Coronavirus

Cuttack: As many as 111 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Wednesday. While 36 of them were home quarantine cases, 23 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 52 were local contact ones....

Mumbai: A jump has been seen in unified payment interface (UPI) transactions. Keeping this in mind, digital economy professor Arvind Gupta claimed Wednesday that the shift to this UPI transactions has helped India save over 0.10 per cent of GDP from going out of the...

Kolkata: The health condition of legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee continued to be ‘critical’ Wednesday doctors said. However, his parameters are normal, doctors attending to the thespian added. However, Soumitra Chatterjee’s daughter was quoted as saying by a ‘vernacular’ daily that her father’s condition has...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Wednesday said that 2,775 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 2,775 persons, 500 are from Khordha, 189 from Nuapada, 183 from Cuttack, 148 from Bargarh, 136 from Kendrapara, 123 from Angul,...

Odense (Denmark): Kidambi Srikanth dished out a dominating show to outclass England’s Toby Penty in straight games in his opening round match at the Denmark Open badminton tournament. The event marked the resumption of international badminton after seven months. Kidambi Srikanth showed that he is...

Los Angeles: Hollywood star Gal Gadot has opened up about the backlash she received for her video rendition of the classic Imagine. Gol Gadot launched the rendition ‘at the beginning of the COVID-19-forced lockdown in the US’. Gadot said she had honest intentions behind the...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has initiated the process of importing liquid oxygen. This is as part of its preparedness to meet any unforeseen shortage during the winters. There have been predictions that India may witness an increase in COVID-19 cases. This will lead...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 267 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Wednesday. While 71 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 196 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 342 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Tokyo: A Japanese supercomputer has showed that humidity can have a large effect on the dispersion of virus particles. The supercomputer has pointed to heightened coronavirus contagion risks in dry, indoor conditions during the winter months. The finding suggests that the use of humidifiers may...

Houston (US): The University of Houston (UoH) has joined hands with an Indian-American co-founded biotech company, ‘AuraVax Therapeutics’. The two will try to develop a ‘differentiated-approach’ vaccine against aggressive respiratory diseases, such as COVID-19. AuraVax, however, has the option to exclusively license a new intranasal...