Odisha News
➡️ Odisha reports 644 COVID-19 cases on Thursday including 375 quarantine and 269 local contact cases.
➡️ Khordha reports 283 fresh Covid cases followed by Cuttack (77).
➡️ Odisha reports single-day spike of 7 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours including Angul (1), Cuttack (1), Jajpur (1), Khordha (1), Nabarangpur (1), Puri (1) and Sundargarh (1). With this, the Covid-19 death toll in Odisha has gone up to 8,157.
➡️ As many as 72,193 samples were tested yesterday in Odisha.
➡️ Odisha Government allows pharmacists to dispense medicines in absence of doctors in Hospitals.
➡️ Pipili bypoll: Voting through postal ballot for elderly people above 80 years of age, divyang & COVID-19 patients begin.
➡️ Another low pressure likely to form tomorrow, to head towards Odisha coast: IMD.
➡️ Bhubaneswar Drain Mishap: MP Aparajita promises Free Education for deceased Jyoti Prakash’s brother who died after falling into an open drain.
➡️ Fourth Patient under ECMO Support dies at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack.
➡️ Odisha Government felicitated the Indian U18 Girls of Rugby India team for winning Silver medal in the Asian Rugby U18 Rugby7s Championship at Tashkent.
India News
➡️ India reports 31,923 new COVID-19 cases, 31,990 recoveries and 282 deaths in the last 24 hours.
➡️ Total active cases stands at 3,01,604 (lowest in 187 days), 3,28,15,731 cured cases & 4,46,050 deaths.
➡️ A total of 55,36,21,766 samples for COVID-19 tested up to September 19, of which 11,77,607 were tested yesterday: ICMR.
➡️ India has administered 83,39,90,049 vaccinations till 9.30 pm today, 71,38,205 in last 24 hrs.
➡️ Kerala reported 19,675 new infections & 142 deaths yesterday.
➡️ PM Narendra Modi to meet Australian PM, Kamala Harris, global CEOs on first day of US visit.
➡️ CBI to probe into Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) President, Mahant Narendra Giri’s Death.
➡️ Jammu & Kashmir: A terrorist killed in an encounter with security forces in Kashwa, Shopian.
➡️ Sensex gains 463 points in opening trade, currently at 59,390; Nifty at 17,683.
World News
➡️ Global coronavirus cases tops 230 Million, death toll surge to more than 4.71 Million.
➡️ World Leaders in UNGA pledge $5 Billion to protect Nature.
➡️ Australia’s Minister for Trade & Investment Dan Tehan to visit India next week.
➡️ US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorizes Pfizer’s Covid booster shots for elderly, high-risk Americans.
➡️ Taliban name UN envoy, ask to address United Nations General Assembly.