- A single-day rise of 50,040 fresh COVID-19 infections took India's tally to 3,02,33,183 while the number of active cases reduced to 5,86,403, according to Union Health Ministry data on Sunday.
- June 28: As many as 3,319 persons in the state tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, informed Health Department officials.New Positive Cases: 3319, In quarantine: 1896, Local contacts: 1423
- June 28: The Covid death toll in Odisha has reached 3,930 with forty-three persons died of the virus in the past 24 hours.
- The Bar Council of West Bengal on Sunday wrote to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana seeking the removal of Justice Rajesh Bindal as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Calcutta.
- A Special Police Officer or SPO and his wife were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday after terrorists entered their home and sprayed them with bullets.
- Noted environmentalist and former Vice-Chancellor of Sambalpur University, Dhrubaraj Naik, was allegedly killed on Sunday outside his residence in Odisha's Jharsuguda district by a man who had demanded ₹ 100 from him, The police said.
- Twitter's new interim grievance redressal officer in the country, appointed less than a month ago to follow India's new rules for social networking websites, has resigned amid the company's bitter feud with the government.
- On June 18, the Calcutta High Court had ordered the NHRC to constitute a committee and visit those places where post-poll violence complaints were filed.
- The increase, second in as many days and 31st in less than two months, took rates across the country to fresh highs with Bihar becoming the latest state to see petrol cross Rs 100-a-litre mark.
- J&K to keep educational institutions closed till July 15 . There are no travel restriction in Jammu but a negative RT-PCR test is required.
- Uttar Pradesh was ranked as top performing state under India Smart Cities Award Contest 2020. Madhya Pradesh in 2nd position, while Tamil Nadu at 3rd position.
- No physical classes from July 1 in Telangana; guidelines to schools soon, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said in presence of Education minister P. Sabitha Indra Reddy.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacted with over 300 War veterans and Ex-Servicemen in Leh on arrival for a three day visit in Ladakh region. Applauding their contributions for the country.
- Japan is to provide India a $10 million assistance for building cold chain facilities to safely store COVID-19 vaccines.
- Senior Journalist Jimuta Mangaraj was killed in a road mishap today evening. The incident occurred at around 8 PM on National Highway-16 at Janla.
- Former Sambalpur University Vice-Chancellor Dhrubaraj Naik was today murdered by a miscreant, who barged into the former’s house and asked for giving him Rs 100, family sources said.
- Journalist Deepak Mishra died of high blood pressure and diabetes on Sunday. He was 37. He was the elder son of Purukha newspaper agent Bijay Mishra.
- The Odisha government today effected major reshuffle in IAS cadre by transferring 20 officers and assigning new postings to them. 1998 batch IAS, Suresh Kumar Vashishth was appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Agriculture and Farmer’s Empowerment Department. Currently he is working as the Special Secretary of the department.
- OPD service at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Bhubaneswar, which was suspended due to the COVID-19 situation, resumed, today.
- The Andhra Pradesh Government has come under severe criticism from the Opposition for its claims of having filled up more than six lakh job vacancies in different Government departments, in the last two years.
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