Odisha News
➡️ Odisha reports 242 COVID-19 cases on Friday including 141 quarantine and 101 local contact cases.
➡️ Khordha reported 120 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours.
➡️ As many as 57,649 samples were tested yesterday in Odisha.
➡️ Odisha celebrates Kartika Purnima despite Covid Restrictions.
➡️ The longest partial lunar eclipse will occur today which will start at 12.47 pm & end at 4.17 pm: Dr Subhendu Pattnaik, Deputy Director, Pathani Samanta Planetarium.
➡️ Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates sand art on Kartika Purnima & Boita Bandana.
➡️ Over 540 Kg Cannabis around Rs 30 lakh recovered in three separate operations in Gajapati district.
India News
➡️ India reports 11,106 new cases, 12,789 recoveries & 459 deaths in last 24 hrs.
➡️ Active caseload stands at 1,26,620 (account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.37% – lowest since March 2020).
➡️ Daily positivity rate (0.82%) less than 2% for last 44 days, Weekly Positivity Rate (0.96%) less than 2% for last 54 days.
➡️ PM Narendra Modi addresses nation at 9 am; says all 3 farm laws to be repealed.
➡️ Modi Government also announces Zero Budget Natural Farming to make MSP more efficient & other issues.
➡️ Protest will end when farm laws repealed in Parliament, tweets Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait.
➡️ Devotees take a holy dip in sarovars and offer prayers on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti.
➡️ Sonia Gandhi pays tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at Shakti Sthal on her birth anniversary today.
World News
➡️ Brazilian Amazon deforestation up 22% in one year, 15-year record, reports AFP News Agency.
➡️ US President Joe Biden says ‘considering’ US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics.
➡️ 110 countries recognise COVID vaccines Covishield & Covaxin: Government official.
➡️ Global coronavirus cases tops 255.9 Million, death toll surge to more than 5.13 Million.
