New Delhi: India, the third-worst COVID-hit country globally, recorded a single-day spike of 64,399 coronavirus cases, pushing its total tally to 21,53,011. Out of the total 21,53,011 cases, 6,28,747 are active cases, 14,80,884 have recovered from the deadly virus while 43,379 people have died. A...
Vijayawada: At least seven persons were killed Sunday in a fire that broke out at a hotel turned COVID-19 care centre here, officials said. Fire tenders rushed to the spot managed to bring the blaze under control. The fire broke out in the ground and...
New Delhi: Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, who had recently endorsed an indigenous ‘papad’ brand claiming that eating the ‘papad’ will help fight the deadly coronavirus, Saturday tested positive for COVID-19. "Meghwal was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at around...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Saturday said that 1,544 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,544 persons, 560 are from Ganjam, 203 from Khurdha, 143 from Koraput, 75 from Gajapati, 62 from Nayagarh, 59 from Sundargarh,...
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Saturday said that 190 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 138 of them were reported from quarantine centres, remaining 52 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 103 persons who earlier tested positive...
Keonjhar: People of Keonjhar district heaved a sigh of relief as the district reported fresh COVID-19 positive cases in single-digits Saturday. The district administration reported only three cases. The fresh three cases include two COVID warriors and a local case from Seranda area under Joda...
Cuttack: Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Saturday said that 76 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 46 of them were reported from containment zones, seven were home quarantine cases. Another seven of them were from institutional quarantine...
Chhatrapur: The fifth-phase of door to door health screening to detect COVID-19 patients in urban areas of Ganjam district began Saturday. In a tweet, Ganjam district collector Vijay Amruta Kulange said, “DTD health screening started inall urban areas in Ganjam. Please Don’t hide symptoms. Cooperate...
Malkangiri: In view of the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the district, particularly in Malkangiri Municipality and Balimela NAC areas, the district administration has clamped weekend shutdown in these two places till August-end. “I Manish Agarwal, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate-cum-chairman, DDMA, Malkangiri, being the...
Bhadrak: The outdoor patient department (OPD) of the district headquarters hospital (DHH) in Bhadrak has been closed for 48 hours from Saturday. According to chief district medical officer Dr Santosh Kumar Patra, the OPD will remain closed till Sunday as a doctor and his driver...
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The BJP and the Congress seem to believe that they are going to reap rich political dividends through their conflicting...
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What was considered India’s demographic dividend is beginning to appear less like an opportunity and more like a warning signal....
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