Coronavirus

New Delhi: Five sites across the country are ready for the third and final phase of human trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. This information was provided by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) secretary Renu Swarup here Monday. This is an essential step because it is...

New Delhi: Over 130 dignitaries, including former apex court judge Justice MB Lokur and renowned writer Arundhati Roy, urged Monday the Supreme Court to ‘reconsider’ and ‘withdraw’ its decision to ‘initiate suo-motu contempt proceedings’ against activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan. The Supreme Court had July  22 issued...

New Delhi: India is in a much better position than other countries in the fight against COVID-19 as a result of ‘right decisions taken at the right time’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday. The prime minister asserted that India has expanded its health infrastructure...

Dubai: The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed Monday that it has received the official ‘Letter of Intent’ from the BCCI to host the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). “We have received the (official) letter and now wait on the decision from the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported Monday 581 new coronavirus recovery cases from various districts of the state. All the recovered patients have been discharged from their respective facilities. As expected Ganjam district reported the highest number of recoveries with 160 persons testing negative for coronavirus. All have...

Bhubaneswar: The human clinical trial of indigenously developed ‘Covaxin’, a possible vaccine against the novel coronavirus, began at an institute here Monday, a senior government official said. The ‘Covaxin’ vaccine is being talked about as a possible cure for coronavirus patients. The much-awaited trial of...

Beijing: A Chinese doctor, who diagnosed early coronavirus cases in China, has accused the local authorities of a cover-up of the initial scale of the outbreak at the epicentre Wuhan. The Chinese doctor has said the evidence was already destroyed when they went for investigation,...

New Delhi: Industry body Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) said Monday the mineral sector could be a potential driver of growth under the current times. The CII stressed that reforms announced for the sector, including the proposed ‘National Mineral Index’, will help attract investments. In...

Saranda: As COVID-19 pandemic outbreak is on the rise under Attabira notified area council (NAC) limits in Bargarh district, the civic body imposed shutdown Monday till August 2 in order to prevent any probable spread of infection in the days ahead. Attabira NAC area is...

Cuttack: Cuttack city reported 65 new COVID-19 cases Monday, taking the total tally of virus-hit persons to 736.  Of the fresh cases, 50 were home quarantine cases while seven were infected by the virus while undergoing institutional quarantine. There were two are paid quarantine cases...