Odisha News
➡️ Odisha reports 478 COVID-19 cases on Saturday including 281 quarantine and 197 local contact cases.
➡️ Khordha reports 211 fresh Covid cases followed by Cuttack (57).
➡️ Odisha reports single-day spike of 7 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours including Khordha (2), Sundargarh (2), Jagatsinghpur (1), Jajpur (1), Kendrapara (1). With this, the Covid-19 death toll in Odisha has gone up to 8,209.
➡️ As many as 69,251 samples were tested yesterday in Odisha.
➡️ Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informs Bhima Bhoi Research Chairs will be set up at various universities across India.
➡️ Odisha to join AMRUT-2 and Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)-2, informs CM Naveen Patnaik.
India News
➡️ India reports 24,354 new COVID-19 cases and 234 deaths in the last 24 hours.
➡️ Active COVID-19 cases in country decline to 2,73,889.
➡️ India has administered 89,02,08,007 vaccinations till 9.30 pm today, 64,40,451 in the last 24 hrs.
➡️ 57,19,94,990 samples tested up to 1st October including 14,29,258 samples tested yesterday: ICMR.
➡️ Kerala reports 13,834 cases and 95 deaths yesterday.
➡️ President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu, PM Modi & Leaders cutting across party lines pay Tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri on their Birth Anniversaries.
➡️ An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 occurred 143 km NNW of Basar, Arunachal Pradesh at 10:15 IST today
➡️ Indian women win team Gold in skeet, Bronze for men at Junior World Championship.
➡️ Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets in Indian Premier League.
World News
➡️ World’s largest Khadi national flag installed in Leh town
➡️ WhatsApp Banned 20.7 Lakh Accounts In India In August
➡️ Global coronavirus cases tops 234.2 Million, death toll surge to more than 4.79 Million.
➡️ India participated in UNGA High Level Virtual Event on Sudan with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, organized by Norway’s UN Mission.
➡️ On Gandhi Jayanti, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his call for peace.
➡️ US surpasses 700,000 Covid deaths reports AFP News Agency quoting Johns Hopkins.