Odisha News
? Odisha reports 757 Covid-19 cases including 436 quarantine and 321 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 312545 including 302796 recoveries & 8088 active cases.
? Angul reported 75 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Khordha (70) and Cuttack (67).
? Odisha reports 16 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours including 4 from Sundargarh and 3 from Cuttack. Toll mounts to 1608.
? Nandapur CDPO suspended by Koraput Collector in bribery case.
? Odisha Assembly Winter Session begins from today.
? Police begins investigation in Puri custodial death.
? Two Odia researchers, Dr. Sanjeev K Sahoo and Dr. Amaresh C. Panda working with the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar among top 2% global scientists.
? Odisha Govt signs MoU with Prasanti Medical Services and Research Foundation to provide cardiac therapy to children for free.
India News
? 6 Children among 14 killed in road accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh after their car rammed a truck on the highway.
? India reports 45,882 new COVID-19 cases & 584 deaths in the last 24 hours.
? Total case tally stands at 90,04,366 including 4,43,794 active cases, 84,28,410 cured cases & 1,32,162 deaths.
? A total of 12,95,91,786 samples tested for COVID-19, up to 19th November. Of these, 10,83,397 samples were tested yesterday: ICMR.
? MiG-29Ks of Indian Navy & F-18s of US Navy carried out simulated attacks on the surface force during multilateral naval exercise ‘Malabar 2020′ in the Arabian Sea & Indian Ocean.
? 6 dead after allegedly consuming illicit liquor in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur.
? Oxford COVID vaccine should be available for healthcare workers, elderly people in India by around Feb 2021 and for general public by April.
? India achieved United Nations’ sustainable development goal of having toilets in every house by 2030 eleven years ahead of target: Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
? Delhi reports 7,546 fresh COVID-19 cases, 98 more fatalities in 24 hours.
? PM Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering virtually launch RuPay Card phase-2 in Bhutan.
? Sensex opens 130 points up, currently trading at 43,725 points with a gain of 125 points.
World News
? Global Covid-19 cases top 56.8 million.