Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: It is good signs in Odisha’s fight against the deadly COVID-19 virus. The number of recoveries is increasing on a daily basis while the infection rate is also dipping. The state reported Monday a total of 2,738 new cases of COVID-19 recoveries. All the...

New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Agriculture Parshottam Rupala launched Monday a new scheme, ‘Ayushman Sahakar’ under which the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) would extend term loans of Rs 10,000 crore to cooperatives for creating healthcare infrastructure in rural India. There are about...

Kolkata: Iconic Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee’s health condition has improved significantly. The doctors attending to Soumitra Chatterjee are planning to make him walk with support in a couple of days. This information was given Monday by a senior medical practitioner treating him at a private...

New York: Top Indian actors and actress from most parts of India have recently found themselves have found them embroiled in a drug abuse case. The Narcotics Control Bureau has made seizures and arrests in both Mumbai and Karnataka. Actress Sharddha Kapoor is one of...

Bargarh: COVID-19 tally in Bargarh district reached 8,043 Monday with 46 fresh cases, district information and public relations officer Kalyani Dash said. According to data provided by Dash, Padmapur block reported maximum nine cases, followed by Bargarh municipality area and Bargarh block (six each), Padmapur NAC...

Dhenkanal: Eighteen days after a COVID-19 patient went missing in Dhenkanal district, family members of the patient were Saturday informed that the man had died and that his cremation had also been conducted. The family accused the administration of gross negligence over the issue. According...

‘When will we have a vaccine?’ This is probably the most asked question on the planet at present. As scientists and researchers race to find a treatment for the novel coronavirus, we may be getting closer to the answer. A 14-year-od Indian-American girl from Texas...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 1,982 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in last 24 hours bringing the total number of infections so far in Odisha to 2,70,346, official data suggested Monday. According to Department of Information and Public Relations (I&PR) of the state government, out of...

New Delhi: As the festive season begins with the coronavirus pandemic still lingering, doctors have advised people to avoid fasting during Navratri or Karwa Chauth and make necessary changes to safeguard their health, especially if they are recovering from a Covid infection or belong to...

New Delhi:  The number of new coronavirus infections reported daily in India dropped below 60,000 for the second time this month, while the number of new fatalities registered across the country dipped below 600 almost after three months, the Union Health Ministry data stated Monday....