Evening News Headlines (August 25, 2018)

ONI Bureau:   —–   Dengue cases on the rise in Odisha; 1841 cases & 3 deaths reported so far as compared to 412 cases & 2 deaths last year, informs Health Director Braja Kishore Brahma.

—–   Depriving Odisha people from Ayushman Bharat scheme is not right; controversy over Aadhaar linking for Ayushman Bharat scheme is baseless: Union Health Minister JP Nadda.

—–   Odisha to streamline Revenue laws and bring a unified revenue code; 12-member committee has prepared a draft code with 107 sections instead of 299 sections under the existing system, informs Revenue Minister Maheshwar Mohanty.

—–   Tribal Affairs Ministers Ramesh Majhi and Chandrasarathi Behera along with Special Relief Commissioner conduct aerial survey of flood-affected Malkangiri district.

—–   Congress Leader from Odisha Bhakta Charan Das included in 13 member team of AICC Publicity Committee.

—–   Congress President Rahul Gandhi said that the party has an issue with the “criminalisation” aspect in the Triple Talaq Bill.

—–   Students of a school in Moradabad tie rakhis to trees to convey message ‘save trees, save Earth.’ Student says, ‘we consider trees as our brothers.

—–   Jammu & Kashmir Police busted three hideouts of terrorists and recovered incriminating material along with arms and ammunition in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

—–   The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved procurement for the Services amounting to approximately Rs. 46,000 crores.

—–   Assam: 15 coaches of a goods train derailed near Digaru Railway Station earlier today, affecting movement of trains in the route. No casualties or injuries have been reported.

—–   Asian Games 2018: Tajinderpal Singh Toor wins gold medal in men’s Shot Put. Saurav Ghoshal takes home bronze medal after losing to Hong Kong’s Chung Ming in men’s singles squash semifinal. PV Sindhu beats Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska 21-12, 21-15 to enter Badminton women’s singles quarterfinals.