Coronavirus

Mumbai: BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly revealed Tuesday that he underwent 22 COVID-19 tests in the past four-and-a-half months. The COVID-19 tests were carried out amid Sourav Ganguly trying to navigate his professional commitments amid the raging pandemic.      Ganguly was busy in...

New Delhi: The Russia-developed Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus has been found to be over 95 per cent effective. This information was given Tuesday by CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev. He also stated that the a single dose of the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Tuesday said that 648 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 648 persons, 76 are from Khordha, 51 from Angul,48 from Kalahandi,40 from Cuttack,35 from Sundargarh, 34 from Bolangir, 34 from Puri,32...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee assured Tuesday Prime Minister Narendra Modi that her government is fully prepared to work with the Centre. She told the PM that she will cooperate with all other stakeholders for the speedy implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination programme...

New Delhi: India’s star opener Rohit Sharma and pacer Ishant Sharma will miss the first two Tests against Australia. Both Rohit Sharma and the fast bowler are also doubtful for the remaining two sources in the BCCI said Tuesday. This new development came after it...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 34 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Tuesday. While eight of them are quarantine cases, remaining 26 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 53 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

New Delhi: An industry body of syringe and needle manufacturers said Tuesday that it has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi offering an additional capacity of over 350 million syringes per month depending upon the requirements during the vaccination programme against the COVID-19. This capacity...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned Tuesday states and Union Territories against any laxity in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Narendra Modi called for reducing the positivity and fatality rates by focusing on curbing the virus transmission. The prime minister was interacting with chief ministers...

Geneva: "There is now real hope that vaccines, in combination with other tried and tested public health measures, will help to end the pandemic," said the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The WHO chief's remarks came after drugmaker AstraZeneca said  Monday that...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tuesday registered 642 new coronavirus cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,15,271. Out of the new 642 cases, 374 were reported from quarantine centres while 268 are local contacts. The death toll in Odisha rose to 1671 with 14 new...