Flipkart to home deliver alcohol in Odisha in partnership with HipBar: Sources
63 new COVID-19 cases take Cuttack caseload to 2,057
Cuttack: As many as 63 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Friday. While 13 of them were reported from containment zones, 11 were home quarantine cases. 19 of them...
Bhubaneswar records 247 fresh COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours; tally at 4,842
Bhubaneswar: As many as 247 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Friday. While 148 of them were reported from quarantine centres, remaining 99 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 103...
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Fresh 1,977 cases take Odisha’s coronavirus tally to 54,630
Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered the highest single-day spike with 1,977 new coronavirus cases reported Friday. This information was given by the I&PR Department, Government of Odisha in a tweet Friday morning. Among the new coronavirus cases, 1,241 persons were in quarantine while 736 were local contacts. Currently there are 16,353 active...
Read morePrivate hospitals to get Rs 13,000 per day for each COVID patient in ICU
Bhubaneswar: The state Health and Family Welfare department Friday issued standardised rates for reimbursement of different consumables cost at COVID Hospitals and COVID Care Centres for different category of services availed from the private players. In what can be described as a major relief to COVID patients, the state government has approved reimbursement of Rs 13,000 per patient per day as consolidated consumable cost in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with ventilator...
Read moreAnother 1,305 COVID-19 patients recover in Odisha, total recoveries at 39,205
Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that 1,305 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,305 persons, 266 are from Ganjam, 156 from Khurdha, 128 from Cuttack, 111 from Jajpur, 75 from Malkangiri, 71 from Balasore, 63 from Sundargarh, 50 from Puri, 44 from Kalahandi, 42 from Kendrapara, 33 from Koraput, 33 from Nayagarh, 28 from Dhenkanal, 25 from Gajapati, 25 from...
Read moreIndia’s COVID-19 tally goes past 24 lakh with 64,553 new cases
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload surpassed 24 lakh Friday after 64,553 more people tested positive and the recoveries rose to over 17 lakh, the Health Ministry said. With 17,51,555 people defeating the disease, the recovery rate has surged to 71.17 per cent. The caseload increased to 24,61,190, while the death toll climbed to 48,040 with 1,007 people succumbing to the disease in 24 hours, the ministry data updated at 8 am...
Read moreBeware! Having frozen food can also lead to coronavirus infection
Beijing/ Shanghai: Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food, local authorities said Thursday. However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) downplayed the risk of the coronavirus virus entering the food chain. A sample taken from the surface of frozen chicken wings imported into the southern city of Shenzhen from Brazil contained the virus. Samples of outer packaging of frozen Ecuadorian shrimp sold...
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India’s July food prices soar, wholesale inflation falls -0.58% from -1.81 in June
New Delhi: Sequentially higher food prices accelerated India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices to (-) 0.58 per cent in July from (-) 1.81 per cent in June, official data showed Friday. However, on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) data furnished by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry showed a decelerating...
Private hospitals to get Rs 13,000 per day for each COVID patient in ICU
Bhubaneswar: The state Health and Family Welfare department Friday issued standardised rates for reimbursement of different consumables cost at COVID Hospitals and COVID Care Centres for different category of services availed from the private players. In what can be described as a major relief to COVID patients, the state government has approved reimbursement of Rs 13,000 per...
Flipkart to home deliver alcohol in Odisha in partnership with HipBar: Sources
New Delhi: Walmart-owned Flipkart has partnered with Diageo-backed HipBar to deliver alcohol in West Bengal and Odisha, according to sources. The development comes after Flipkart's rival Amazon had in June received approval to deliver liquor in West Bengal. This is expected to further intensify the competition between the two players that account for a lion's share of...
Another 1,305 COVID-19 patients recover in Odisha, total recoveries at 39,205
Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that 1,305 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,305 persons, 266 are from Ganjam, 156 from Khurdha, 128 from Cuttack, 111 from Jajpur, 75 from Malkangiri, 71 from Balasore, 63 from Sundargarh, 50 from Puri, 44 from Kalahandi, 42 from Kendrapara,...
63 new COVID-19 cases take Cuttack caseload to 2,057
Cuttack: As many as 63 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Friday. While 13 of them were reported from containment zones, 11 were home quarantine cases. 19 of them were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 20 were local contact ones. "Active surveillance, contact tracing,...
All set for I-Day celebrations in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar: Twin city Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi along with senior officials of Commissionerate Police Saturday reviewed the security arrangements at the Exhibition Ground where the state-level Independent Day celebrations will take place Sunday. A dog squad of Odisha Police made a thorough scan of the ground for any explosives materials. The state government had earlier announced that...
After actress Natasha Suri, her sister Rupali Suri tests Covid-19 positive
Mumbai: After actress Natasha Suri tested Covid-19 positive, her sister, actress Rupali Suri, has now confirmed contracting the coronavirus. Rupali wrote on Instagram Stories on Friday: "I am detected covid positive. I had series of symptoms like fever, choked nose and throat, loss of smell and so on. But in all this I continued my yoga and...
AIIMS doctor found hanging at rented residence in Delhi
New Delhi: A doctor in the AIIMS's Paediatrics Department was found hanging at his residence near the hospital, police said Friday. The decomposed body of Mohit Singhla, 40, was found in a house in south Delhi's Gautam Nagar The police control room was informed by a caller at around 3 p.m. that a foul smell was coming...
Lawyer Prashant Bhushan held guilty of criminal contempt for his tweets against judiciary
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of criminal contempt for his tweets against the judiciary. Citing the tweets, the apex court said it has the tendency to shake the confidence of the public at large in the institution of the judiciary and the institution of the Chief Justice and undermine the dignity...
Asymptomatic patients suffering from COVID-19 less likely to infect others
Beijing: New research has added to the growing body of evidence that asymptomatic patients suffering from Covid-19 are less likely to infect close contacts compared to severe cases. According to the study, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, the risk for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to close contacts of infected persons has not been well estimated....
