- India on Thursday recorded 30,757 new COVID-19 cases, taking the Covid tally to 4,27,54,315. According to Union health ministry data, the recovery rate crossed the 98 per cent-mark again.
- Professor Rabi Narayan Acharya has been appointed as the new director general of Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), a report said Thursday. He is the first Odia to be appointed to this prestigious post of CCRAS functioning under the Union Ayush Ministry
- Children between the ages of 9 months and 4 years riding pillion on two-wheelers, will have to wear a helmet and a safety harness attached to the rider from February, the Union transport ministry said.
- Central govt has proposed a law to empowers it to fix maximum selling price of fertilizers and control its quality and distribution.
- Manipur Elections 2022: The BJP today indicated that they have decided on the Chief Minister candidate in Manipur for the upcoming state assembly elections.
- The govt has extended the date of NEET-MDS 2022 by four to six weeks. Earlier, the exam was scheduled to be held on 6th March. . The Ministry said, the date of completion of a compulsory rotating internship for eligibility for admission to MDS courses is now fixed at 31st July instead of 31st March this year.
- Enforcement Directorate has attached immovable and movable assets worth approximately 200 crore rupees of EMTA Coal Limited and its promoters and their family members in a coal block case.
- Passengers of Garib Rath Express will have to pay a bit more as the Indian Railways is in the process of equipping these trains with the newly designed AC Economy coaches replacing the old conventional ones.
- Vande Bharat Express Trains To Replace Shatabdi And Jan Shatabdi Trains On 27 Routes.
- The water taxi service between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. The Belapur Jetty project began in January 2019 and was wrapped up in September 2021. This project, which was funded under the Sagarmala program, cost a total of Rs. 8.37 crore.
- Karnatak State Govt has issued a circular restricting any religious attire within the educational institutions. Quoting the high court order dated February 10, the circular has banned saffron shawls, scarfs, hijab, religious flags, or the like within the classroom. This rule will be applicable even in the residential schools run by the Minorities Welfare department and Wakf board.
- Senior Shiv Sena leader and former minister Sudhir Joshi died of a brief illness here on Thursday, party sources said.
- Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, facing a huge backlash over his "UP, Bihar ke bhaiye" comment ahead of polls in the state, put out a clarification today and said his statement was twisted and misrepresented.
- National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma has demanded a probe by the CBI into the murder of Kalahandi school teacher Mamita Meher
- As many as 37.5 lakh households in rural Odisha have tap water connections, a Ministry of Jal Shakti official said
- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Keonjhar District Magistrate to file a status report with respect to the action taken against illegal stone miners in the district.
- The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Deemed to be University, has been ranked 251-300 among all public and private universities in the country in the Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings 2022
- The state government Thursday appointed Olympic bronze medalist and hokcey star from Odisha Birendra Lakra as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Odisha Police
- The Higher Education (HE) department Thursday directed the Regional Director of Education and Collectors of six districts to depute officials at the district level in order to help central and state officers during the physical review of the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) projects.
- The State Election Commission (SEC) has received proposal for re-polling at 25 places in four districts based on reports from the concerned district collectors. A decision on this issue will be taken soon, an official of the SEC said Thursday.
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