- The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has recommended that Rs 50,000 be given to the kin of those who died of Covid-19, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
- The UK government on Wednesday added Covishield, the Indian-manufactured Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, to an updated international travel advisory.
- Scientists with India’s health research agency have proposed that states adopt full vaccination among prerequisites for tourist travel and social gatherings to reduce the risk of fresh localised Covid-19 surges amid growing travel and the upcoming festive season.
- The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Tuesday issued an order that enables customers to apply for a new mobile connection online and get the SIM delivered at their doorsteps .
- Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday called Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra "inexperienced", and said he will pit a strong candidate against state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in the upcoming Assembly polls.
- Haryana BKU (Chaduni) chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni on Wednesday said the farmers sitting at Delhi's borders will not budge till three contentious farm laws of the Centre are repealed.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's non-stop flight to the US on Wednesday will fly over Pakistan's airspace to avoid Afghanistan, news agency ANI reported.
- The initial post-mortem report of Mahant Narendra Giri suggests that the seer died by suicide and the death was caused due to suffocation as he hanged himself. Mahant Giri will be given Bhu Samadhi at the banks of Sangam.
- The Delhi High Court has given its nod to the constitution of a committee to probe claims of deaths due to oxygen shortage during the COVID-19 second wave and the Kejriwal government also said it wanted the truth to come out. The Delhi government’s decision to form a high-powered committee (HPC) to look into the cases of deaths due to alleged shortage of oxygen had failed to get the lieutenant governor’s approval earlier.
- Retired Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer and former DGP of Tamil Nadu, Jalad Kumar Tripathy is all set to be the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Odisha.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday launched distribution of smart health cards to the people of Bolangir district under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY). He also inaugurated various projects worth R200 crore and laid foundation stones for different projects of R597 crore in the district.
- The Higher Education (HE) department Wednesday directed the Regional Directors of Education of Bhubaneswar, Balasore and Sambalpur for closure of five private colleges(Swami Vivekananda College of Management in Balasore, Star College of Engineering and Management in Bhubaneswar, Vasudha Institute for Development Works, Training and Rehabilitation in Bhubaneswar, Penta gon Computer Academy in Bhubaneswar and Sarala Degree College in Rourkela) and forfeiture of 50 per cent of the pledge money of the institutions concerned.
- Two teachers of DAV Public School, Pokhariput, were conferred with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Honour for Excellence in Teaching and School Leadership 2020-21 on virtual mode. Postgraduate Teacher (PGT) in Mathematics Sitakantha Pati and trained graduate teacher (TGT) in English Smaranika Pattnaik of the school were felicitated by Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi, sources said.
- The trial of the smog tower has been completed in Delhi. It will be working at full capacity from October 1 said Gopal Rai Delhi Environment Minister.
- The Supreme Court Wednesday rejected a plea filed by Shree Padmanabha Swamy Temple Trust (SPSTT), run by the Travancore royal family, seeking it be exempt from the special audit of 25 years as ordered by the top court last year.
- The legend of Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar Mohapatra Bhramarbar Ray, leader of the historic Paika Revolt of 1817 in Odisha's Khurda, will be showcased in a new series namely 'Vidrohi' to be aired on Star Plus.
- India recorded 26,964 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,35,31,498, while the active cases declined to 3,01,989, the lowest in 186 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who flew to the US at President Biden's invitation to participate in the first in-person summit of Quad leaders, has arrived in Washington. The PM, who has a packed schedule, will also address the UN General Assembly.
- A court in Bihar's Madhubani district has directed a man accused of molesting a woman to wash and iron the clothes of all female residents of his village, free of cost, by way of repentance.
- Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday directed officials to immediately open alternative routes in Sonipat and Jhajjar districts towards Delhi as the Singhu and Tikri borders remain closed due to the farmers' protest.
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