1.Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik inaugurated DBT-ILS Bioincubator established with the support from Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India and Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Odisha and BIRAC.
2.The debt burden of Odisha is expected to reach Rs 1,06,540.14 crore by the end of 2020-21. The loan burden of the state was Rs 92,775.18 crore by 2019-21 and estimated to take Rs 13,765.05 crore loan by end of this financial year.
3.There are only one doctor for every 1943 patients in the state as against the national average of 1: 1,161.
4.Odisha Police has launched a Special Drive to arrest persons against whom NBW from a Court is pending. The special drive took place from March 7 to 14.
5.Director, AHRCC Prof Dr Lalatendu Sarangi said that the blue print on up-gradation of the hospital has been finalised with a project cost of Rs 577.49 crore. The proposed modernisation work will be completed within five years.
6.At present, there is no proposal to bring petrol, diesel and other petroleum products, including ATF and natural gas under the purview of Goods and Services Tax (GST), informed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha today.
7.The Indian Railways stated that express trains and suburban trains currently operational as special trains will continue to run. It is also requested that the passengers may follow covid protocol while travelling.
8.The National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) only one time this year.
9.A massive fire broke out in the bus terminal in Puri on Monday. At least three buses were gutted in the fire in the terminal.
10.The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019 moved by Agriculture & Food Processing Minister Narendra Singh Tomars.
11.Amid rising Covid-19 cases in some parts of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting with chief ministers, reported news agency PTI citing official sources.
12.The states may face a shortfall of ₹2.7-3 lakh crore as GST compensation from the Centre next fiscal. Out of that amount, the shortfall from cess collections will be at ₹1.6-2 lakh crore, an ICRA report says
13.The Ghazipur border connecting Delhi to Ghaziabad was reopened on Monday. However, the movement is allowed only for those entering Uttar Pradesh from the national capital.
14.Over one lakh elderly people were vaccinated for Covid-19 on 15th march 21, informed the Health and Family Welfare Department.
15.A total of 33 private hospitals across Odisha which were given exclusive rights to treat COVID patients have claimed Rs 479.90 crore from the government as treatment expenses against which a sum of Rs 344.55 crore has been released till February 13, 2021.
16.Six Lieutenant Colonels and a Major of the Indian Army were among 23 people named by the CBI in an investigation into corruption involving recruitment to the force on Monday following searches in 30 places in 13 cities.
17.National Vaccination Day or Immunization Day is observed in India every year on March 16. India observes National Vaccination Day to convey to the people of the country the importance of vaccination.
18.2000-rupee notes were not sent to the printing press in 2019-20 and 2020-21, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said in the Lok Sabha.
19.Indian Mujahideen terrorist Ariz Khan, convicted in the killing of a police officer in the 2008 Batla House encounter in Delhi, was sentenced to death on Monday.
20.Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy introduced the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to define certain role and powers of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.