Coronavirus

Cuttack: As many as 41 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Tuesday. Among the new cases, 12 cases were reported from institutional quarantine centres, 27 were home quarantine cases and two persons contracted the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha police DGP Abhay has issued new guidelines for grievance hearing of general public across the state which will ensure convenience and safety of people amid of the pandemic. Now the people in Odisha can submit their grievances through phone-based redressal system without going...

Gajapati: With 89 new COVID-19 cases reported in Gajapati district Tuesday, the district administration has imposed a lockdown which will be followed by a shutdown here. According to Gajapati district collector Anupam Saha, the lockdown will be for three days (Monday to Wednesday) and shutdown...

Chhatrapur: With Ganjam district administration officials undergoing severe mental pressure these days amid coronavirus outbreak, a Delhi based psychologist recently counselled them on stress management. Ganjam has been the most affected district in the state with highest number of COVID-19 cases. The district also tops...

Bhubaneswar: The clutches of coronavirus did not even spare a five-year-old child in Bhubaneswar. He lost his battle against the virus Tuesday. The deadly virus has been claiming lives one after another. Odisha Tuesday reported yet another child falling prey to the virus. Amongst the...

New Delhi: The BCCI is likely to hand over a comprehensive standing operating procedure (SOP) to the eight IPL franchises for the upcoming edition of the event. However, there are a few pressing questions that all the stakeholders including the IPL franchises need to figure...

New Delhi: After a rare and challenging three-hour surgery, doctors at the AIIMS here successfully removed a 20-cm-long kitchen knife from a man’s liver who had bizarrely swallowed it in a fit of psychosis. The doctors at AIIMS said they were perplexed as to how...

New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das advised banks Monday to proactively raise capital and not wait for a difficult situation to arise amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Banks are staring at a risk of soaring bad loans due to the coronavirus crisis...

Mumbai: The number of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai rose Monday by 1,033 to 1,10,129, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. At 39, the city recorded its third lowest single-day fatality count so far, the BMC said and added that the toll now stands at 6,119....

Berhampur:  A critically ill man here died writhing in pain as his family members helplessly watched after the driver of a 108 ambulance refused to ferry him to the hospital suspecting him of suffering from coronavirus, Monday. The deceased was identified as Manoj Praharaj, a...