Odisha News
? Odisha reports single-day spike of 4189 Covid-19 cases including 2453 quarantine and 1736 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 188311.
? Khordha continues to be the worst-affected District in the State with highest 712 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Cuttack (586), Sundargarh (201), Mayurbhanj (174) and Sambalpur (113).
? Odisha conducts 45,676 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours including 37,649 Antigen, 7,899 RT-PCR & 128 TruNat tests.
? Odisha reports 11 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, toll mounts to 721.
? Odisha Fire department officials to conduct mock drills today at COVID hospitals in Bhubaneswar.
? Murder over Dowry Allegations: Bhubaneswar Cop’s son arrested for killing wife .
? Final semester examinations for various Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) courses begins in Odisha.
India News
? India’s COVID-19 case tally crosses 55-lakh mark with a spike of 75,083 new cases & 1,053 deaths in the last 24 hours.
? Maharashtra reports 15,738 COVID-19 cases & 344 deaths in 24 hours.
? The total case tally stands at 55, 62,664 including 9,75,861 active cases, and 88,935 deaths.
? India conducts 933,185 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours.
? Renowned Marathi, Hindi films and stage actress Ashalata Wabgaonkar succumbs to COVID-19.
? 3,635 social media pages/accounts were removed in 2019 for violating the Information Technology Act
? Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh to observe one-day fast against the unruly behaviour with him in the House by Opposition MPs during the passing of agriculture Bills on 20th September.
? Delhi riots: More than Rs 1 crore used to manage protests, reveals chargesheet.
? SonuSood launches Scholify – Scholarship Program for Students.
? Sushant Rajput Case: Rhea Chakraborty’s Judicial Custody Ends Today.
? Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs in an IPL match in Dubai.
World News
? Trump says he will announce his nominee for the empty Supreme Court seat at the end of this week.
? Global COVID-19 cases surpass 31.2 million, death toll over 963000.
? IPL: Chris Morris honours Odisha’s ‘COVID Hero’ Nilachala Parida.