Odisha News
? Odisha reports single-day spike of 1201 Covid-19 cases including 697 quarantine and 504 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 294415 including 279091 recoveries & 13919 active cases.
? Khordha reported 132 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Jagatsinghpur (730), Mayurbhanj (73), Cuttack (69) and Sundargarh (67).
? Odisha reports 12 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours including 3 fom Khordha and 2 from Dhenkanal. Toll mounts to 1352.
? Odisha tested 42,080 samples on November 2.
? Odisha By-Polls: Voter turnout of 26.24% recorded till 11 am in Odisha by-elections. Voter turnout 27.06% in Balasore, 24.93% in Tirtol till 11 am.
? Ramadevi Women’s University releases toppers’ list of UG & PG exams.
? 14 kg ganja seized from cars while being smuggled to Bhubaneswar from Kandhamal via Berhampur, 2 arrested.
India News
? India reports 38,310 new COVID-19 cases & 490 deaths in the last 24 hours.
? Total case tally stands at 82,67,623 including 5,41,405 active cases, 76,03,121 cured/discharged/migrated cases & 1,23,097 deaths.
? Total 11,17,89,350 samples tested for COVID-19 up to 2nd November. Of these, 10,46,247 samples were tested yesterday: ICMR.
? Bihar Elections 2020: Voting underway in 94 constituencies across 17 districts in the second phase of Bihar Assembly polls. Polling percentage at 8.05% till 9 am.
? Voter turnout of 11.48% recorded till 10 am in Madhya Pradesh by-elections.
? 11.52% turnout recorded till 10 am in polling for by-elections to eight seats of Gujarat Assembly.
? Around 650 Nurses at Hindu Rao Hospital in Delhi go on an indefinite strike over pending salaries.
World News
? Austria Terror Attacks: 3 killed in Vienna Shootings.