- The Centre will offer a whopping 140 per cent increase in subsidy on fertiliser to offset the price rise in international market, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office said today.
- A new cyclonic storm, named Cyclone Yaas, is expected to start forming in the Bay of Bengal by May 22 informed RK Jenamani, senior scientist, National Weather Forecasting Centre, India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday.
- JK Dutt, a former chief of the National Security Guard (NSG) known for his role in anti-terror operations during the 26/11 Mumbai attack, has died of Covid complications. He was 72.
- A day after Congress MLA Hemaram Choudhary sent his resignation letter to the assembly speaker, another ruling party legislator Ved Prakash Solanki on Wednesday said the government's power should be decentralised
- The Calcutta High Court adjourned till Thursday the hearing in the Narada sting tape case, in which two West Bengal ministers, an MLA and a former mayor of Kolkata were arrested by the CBI.
- Nabila Sadiq, a professor at Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia university, tweeted an SOS on May 4 for an ICU bed. The 38-year-old died on Monday night.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an assistance of Rs1,000 crore for immediate relief work in Gujarat, which has been hit hard by Cyclone Tauktae.
- Odisha has escorted 919 tankers and containers containing 16,809 metric tonnes of medical oxygen to 14 deficit states and union territories in the last 27 days.
- Chautala was reacting to the recent statement by senior BJP leader and former Union minister Birender Singh that there should be no further delay in finding a solution to the farmers' issue.
- The Hindu Mahasabha on Wednesday postponed its plan to install a statue of Nathuram Godse at its office here in Madhya Pradesh commemorating the 112th birth anniversary of the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, a functionary said.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has extended the validity of the registration certificates issued to NGOs under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), which expired on September 29, 2020, till September 30 this year due to the restrictions imposed in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started collecting swab samples from expectant mothers for COVID-19 test at their doorstep in Bhubaneswar. Today, the BMC team has collected swab samples of four pregnant women for RT-PCR test, who had booked their appointment by calling on 1929 Call Centre yesterday.
- Three private hospitals in Odisha have contracted Serum Institute of India for 12000 doses of Covishield vaccine each. The private hospitals are SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar, Christian Hospital in Berhampur and Kishore Hospital in Bargarh.
- The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) has suspended the MoBus service due to the extension of lockdown in Odisha.
- Bhubaneswar: In order to facilitate smooth supply of medical oxygen, Odisha Government today ordered exemption of toll tax for vehicles carrying the same. Accordingly, tax will not be collected from vehicles carrying medical oxygen
- Senior Kerala cadre IAS and Additional Secretary of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Edwin Kulbhushan Majhi passed away on Monday evening while undergoing treatment at a private hospital
- The IIT-Hyderabad professor cited a paper by Italian researchers on infected people with decreasing antibodies, which give some sort of immunity, in six months.
- The two farmers, Balbir Singh (50) and Mahender Singh (70), residents of Patiala and Ludhiana respectively, died on Tuesday.
- The US has so far provided over USD 500 million in COVID-19 assistance to India, the White House said on Wednesday, adding it would soon make a determination on distribution of the 80 million vaccines to other countries.
- Rapid Antigen Kits to conduct Covid test at home got a green signal on Wednesdayand the Indian Council of Medical Research -- the nodal body in the fight against the virus -- issued detailed guidelines on who can use it and how.
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