- India reported 5,326 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday. With this the country's caseload reached 3,47,52,164. India's active caseload currently stands at 79,097.
- The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday declared a portion of Jayadurga Nagar in Bomikhal as containment zone following the detection of two Covid positive cases in the area.
- The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued severe cold wave warning for seven districts in Odisha. It said there will be no considerable change in the minimum night temperature across Odisha during the next three days.
- The Odisha government has released Rs 350 crore for disbursement as livelihood assistance of Rs 1,000 to eligible beneficiaries of public distribution system (PDS) in 30 districts under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and State Food Security Scheme (SFSS) in view of prevailing Covid situation.
- Odisha is among four places in India to organise the Queen's Baton Relay for upcoming 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
- The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 803 crore to the Odisha government under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), officials said on Monday.
- The information and broadcasting ministry on Tuesday said in a "closely coordinated" effort with intelligence agencies, it has ordered blocking of 20 YouTube channels and two websites as they were spreading anti-India propaganda and fake news.
- Parliament on Tuesday passed a Bill to link electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem with Rajya Sabha passing it by voice vote amid a walkout by the Opposition.The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was passed in Lok Sabha on Monday, seeks to weed out fake voters from electoral rolls.
- Trinamool Congress - swept the Kolkata Municipal elections, winning 134 of 144 seats in play.
- Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien was suspended from parliament today for the rest of the Winter Session after he allegedly threw the rule book at the Chair and walked out of the Rajya Sabha during protests over an election reforms bill.
- The Indian Meteorological Department Tuesday said cold wave to severe cold wave with isolated cold day conditions will prevail over interior districts and adjacent coastal districts of Odisha over next 2-3 days.
- Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that 100 cities have been selected to be developed as smart cities through a two-stage National competition.
- . The protection offered by the Oxford-Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine declines after three months of receiving two doses of the preventive, according to a study published in The Lancet journal. The findings drawn from datasets in Brazil and Scotland suggest that booster programmes are needed to help maintain protection from severe disease in those vaccinated with AstraZeneca, known as Covishield in India.
- A bill that seeks to fix 21 years as the uniform age of marriage for women and men was introduced in Lok Sabha Tuesday with Union Minister Smriti Irani .
- The Prime Minister is the leader of the nation and not of a political party and citizens "need not be ashamed" to carry a vaccination certificate with his photograph and "morale boosting message", the Kerala High Court said Tuesday.
- Union Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad Tuesday said all panchayats of Odisha are covered with banking outlets within 5km radius.
- The Orissa High Court Tuesday directed the state government to regularise the jobs of data entry operators engaged at the State Transport Authority (STA) and at the offices of all regional transport officers (RTOs) within three months.
- All the beneficiaries who have availed houses under state schemes—the Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana (BPGY), BPGY (Mining) and Nirman Shramik Pucca Ghar Yojana will get house repairing assistance of `3,000 each, he said.
- The government Monday cut the basic customs duty on refined palm oil to 12.5 per cent from 17.5 per cent as part of efforts to increase domes
- Demanding complete loan waiver and compensation to kin of those killed during the anti-farm law stir, farmers blocked rail tracks at various places for the second day on Tuesday, affecting the movement of 156 trains in the state.
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