Odisha News
➡️ Odisha reports 585 COVID-19 cases on Sunday including 342 quarantine and 243 local contact cases.
➡️ Khordha reports 206 fresh Covid cases followed by Cuttack (67).
➡️ Odisha reports single-day spike of 5 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours including Khordha (2), Kendujhar (1), Koraput (1), Puri (1). With this, the Covid-19 death toll in Odisha has gone up to 8,175.
➡️ As many as 67,616 samples were tested yesterday in Odisha.
➡️ As per IMD statement cyclonic storm is likely to make a landfall between Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and Gopalpur (Odisha) around Kalingapatnam by evening of September 26.
➡️ Ganjam District Administration issues helpline numbers 06811-262239, 9437563800 for any Cyclone related assistance.
➡️ 24 trains passing through ECoR cancelled in view of Cyclone Gulab.
➡️ Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool in Bhubaneswar to host 61st State Swimming Championship &national & global events in future.
➡️ Lab Assistant of the Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar (BJB) Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar jumps into Mahanadi river in Cuttack
➡️ Odisha’s Bishnu Charan Patnaik appointed as the new Managing Director of LIC of India.
➡️ Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC) for LI recruitment not to be cancelled over Cyclone Gulab.
➡️ Cyclone Gulab: IMD issues red warning for 7 Odisha districts including Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri.
India News
➡️ India reports 28,326 new COVID-19 cases, 26,032 recoveries and 260 deaths in the last 24 hours.
➡️ Total active cases stands at 3,03,476, 3,29,02,351 cured cases & 4,46,918 deaths.
➡️ India has administered 85,60,81,527 vaccinations till 9.30 pm today, 68,42,786 in the last 24 hours.
➡️ Kerala reports 16,671 cases and 127 deaths yesterday.
➡️ IFS officer Sneha Dubey wins internet with India’s First Right of Reply at UN.
➡️ Union Youth Affairs & Sports Minister Anurag Thakur reviews construction work of 13.5 km long Zojila Pass tunnel in Kargil district of Ladakh.
➡️ PM Modi addresses 81st edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ today.
➡️ Punjab Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by five runs in IPL match in Sharjah.
World News
➡️ Anti-Pakistan protests held outside Geneva UNHRC office over terror camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
➡️ Canada lifts ban on passengers from India, flights to resume from tomorrow.
➡️ Taliban hang 4 bodies from cranes in Herat, call it “Lesson” on Kidnappings.
➡️ US allows aid for Afghanistan despite sanctions against Taliban.