Odisha News
? Odisha reports single-day spike of 4340 Covid-19 cases including 2517 quarantin and 1823 local contact cases in 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 192548.
? Khordha continues to be the worst-affected District in the State with highest 653 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Cuttack (567) and Puri (203).
? Odisha conducts 50,570 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours including 42,024 Antigen, 8,445 RT-PCR & 101 TruNat tests. Kendrapada district conducts highest 5,136 tests.
? Odisha reports 16 new COVID-19 deaths including 4 in Bhubaneswar in the last 24 hours, toll mounts to 752.
? Former Odisha Minister & Congress Leader Sk. Matlub Ali Dies of Covid-19.
? Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Konark Special train (01019) has been cancelled due to heavy rain in Mumbai: Indian Railways.
India News
? Death toll in Bhiwandi building collapse incident rises to 41.
? CRPF personnel injured in gunfight between security forces and militants in in Chadoora area of Budgam succumbs to his injury. One terrorist killed during Operation.
? One terrorist killed during Operation Macchihom in Pulwama.
? Lok Sabha adjourned sine die after the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020 was passed in the House. 8.10 pm on Wednesday.
? India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 57-lakh mark, death toll reaches 91,149 with spike of 86,508 cases & 1,129 deaths in last 24 hours.
? The total case tally stands at 5,732,519 including 9,66,382 active cases, 46,74,988 cured/discharged/migrated & 91,149 deaths.
? 6,74,36,031 samples tested up to 23rd September for COVID-19. Of these, 11,56,569 samples were tested yesterday: ICMR.
? India’s Covid-19 Recovery rate continues to rise, crosses 81%.
? Fashion designer Simone Khambatta arrives at Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office in Mumbai for interrogation
? An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 hit 281 km North of Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir at 08:19 am today
World News
? Global Covid-19 cases top 31.7 million.
? Johnson & Johnson, an American multinational corporation begins Phase-3 Trial of Covid-19 Vaccine.
? Twitter to soon begin testing voice DMs.
