Odisha News
➡️ Centre asks Odisha Government not to use Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana Logo on PMAY-G Houses.
➡️ Odisha reports 297 Covid-19 cases; Kalahandi records maximum 57 cases followed by Sundargarh (38).
➡️ Athagarh: Elephant carcass found at Ranibania reserve forest in Cuttack district.
➡️ Students of BOSE (Bhubanananda Orissa School of Engineering) in Cuttack agree to attend offline examinations; withdraw stir.
➡️ 487 apartments have been declared illegal in Bhubaneswar while 200 of those will be demolished, Odisha Minister Pratap Jena informed the State Legislative Assembly.
➡️ Mo Bus passenger critically injured after being ‘pushed’ by the bus conductor in Hansapal area in Bhubaneswar.
➡️ Banakalagi ritual of Lord Jagannath & siblings to be held today in Puri; No darshan at Srimandir between 4 pm and 8 pm.
India News
➡️ India reports 53,480 new COVID 19 cases, 41,280 recoveries and 354 deaths in the last 24 hours.
➡️ Total case tally stands at 1,21,49,335 including 5,52,566 active cases, 1,14,34,301 cured cases & 1,62,468 deaths.
➡️ Total number of samples tested up to March 29 is 24,26,50,025 including 7,85,864 samples tested yesterday:ICMR.
➡️ Total of 6,30,54,353 vaccine doses given till 7pm yesterday.
➡️ Maharashtra reports 27,918 new COVID 19 cases, 23,820 discharges and 139 deaths in the last 24 hours.
➡️ Indian Government has provided 61 million Covid Vaccination doses to Indians & 64 million doses to 84 countries, informed Dr. Harsh Vardhan.
➡️ Bollywood Drug Case: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested ex-Bigg Boss contestant and actor Ajaz Khan, after 8 hours of interrogation, conducts raids at two locations.
➡️ From 1st April, travellers from Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab. Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan to the State to carry negative RT-PCR test report not older than 72 hours: Order from Uttarakhand Government.
➡️ India’s drug regulator Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) extends shelf life of Covishield from 6 to 9 months.
➡️ Cases in Punjab higher than in last year’s first wave peak.
➡️ COVID-19 surge: Madhya Pradesh Government decides to keep all schools in the State up to class 8 shut till April 15.
➡️ Uttar Pradesh schools for students up to Class 8 shut till April 4.
➡️ Election Commission of India directs Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal to transfer Bichitra Bikas Roy, CI Mahishadal, Purba Medinipur. The second of the 8-phase assembly elections in West Bengal is scheduled for April 1.
➡️ 18 crew members of Dance Deewane 3 which air on Colors TV test Corona positive.
➡️ Sensex 346 points down in opening trade, currently at 49,790; Nifty at 14,737.
World News
➡️ Tanzania: 45 people died in stampede to see body of country’s late President John Magufuli before he was buried.
➡️ World Health Organization releases Report on Global Tracing of Covid origins; WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus seeks deeper probe into Covid lab leak theory as world leaders make pact to fight future pandemics.
➡️ US state department’s first human rights report released under the Biden administration noted that the Indian government has continued to “take steps to restore normalcy” in Jammu & Kashmir.
➡️ White House announces new actions to curb alarming rise in violence and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
➡️ Joe Biden administration declares Chinese actions in Xinjiang as ‘genocide’.
➡️ After blood clots, Canada Government recommends that the AstraZeneca vaccine be used only on people above 55 years.
➡️ China cuts share of elected representatives in Hong Kong.
➡️ Saudi Arabia announces $1.3 trillion private sector investment push led by oil firm Aramco and petrochemical firm SABIC.
➡️ Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan removes Hafeez Shaikh, gives finance portfolio to Hammad Azhar.