Bhubaneswar: In a bid to make the process of contact tracing faster and following other case management processes swiftly, test results coming from various testing centres across the city will be uploaded to the ICMR portal on a real-time basis from August 6. A meeting...
Cuttack: A woman in Cuttack district alleged that she has been tested positive for novel COVID-19 without any testing for the virus. Well as bizarre as it might sound, it is true! The woman is a resident of Bauri Sahi in Bidanasi area of the...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday reported 1,337 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 39,018. Nine more fatalities pushed the COVID-19 death toll across the state to 225. Out of the 1,337 new cases, 815 were reported from quarantine centres while 522 are...
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 infection tally raced past 19 lakh Wednesday, two days after it crossed the 18-lakh mark, with 52,509 people testing positive for the novel coronavirus in a day, while the recoveries have mounted to 12,82,215, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The...
Hyderabad: Underlining the importance of adequate testing for Covid-19, World Health Organisation's (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan Tuesday said that India's testing rate is low, compared to other countries which have done well in combating the pandemic. "India, as a whole, has a low...
Karlamunda: With monsoon doing a vanishing act, some parts of Kalahandi district stare at possible drought condition. Farmers of Karlamunda block are a worried lot, because the farmlands are left dry. The block has not yet received sufficient rainfall till the first week of August....
Kendrapara: Migrant returnees in this district who are struggling for their lives and livelihood due to Covid pandemic are caught in a very sensitive situation over their children’s education, a report said. Their children who are habituated with the style of education at their former...
Srinagar: A curfew was imposed Tuesday across the Valley as authorities apprehended violent protests in view of plans by separatists and Pakistan-sponsored groups to observe August 5, the first anniversary of revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, as ‘black day’. Police and CRPF personnel...
Mumbai: Actress Sonali Bendre Behl has said the lockdown has given her no alternative but to become tech savvy. Sonali Bendre has added that she happy to learn new things during the lockdown, which began in March to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic....
New Delhi: The government Tuesday lifted the export ban on all ventilators to push the outbound shipments of the product. "All ventilators including any artificial respiratory apparatus or oxygen therapy apparatus or any other breathing appliance/device are made free for export," the directorate general of...
Uttar Pradesh’s latest babu reshuffle, while seemingly routine, is difficult to view in isolation. The Yogi Adityanath government has moved...
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Two crucial developments – one in Maharashtra and the other in Gujarat – in quick succession show two opposing sides...
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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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