Odisha News
➡️ Bhubaneswar reports 242 more COVID positive cases & 702 recoveries in the last 24 hours including 204 local contact cases and 38 quarantine cases.
➡️ 5376 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The total recovered cases of Odisha now stand at 1234352.
➡️ Odisha Government allows reopening of Pvt Play schools, KG Schools from February 14.
➡️ President Ramnath Kovind to visit Puri on February 20.
➡️ Centre to develop five light houses in Odisha to promote tourism.
➡️ Odisha Government staff to get 3-day Special Casual Leave to exercise franchise in Panchayat polls.
➡️ Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik in Rajya Sabha for being at the forefront of reforms in mining/coal sectors.
➡️ All religious institutions in Odisha capital to reopen from February 12.
India News
➡️ Seven soldiers trapped in Arunachal avalanche found dead: Indian Army. Their bodies retrieved from the avalanche site.
➡️ Four CRPF jawans injured as Naxals trigger IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur; three were airlifted to Raipur.
➡️ Hijab row: Teargas fired in Karnataka college campus, curfew imposed in one more district.
➡️ Congress, DMK, IUML, CPM, CPI, VCK, MDMK, and JMM staged a walkout from Lok Sabha on hijab row.
➡️ Hijab row: All schools, colleges shut in Karnataka for 3 days, CM Basavaraj Bommai appeals for peace.
➡️ Government of India increased recruitment to IPS from 150 to 200 from 2020 Civil Services Examination.
➡️ 4,844 people granted Indian citizenship during last five years: MoS Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
➡️ Over 5 crore children aged between 15-18 years have received first dose of COVID-19 vaccine jabs: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
World News
➡️ US offers $10 Million reward to help track ISIS-K Leader Sanaullah Ghafari alias Shahab al-Muhajir.
➡️ India summons Korean envoy, expresses displeasure over Hyundai Pakistan tweet.
