Coronavirus

Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 17.2 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 671,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Friday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 17,237,642, while the fatalities rose to 671,909,...

Mumbai: Bold government reform that triggers animal spirits and implemented effectively on the ground is essential for India to come out of the COVID-19 setbacks. This is what former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan said Thursday. Raghuram Rajan also made it clear...

New Delhi: The economic activities in India are resuming gradually. They are expected to increase further with the country adopting the ‘Unlock 3.0’ mode. Amid the resumption of economic activities, corporate houses are increasingly opting for rapid antigen and antibody tests. This is being done...

Can the coronavirus spread through the air? The World Health Organisation recently acknowledged the possibility that COVID-19 might be spread in the air under certain conditions. Recent COVID-19 outbreaks in crowded indoor settings — restaurants, nightclubs and choir practices — suggest the virus can hang...

Bhubaneswar:  The Odisha prison authority has asked the police to conduct RT-PCR test to detect coronavirus infection in accused before sending them to judicial custody, an official said Thursday. According to sources in the state prison directorate, 96 inmates of 10 prisons in the state...

Bhubaneswar: On a day when Odisha reported 1,203 new COVID-19 positive cases there was good news on the recovery front also. The total number of recoveries reported Thursday stood at 807 in the state. All the COVID-19 patients tested negative and have been released from...

New Delhi: A shooting coach at the Dr Karni Singh Range here has tested positive for COVID-19. However, the development will not force a closure of the facility, where the Olympic core group will start training, August 1. The shooting coach has already been put...

New Delhi: India is currently conducting around five lakh COVID-19 tests every day. The plan is to double the number in next one-two months, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Thursday. The health minister made the statement during the launch of a compendium on ‘Council...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said Thursday the government should acknowledge what he alleged is a ‘deepening economic crisis’ in India. The former Finance Minister P Chidambaram pointed out that the telecom and aviation sectors require government intervention. He said the two sectors are...

Kantapada: A complete shutdown from Friday (July 31) to August 4 has been announced for the locality stretching from Kuanarpur square of Kantapada panchayat to Ichhapur in Cuttack district. Kantapada sarpanch Priti Behera announced the shutdown after IIC of Olatpur police station, supply inspector of...