Odisha News
➡️ Odisha reports 229 COVID-19 cases on Thursday including 133 quarantine and 96 local contact cases.
➡️ Khordha reported 113 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours.
➡️ As many as 57,649 samples were tested yesterday in Odisha.
➡️ Odisha CM distributes new BSKY Smart Cards and dedicates development projects for Kendujhar.
➡️ Third phase +2 Admission process in Odisha begins today.
➡️ Odisha cadre IPS officer Ghanshyam Upadhyay appointed CBI Joint Director.
➡️ Odisha Government announces list of holidays in 2022 for its offices.
➡️ Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup: Netherlands, France, Argentina arrive in Bhubaneswar.
India News
➡️ India reports 10,197 new cases, 12,134 recoveries & 301 deaths in last 24 hrs. Active caseload stands at 1,28,555 – lowest in 527 days.
➡️ Daily positivity rate (0.82%) less than 2% for last 44 days, Weekly Positivity Rate (0.96%) less than 2% for last 54 days.
➡️ Low-pressure area over SE & adjoining SW Bay of Bengal now lies as a well-marked low pressure area over SW and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal off north Tamil Nadu, south Andhra Pradesh coasts with associated cyclonic circulation. It’s intensified into a Depression now: IMD.
➡️ Today NIA conducted searches at 14 locations in a Left Wing Extremism (LWE) case in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
➡️ Indian and French Air Force carried out Exercise Desert Knight 2. The French Air Force participated with Mirage-2000 and Rafale fighter aircraft while the Indian Air Force participated with its Su 30 and Jaguar fighter jets: IAF officials.
➡️ All schools and colleges to remain closed in Puducherry and Karaikal today in view of the heavy rain forecast.
➡️ Tamil Nadu rain: Weather system likely to intensify into a depression in the next 12 hours.
World News
➡️ American rapper Young Dolph dies in Memphis shooting.
➡️ India Re-Elected to UNESCO Executive Board for 2021-25 term.
➡️ Islamic State expanding to nearly all Afghan provinces, Taliban unable to control, warns UN envoy.
➡️ China has never taken one inch of land from other countries: Xi tells Biden.