Coronavirus

Sambalpur:  The out-patient department (OPD) service at medicine department of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) in Burla town of Sambalpur district was suspended Tuesday till further orders after nine doctors tested positive for COVID-19, VIMSAR director Dr Lalit Meher said....

Dandwal: Since the outbreak of coronavirus, schools and educational institutions have remained closed. This development has disrupted the education of kids across the world and India is not an exemption to the problem. Online classes have become the order of the day. But then what...

Chhatrapur: Ganjam district police Tuesday accorded a Guard of Honour to ASI Sibaram Das who died due to COVID-19 Monday. Ganjam SP Brijesh Kumar Rai was present here during the Guard of Honour for the departed COVID-19 warrior. A two-minute silence was also observed. Local...

Agartala: Four people in Tripura were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly abusing and spitting on a woman doctor at a health facility here, police said. There was an additional government advocate among these four who had earlier tested Covid positive. They were arrested after the...

Dhenkanal: After more than hundred persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Gondia block of Dhenkanal district in last couple of days, the Dhenkanal district administration announced four days shutdown in the block, informed Collector and District Magistrate Bhumesh Chandra Behera, Tuesday. The shutdown will be...

Oslo: Close to 50 people including passengers and crew on a Norwegian cruise ship have tested positive for COVID-19. ‘BBC News’ quoting health officials said that the exact number of passengers who have contracted the disease is 41. The numbers may rise drastically as there...

Kolkata: Defence and strategic experts said Monday that China’s posturing in the Indian Ocean will disturb stability and peace in the region. Commandant of National Defence College, Vice-Admiral Pradeep Kaushiva, said that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China has been establishing naval bases in...

New Delhi: More than 40 crore bank accounts have been opened under the government's flagship financial inclusion drive Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). The PMJDY was launched about six years ago by the Modi-government. As per the latest figure, there are 40.05 crore beneficiaries...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra police have arranged an accommodation and a vehicle for Patna city SP Vinay Tiwari who is currently here. Vinay Tiwari is here to supervise investigation into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case, a local police official said on Monday night. Amid a...

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena has contributed Rs 1 crore for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. The Shiv Sena announced this donation ahead of the ‘bhoomi pujan’ scheduled for August 5. It said that party president and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray contributed...