Odisha News
? Odisha reports 642 Covid-19 cases including 374 quarantine and 268 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 315271 including 306726 recoveries & 6821 active cases.
? Keonjhar reports 70 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Nuapada (69) and Sundargarh (66).
? Odisha reports 14 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours including 5 from Sundargarh and 3 from Sambalpur. Toll mounts to 1,671.
? Mercury levels drops below 15 degree Celcius in 12 places. Daringbadi records the lowest at 9 degree Celcius.
? Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi writes to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, urges him to prepare a comprehensive development plan for Dhauli.
? Open heart surgery at the Cardiothoracic ward of the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack halts due to leakage in Oxygen Pipe.
? Phase-3 trials of Covaxin underway in Odisha.
? Jajpur: A senior OAS officer’s father-in-law sent to jail for raping a minor tribal housemaid.
? 11 stranded Odia labourers from Mayurbhanj district rescued, sent to their home-town by Odisha- Mo Parivar.
India News
? India today testfired a land-attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory.
? India reports 37,975 new COVID-19 cases & 511 deaths in the last 24 hours.
? Total case tally stands at 91,77,841 including 4,38,667 active cases, 86,04,955 cured cases & 1,34,218 deaths.
? Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Coasts on Red Alert ahead of Cyclone Nivar.
? Bombay High Court to hear Kangana Ranaut’s plea against FIR alleging that she tried to create a divide between communities with her social media posts.
? Netflix’s India Original series “Delhi Crime” wins International Emmy Award for Best Drama series.
? President Ram Nath Kovind boards the Air India One- B777 aircraft for inaugural flight to Chennai.
? Temperature drops in Delhi; IMD forecasts minimum temperature of 10° Celsius & maximum of 25° Celsius today.
? PM Modi to hold a meeting with Chief Ministers of States over COVID-19 situation, through video conferencing today.
? Minor gang raped in Chhattisgarh’s Kawardha on 22nd November.
? Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra directs probe into Temple Kissing Scenes in ‘A Suitable Boy’.
? Money laundering case: ED raids 10 places related to Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik.
World News
? President Donald Trump approves facilitating transition to President-Elect Joe Biden.
? Oxford English Dictionary names ‘words of the year’.