- India on Friday recorded 1.49 lakh new Covid cases, taking the total tally to 4,19,52,712. The new cases were 13% lower than Thursday while the positivity rate also fell to 9.2%.
- The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions to post graduate medical courses will be held May 21, the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) announced Friday, a day after the Union Health Ministry sought postponement of the exam by six to eight weeks.
- With the improvement in Covid-19 situation in Odisha, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar will resume its OPD service from February 7, officials said here Friday.
- India’s Covid vaccination coverage has crossed 168.92 crore mark. Union Health Ministry said, over 94.76 crore vaccine doses have been administered as first dose and more than 72.72 crore vaccine doses given as second doses.
- Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju shared pictures of a 104-foot-tall Tricolour hoisted at an altitude of 10,000 feet in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang, bordering China. The flag is the second-highest in the country, Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu has said. It is located at Ngangpa Natme (Buddha Park) in Tawang.
- Relaxing COVID-19 restrictions further in view of a dip in the number of cases, the Delhi government decided on Friday to reopen schools in phases, starting with classes 9-12 from next week, colleges, gymnasiums and spas, and exempted drivers travelling alone in cars from wearing face masks.
- Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha directed the concerned officials to speed up implementation of JAL JIVAN MISSION project to achieve desired results on ground and provide tap water connection to every household and capacity building of Water Quality Management-testing, monitoring & surveillance.
- PM Modi will visit Hyderabad today 05 Feb. He will visit the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics campus in Patancheru, Hyderabad, and kickstart the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Institute. In the evening, Prime Minister will dedicate the ‘Statue of Equality’ in Hyderabad to the nation.
- The School and Mass Education Department Friday announced the timings for physical classes of schools that are set to reopen from February 7. Teaching hours are fixed from 10 am to 4 pm for students from Class-IX to XII in all educational institutions under S&ME Department. For students from Class I to VIII the teaching hours are from 9 am to 1 pm.
- Department Secretary Saswat Mishra through an official letter to the principals of degree colleges and the vice chancellors of state public universities also directed them to resume classroom teaching and other academic activities in physical mode from February 7.
- The Odisha Janshakti Manch (OJM), a citizens’ group, has appealed to the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) that power consumers in the state are paying more tariff in comparison to their counterparts in other states of the country.
- The Revenue and Disaster Management Department Friday initiates a process to allot land 'pattas' to schools & colleges and other educational institutions to get pattas by March 5. The state revenue secretary issued directions to additional district collectors in this regard.
- The Supreme Court Friday said that an order of premature retirement should be passed on the basis of entire service records. The order of premature retirement is required to be passed on the basis of entire service records, though the recent reports would carry their own weight," said a bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and V Ramasubramanian.
- Muslim girl students, who tried to enter a government pre-university college at Kundapur in Karnataka’s Udupi district wearing hijabs (headscarves), were again denied entry to the premises by authorities Friday, the third day since the issue surfaced in the institution.
- Hostels of colleges and universities across Odisha, which were closed due to the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in the state, will reopen from February 6, informed Higher Education Department.
- As per the Ministry’s reply based on Telecom Service Providers (TSP) data in the Lok Sabha, Odisha has highest number of villages in the country without mobile connectivity followed by Madhya Pradesh (2,612), Maharashtra (2,328) and Arunachal Pradesh (2,223). Besides, Chhattisgarh has 1,847, Andhra Pradesh 1,787, Meghalaya 1,674 and Jharkhand 1,144 villages that lack mobile connectivity.
- The Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Bhubaneswar and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Planetarium, Burla will reopen for visitors from Tuesday.
- The Supreme Court on Friday directed states and Union territories to appoint nodal officers for the payment of ex gratia compensation to the next of kin of the Covid-19 victims.
- The School and Mass Education Department has fixed the timings for various classes for the time being.Physical classes of standard-VIII and above classes will resume from Monday while physical classes of KG to Standard-VII will resume from Feb 14.
- Cancer is dreaded across the globe as it accounts for over 10 million deaths every year across the globe. In 2021, an estimated 20 million people were diagnosed with cancer, and 10 million died. And, the incidence of cancer is on the rise.
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