Odisha News
? Odisha reports 868 Covid-19 cases including 499 quarantine and 369 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 311788 including 301777 recoveries & 8366 active cases.
? Khordha reported 126 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Sundargarh (87) and Cuttack (64).
? Odisha reports 17 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours including 4 from Sundargarh, 3 from Sambalpur and 2 from Khordha. Toll mounts to 1,592.
? Dharmendra urges Odisha CM for all-party meeting to resolve Odisha-Andhra Pradesh inter-state border disputes.
? A Special POCSO court in Nuapada sentenced 20 years imprisonment for raping a minor girl in the district.
? The Vigilance officials arrests Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) in Bhubaneswar while accepting bribe in the Odisha Capital.
? Assistant Horticulture Officer, Nimapara, Puri was arrested by officers of Vigilance for accepting bribe.
? Home Department approves establishment of six new police stations in Odisha.
India News
? India reports 45,576 new COVID-19 cases & 585 deaths in the last 24 hours.
? Total case tally stands at 89,58,484 including 4,43,303 active cases, 83,83,603 cured cases & 1,31,578 deaths.
? A total of 12,85,08,389 samples tested for COVID-19 up to 18th November. Of these, 10,28,203 samples were tested yesterday: ICMR.
? 4 terrorists neutralised and one Police Constable injured in an encounter at Ban Toll Plaza in Jammu.
? Delhi reports 7,486 new positive cases, 6,901 recoveries and 131 deaths in the last 24 hours.
? Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to convene an all-party meeting today to discuss the COVID-19 situation.
? Third phase trial of Covaxin to start on 20 November. 200 volunteers to be administered the vaccine early to study its anti-bodies response.
? Malabar 2020 Wargames underway in the Arabian Sea & Indian Ocean Region. Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya and American Nimitz aircraft carrier are the biggest warships in the drills.
? Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to former PM Indira Gandhi at Shakti Sthal, on her birth anniversary today.
? Portals of Madhyamaheshwar Mandir in Uttarakhand closed for the winter season; portals of Badrinath temple will close at 3.35 pm today.
? PM Modi to inaugurate Bengaluru Tech Summit, 2020 through video conferencing today.
? Over 50 monkeys poisoned to death and stuffed in gunny bags in Telangana’s Mahabubabad district.
? Actor Salman Khan isolates himself at home after his personal driver & 2 staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
World News
? UAE suspends visit visas for Pakistan, 11 other countries in view of possible second wave of COVID-19.
? Global COVID-19 cases exceed 56 Million mark, Death tally crosses 1.34 Million.
