A single-day rise of 50,040 fresh COVID-19 infections took India's tally to 3,02,33,183 while the number of active cases reduced to 5,86,403, according to Union Health Ministry data on Sunday.
June 28: As many as 3,319 persons in the state tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, informed Health Department officials.New Positive Cases: 3319, In quarantine: 1896, Local contacts: 1423
June 28: The Covid death toll in Odisha has reached 3,930 with forty-three persons died of the virus in the past 24 hours.
The Bar Council of West Bengal on Sunday wrote to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana seeking the removal of Justice Rajesh Bindal as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Calcutta.
A Special Police Officer or SPO and his wife were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday after terrorists entered their home and sprayed them with bullets.
Noted environmentalist and former Vice-Chancellor of Sambalpur University, Dhrubaraj Naik, was allegedly killed on Sunday outside his residence in Odisha's Jharsuguda district by a man who had demanded ₹ 100 from him, The police said.
Twitter's new interim grievance redressal officer in the country, appointed less than a month ago to follow India's new rules for social networking websites, has resigned amid the company's bitter feud with the government.
On June 18, the Calcutta High Court had ordered the NHRC to constitute a committee and visit those places where post-poll violence complaints were filed.
The increase, second in as many days and 31st in less than two months, took rates across the country to fresh highs with Bihar becoming the latest state to see petrol cross Rs 100-a-litre mark.
J&K to keep educational institutions closed till July 15 . There are no travel restriction in Jammu but a negative RT-PCR test is required.
Uttar Pradesh was ranked as top performing state under India Smart Cities Award Contest 2020. Madhya Pradesh in 2nd position, while Tamil Nadu at 3rd position.
No physical classes from July 1 in Telangana; guidelines to schools soon, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said in presence of Education minister P. Sabitha Indra Reddy.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacted with over 300 War veterans and Ex-Servicemen in Leh on arrival for a three day visit in Ladakh region. Applauding their contributions for the country.
Japan is to provide India a $10 million assistance for building cold chain facilities to safely store COVID-19 vaccines.
Senior Journalist Jimuta Mangaraj was killed in a road mishap today evening. The incident occurred at around 8 PM on National Highway-16 at Janla.
Former Sambalpur University Vice-Chancellor Dhrubaraj Naik was today murdered by a miscreant, who barged into the former’s house and asked for giving him Rs 100, family sources said.
Journalist Deepak Mishra died of high blood pressure and diabetes on Sunday. He was 37. He was the elder son of Purukha newspaper agent Bijay Mishra.
The Odisha government today effected major reshuffle in IAS cadre by transferring 20 officers and assigning new postings to them. 1998 batch IAS, Suresh Kumar Vashishth was appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Agriculture and Farmer’s Empowerment Department. Currently he is working as the Special Secretary of the department.
OPD service at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Bhubaneswar, which was suspended due to the COVID-19 situation, resumed, today.
The Andhra Pradesh Government has come under severe criticism from the Opposition for its claims of having filled up more than six lakh job vacancies in different Government departments, in the last two years.
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India reports 50,040 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours, 2.7% higher than yesterday
The COVID-19 tally in Odisha reached 900470 as 3408 more persons tested positive for the virus during the last 24 hours. A total of 68335 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 4.9%. Khurda district reported highest 582 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (553) and Jajpur (258).
In a tweet, the Ministry said a document is doing the rounds on social media claiming resumption of DA to Central Government employees & Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners from July 2021.
Indian archer Abhishek Verma (/topic/abhishek-verma) clinched his first individual World Cup gold in the Archery World Cup stage three in Paris on Saturday.
The Delta variant of COVID-19, identified in at least 85 countries, is the “most transmissible” of the variants identified so far and is spreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned.
Madhya Pradesh today inoculated over 9.64 lakh beneficiaries against coronavirus, extending the state's cumulative vaccination coverage to over 1.97 crore.
Social Justice & Empowerment Minister Thawaarchand Gehlot yesterday (26 June) launched the website for the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan on the occasion of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
PM Modi yesterday (26 Jun) reviewed the development plan for Ayodhya. During the virtual meeting, UP CM Yogi Adityanath presented a vision document for the development of Ayodhya.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on 26 Jun appealed to protesting farmers to end their agitation while saying that the government is ready to resume talks on the provisions of three legislations.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on 26 June (Saturday) announced that his govt will reward sportspersons who bag medals in the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games.
Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi reopens for devotees with new COVID guidelines. The new COVID guidelines will be implemented from Sunday, June 27, 2021 onwards.
Actor Sonu Sood launched his new initiative, COVREG, which aims to create the world's biggest volunteer program for Covid vaccination registration in Rural India.
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar called on PM of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis and held bilateral talks with his counterpart Nikos Dendias. Both sides had a comprehensive exchange of views on further consolidating the bilateral relations.
Indian Naval Ship deployed to participate in joint exercises with friendly navies. INS Tabar will transit across the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea and Baltic Sea.
Indian Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria arrived in Dhaka on Saturday (26 June) on a three day visit to Bangladesh.
In Mexico, a shootout between suspected drug cartels left 18 people dead on Friday (25 Jun). The battle was between rival gangs fighting over turf.
UK Health minister Matt Hancock resigns after breaking Covid rules with affair in tbe office by kissing and embracing an aide in his office.
A Helicopter carrying Colombia’s president Ivan Duque attacked, all safe
On 26 June 2021 (Saturday); Sajan Prakash became the first-ever Indian swimmer to qualify for the Olympic Games by breaching the 'A' standard time, clocking 1:56:38 secs in the men's category. 200 mtr butterfly
Hockey India on 26 June announced the nomination of Indian men’s hockey team goalkeeper P. R. Sreejesh and former India women’s hockey team player Deepika for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
A single-day rise of 51,667 COVID-19 infections took India's case tally to 3,01,34,445 while the weekly positivity rate declined to 3 per cent, according to Union Health Ministry data on Friday.
Indore in Madhya Pradesh and Surat in Gujarat were adjudged joint winners of the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry's Smart Cities Award 2020, while Uttar Pradesh secured the first position in the state awards category.
Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur said, that Govt announced tax exemption for expenditure on COVID-19 treatment & ex-gratia received on death due to COVID-19.
Information & Broadcasting Minister, Prakash Javadekar has relaunched IIMC’s research Journals, Communicator and Sanchar Madhyam. Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) has been publishing Communicator since 1965 while Sanchar Madhyam was started in 1980.
Chairman of COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), Dr. Narendra Kumar Arora has said that the country will soon have the world’s first DNA-plasmid vaccine by Zydus Cadilla which has been Made in India.
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank assured students that proper evaluation criteria will be followed in Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE class 12th examination. under the evaluation criteria, the students will get results as per their ability and talent, if any student has issue with the results, they can appear in the exam in August this year.
DRDO successfully test fired extended range version of indigenously developed Pinaka rocket from a Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher at Integrated Test Range , Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a meeting that India supports all peace initiatives & brought several development projects to Afghanistan and the world knows what Pakistan brought...?
The Indian Navy & the Air Force concluded a two-day passage exercise which began on 23 June (Wednesday) with US Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) Ronald Reagan during its transit through the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The Navy’s INS Kochi & Teg, along with P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft & MiG 29K fighters, participated in the exercise.
Serum Institute begins production of Covovax Covid-19 vaccine at Pune plant: Adar Poonawalla, CEO, SII, said.
China operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh.
Bangladesh to impose week long countrywide strict lockdown from Monday (28 June).
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee on May 25, 2020, led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations.
26 June - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
In 1987, the United Nations General Assembly decided to observe 26th June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking as an expression of its determination to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse
26 June - International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: The day was selected by the United Nations General Assembly because on 26 June 1945, the United Nations Charter was signed during the midst of World War II – the first international instrument obliging UN members to respect and promote human rights. So from
12 December, 1997 to eradicate torture and the effective functioning of the Convention against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment this day is observed.
India won 2nd medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage in Osijek, Croatia, as the Women’s 10M Air Pistol team beat Hungary 16-12 in the bronze medal match on 25 June (Friday). Shooters Rahi Sarnobat, Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Deswal make it to medal contention.
India’s schedule for second edition of the World Test Championship announced. New Zealand is scheduled to travel to India for a two-match Test series in November 2021.
India cricket team tour of England, 2021:August 4-8: England vs India, First Test, Trent Bridge,August 12-16: England vs India, Second Test, Lord’s,August 25-29: England vs India, Third Test, Headingley,September 2-6: England vs India, Fourth Test, Kennington Oval,September 10-14: England vs India, Fifth Test, Old Trafford
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India reported 54,069 new cases of COVID-19 in a day which took the infection tally to 3,00,82,778 while 1,321 more fatalities pushed the death count to 3,91,981, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a 3-hour meeting with political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, spoke about removing "Dilli ki Doori as well as Dil Ki Doori" and assured his commitment to restoring full statehood at the right time.
The Govt of India, Govt of Mizoram & the World Bank have signed a USD 32 million Mizoram Health Systems Strengthening Project to improve management capacity and quality of health services in Mizoram. The project will strengthen the governance & the management structure of the Department of Health + Family Welfare and its subsidiaries.
Pratham Pooja of Shri Amarnathji Shrine was performed on 24 June by Shri Nitishwar Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, he said that since the Yatra this year has been cancelled due to the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, the Shrine Board however is committed to carry out all religious rituals as per past practice.
Andhra Pradesh Inter, SSC exams 2021 cancelled, results to be based on internal assessment. The decision will impact nearly 15 lakh students who registered for AP Board Exams.
Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will be virtually interacting with students at 4 pm on Friday on evaluation of CBSE board examinations.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister with Higher Education portfolio Dr. Ashwatha Narayana has tweeted that offline classes for college students will begin only after the completion of the first dose of vaccination for the students in July.
India & Bhutan have jointly launched the “Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB)” on June 23, 2021(Wednesday). TIWB is a joint initiative of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has launched a ‘Centre for Research on Start-Ups and Risk Financing’ (CREST) which will provide academic & thought leadership in innovation, entrepreneurship and risk capital. CREST will help in creating a data repository on Indian start-ups & ventures.
World number two and Youth Olympics and Asian Games champion Saurabh Chaudhary, gave India her first medal of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage which got underway in Osijek, Croatia, on Thursday, by winning bronze in the Men’s 10M Air Pistol event.
India's Official Olympic Theme Song was launched ahead of the Summer Games in July-August. Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Kiren Rijiju was present on the occasion. Playback Singer Mohit Chauhan has composed and sung the song titled "Lakshya Tera Samne Hai".
PM asserts that tradition and technology will boost initiative of Aatmanirbhar Bharat
Over 30 crore doses of COVID vaccine administered in country so far; National recovery rate reaches 96.61%
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates and lays foundation stones of several road projects worth over Rs 6000 crore in Himachal Pradesh
Philippines grounds its entire fleet of Black Hawk helicopters after a new aircraft crashes and kills all 6 on board
Virat Kohli defends India's bowling combination for world Test championship final
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray lauds Maharashtra Police and recommends advanced training for them
Offline classes for college students in Karnataka to begin only after completion of 1st dose of vaccination for students in July
Govt says Wheat procurement in Rabi Marketing Season 2021-22 continuing smoothly in procuring States
India attracted 38% higher FDI inflow during April, 2021 as compared to April, 2020
Odisha reported 3650 more COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours while a total of 69480 samples were tested in the state, yesterday
The patriotic poem ‘Bande Utkala Janani’, written by Kantakabi Laxmikant Mohapatra, will be taught to Class IX and X students from the 2021-22 academic session. In a notification, the Board of Secondary Education stated ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ will be included in the First Language Odia (FLO) syllabus for both Class IX and X.
Like previous year, Puri king Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb, will abstain from performing Chhera Pahanra (sweeping of floors) at Puri Srimandir on Snana Jatra tomorrow in view of the COVID-19 pandemic
Assets worth Rs 9,371 crore belonging to fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi have been transferred to state-run banks, who suffered losses, on account of the fraud committed against them. Total assets worth Rs 18,170.02 crore has been seized by the Enforcement Directorate so far, 80% of which is the the total bank loss.
Union Cabinet on 23 June approved allocation of additional foodgrain under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, Phase IV for another period of five months from July to Nov 2021. Under it, 5 Kg foodgrains per person per month free of cost will be given to the beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act .
Around 40 cases of the Delta Plus variant, classified as a variant of concern (VOC), have been detected sporadically in Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh, the Union Health Ministry said.
The Karnataka govt on 23 June set in motion the process to conduct the Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination or the 10th standard examination in third week of July by releasing the standard operating procedure (SOP) for teachers.
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, popularly known as Sion Hospital has thanked Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan for providing critical infrastructure worth almost Rs 1.75 crore, including class 1 ventilators
The Indian Navy will get three MH-60 Romeo helicopters in July this year, out of 24 MH-60 “Romeo” multi-mission heavy-duty helicopters, these are equipped with multi-mode radars & night-vision devices as well as armed with Hellfire missiles, MK-54 torpedoes and precision-kill rockets, it was the Rs 15,157 crore
Indian Navy and Indian Air Force (IAF) are participating in a Passage Exercise with US Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) Ronald Reagan which is transiting through Indian Ocean Region (IOR) from June 23-24, 2021.
India is pushing for a comprehensive ceasefire in Afghanistan amid a massive spike in violence in that country and reports of its contact with the Taliban for the first time in the backdrop of a renewed push for the Afghan peace process.
Russia is offering the Indian Army a comprehensive upgrade of the Dragunov sniper rifle in service with almost all frontline battalions, with a demonstration planned next month.
Air France to commence Paris-Chennai weekly flight from June 26 under air bubble pact.
India reaffirmed its commitment towards eliminating educational inequalities at G20 Education Ministers meeting held in Italy virtually. Addressing the meeting, Minister of State in the Education Ministry Sanjay Dhotre reiterated the country’s commitment towards reducing and eventually eliminating educational poverty, inequalities and early school leaving.
A Russian military ship fired warning shots at a British Royal Navy destroyer after it entered Russian waters in the Black Sea. The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender briefly sailed through territorial waters off the coast of the disputed territory of Crimea.
The US military could slow down its withdrawal from Afghanistan due to the gains made by the Taliban insurgents.The situation in Afghanistan changes as the Taliban continue to conduct these attacks and to raid district centres as well as the violence.
Face masks to no longer be compulsory in Italy from 28 June: Health Minister Roberto Speranza said. By June 28, experts predict all of Italy will be classified a "white" zone.
WTC Final: New Zealand beat India by 8 wickets to win inaugural World Test Championship.
Indian Golfer Anirban Lahiri qualifies for Tokyo Olympics. Lahiri, a former Asia No. 1 and two-time winner on the European Tour, will be representing the country in Olympics for the second time.
England Beats Sri Lanka By 8 Wickets To Open Twenty20 Series in Cardiff. England reached its target of 130 with 17 balls to spare. Sri Lanka was limited to 129/7.
