be released by September: Dr Randeep Guleria, AIIMS Director
➡️ 2 militants killed in an encounter with security forces in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir.
➡️ A Delhi-based man has been arrested for impersonating as personal assistant to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, and making calls to the general manager.
World News
➡️ Tokyo Olympics, Hockey highlights: Indian men’s hockey team beats New Zealand 3-2.
➡️ India suffer three-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka in third ODI in Colombo; win series 2-1.
➡️ New Zealand suspends quarantine-free travel with Australia.
➡️ Tokyo Olympics Archery Mixed Team event: Deepika Kumari, Pravin Jadhav in mixed team quarter-finals.
➡️ Tokyo Olympics: Sai Praneeth loses to Zilberman in 1st group stage game.
➡️ 10m Air Pistol Men’s event: Saurabh Chaudhary (in file photo) finishes No.1 in qualification and qualifies for the medal round, Abhishek Verma misses out.
➡️ India’s Table Tennis mixed doubles pair of Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra go down to Lin Yun Ju and Cheng I Ching (TPE) 0-4 in Round of 16.
➡️ Global coronavirus cases tops 193.1 Million, death toll surge to more than 4.14 Million.
➡️ Brazil announces suspension of Covaxin trials after Bharat Biotech terminates pact with its partner there.