Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar:  A pearl farmer from Bihar has gained special appreciation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme, broadcasted 26th July, 2020. The pearl farmer Jaishankar Kumar from Begusarai in Bihar had taken training on pearl farming from ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater...

Balasore: After two employees of Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital in Balasore district tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday, the district administration sent all the employees of the medical college for home isolation. Sources said that a female administrator and a male clerk of the medical...

Malkangiri: With COVID-19 cases on a rise in Malkangiri district, the district administration Wednesday announced a three day shutdown in Malkangiri Municipality Area and Balimela NAC areas. The shutdown will be in force from 9pm of Thursday to 11:59 pm of August 2. The district administration...

Cuttack: 78.76 per cent students in Odisha have cleared the Board of Secondary Examination (BSE) Class-X examinations, the results of which were announced Wednesday. The overall pass percentage in the state has increased to 4.9 per cent compared to 2019’s results. State School and Mass...

Beijing: China's COVID-19 cases in a single day have crossed the 100-mark for the first time in over three months, sparking the fear of a rebound after Beijing contained it in Wuhan where the contagion first emerged in December last year. The National Health Commission...

Angul: Attending a review meeting at local circuit house in Angul district Tuesday, state Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Public Enterprises, Science and Technology Minister Ashok Chandra Panda appealed recovered patients to donate blood plasma. Also read: Three Ganjam COVID-19 patients recover...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally went past 15 lakh Wednesday, two days after it crossed the 14-lakh mark, with 48,513 fresh cases recorded in a day while the recoveries surged to 9,88,029, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases climbed to 15,31,669, while the country's death toll...

Mumbai: In an encouraging development, an experts' report late Tuesday pointed to Mumbai heading towards 'herd immunity' as the city recorded the lowest number of cases -- 700 -- in the past three months Tuesday, officials said. The ser-survey report prepared by the NITI Aayog,...

Puri: A technical team will dismantle the chariots of presiding deities of Puri Jagannath temple with utmost care at Singhadwara of Srimandir, Wednesday. Later the dismantled chariots will be shifted to Jagannath Ballava Matha, about half a kilometer from Jagannath Temple for darshan of devotees...

New Delhi: The police Tuesday filed six charge sheets in various courts indicting 69 foreign nationals from nine countries for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation here allegedly indulging in missionary activities in violation of visa norms and breaching anti-COVID-19 guidelines of the government, said a lawyer....