- India reported a total of 58,077 new coronavirus cases yesterday, taking the total number of infections to 4,25,36,137. According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases declined to 6,97,802.
- Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday said the NPP-led MDA government launched an inclusive farmers' welfare programme - FOCUS - that will benefit over 4.5 lakh farmers.
- The Indian consulate in Milan on Friday said a "very special" 'Avalokiteshwara Padamapani' idol has been recovered over 20 years after it was smuggled out of India.
- The CBI has arrested the Principal Chief Material Manager of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Ravi Shekhar Sinha, for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹ 1.80 lakh and recovered ₹ 1.22 crore cash during searches at his various premises, officials said
- Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said the state cabinet had not held any discussion about going mask-free, and people must continue to wear the protective gear till coronavirus is eradicated.
- Expressing dismay over Union minister Kiren Rijiju’s assertion that the Centre had no record of any proposal on formation of Odisha legislative council, Speaker SN Patro Friday said it was forwarded way back in 2018 after the state Assembly passed a resolution to that effect.
- The Supreme Court Friday said it would protect the Constitutional rights of every citizen and take up at an ‘appropriate time’ the pleas challenging a direction of Karnataka High Court asking students not to wear any religious clothing in educational institutions, and emphasised that these issues should not ‘spread’ at ‘national level’
- State Election Commission (SEC), Odisha issued an order to implement the new provision Friday. “The State Election Commission, in exercise of powers vested in it under Article 243-ZA of the Constitution, directs that the option NOTA (none of the above) will be provided to the electors for the general elections to Urban Local Bodies,” read the order.
- Omicron has replaced Delta as the dominant variant in Odisha with over 98 per cent of the samples recently undergoing genome sequencing at the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) here testing positive for the new strain.
- Former MLA Roshni Singh Deo died Friday following prolonged illness, family sources said. She was 82.
- The Orissa High Court Friday directed the CDA, Chilika DFO and the Fisheries department to free the Mangalajodi bird sanctuary from operation of noisy boats, and submit affidavits on steps to be taken to make the biodiversity zone noise pollution free
- Bombay High Court judge Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, who faced flak over a series of judgments that was deemed as controversial for the interpretation of what constitutes as 'sexual assault' under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, has resigned.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said the retail inflation was contained at just 6.2 per cent despite the Indian economy suffering the biggest contraction of `9.57 lakh crore during the Covid-19 pandemic
- State-owned Oil India Ltd Friday reported 37 per cent jump in third quarter net profit as it benefitted from a rise in international oil prices.
- N Chandrasekaran was Friday reappointment as the chairman of Tata Sons - the holding company of the salt-to-software Tata Group - for a second five-year term. His reappointment was backed by Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Trusts, the majority owners of Tata Sons.
- JSW Steel Friday reported 15 per cent rise in crude steel production at 16.46 lakh tonne for the month of January
- Twenty-five per cent candidates in the fray for the 117 seats of the Punjab assembly have criminal cases and 57 constituencies have three or more candidates with criminal cases, an analysis by the Punjab Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said Friday
- Police have busted a fake mosquito repellent stick manufacturing unit in Jagatsinghpur
- Vigilance sleuths have traced properties worth crores of Biswajit Mohapatra, Additional District Magistrate of Sundergarh. Mohapatra was found in possession of assets worth crores including over Rs 2.42 crore in bank fixed deposits, saving accounts, insurance premium, mutual funds and NPS.
- Sushant Kumar Mohanty, member of Odisha Cricket Association has been appointed as an observer by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the upcoming three International T-20 matches between India and West Indies.
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