Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Addressing the people of Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday announced a 14-day-long mask mission starting Friday to win the battle against COVID-19 pandemic. While reminding the women of their duties, he said if women at houses are alert then coronavirus can never enter...

Srinagar: Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has tested positive for COVID-19. Taking to Twitter Friday, Omar said he is asymptomatic and self-isolating. "For a year I did my best to dodge this damn virus but it's finally caught up with me. I...

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Friday said it is irresponsible on the part of the CBSE to force students to appear for Board examinations and demanded that the exams be either cancelled or rescheduled in view of the COVID-19 situation in the country....

New Delhi: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi Friday took potshots at the BJP-led Central government over the export of COVID-19 vaccines and said that the government should help all states without any discrimination. In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi said, "Amid the growing cases...

New Delhi: India registered a record single-day spike of 1,31,968 new COVID-19 cases Friday, pushing its infection tally to 1,30,60,542, while the death toll increased to 1,67,642 with 780 more fatalities in a day, highest since October 18, the Union Health Ministry data showed. Registering a steady...

New Delhi: US Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Change John Kerry has welcomed India's ambitious goal of generating 450 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030 and said that Washington will help New Delhi achieve it by helping mobilise international funding. Rounding up a three-day visit...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Friday registered 1,282 new coronavirus cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,46,808. Out of the 1,282 new cases, 755 were reported from quarantine centres while 527 contracted the virus locally. Sundargarh district reported he highest number of cases with 224...

Washington: Are some COVID-19 vaccines more effective than others? It's hard to tell since they weren't directly compared in studies. But experts say the vaccines are alike on what matters most: preventing hospitalisations and deaths. “Luckily, all these vaccines look like they're protecting us from...

Canberra: Australia Thursday became the latest country to restrict use of the AstraZeneca vaccine by recommending that it not be given to people under age 50. The announcement came after drug regulators held a series of urgent meetings earlier in the day. That followed advice...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department Minister Naba Kishore Das Thursday said that it has been made mandatory for people coming to Odisha from other states to produce RT-PCR negative test reports. Those arriving without test reports will have to undergo a seven-day quarantine,...