Coronavirus

New Delhi: The Centre strongly defended Monday the ‘PM CARES Fund’ in the Supreme Court. The Centre said that the ‘PM CARES Fund’ is a public trust. The ‘PM CARES Fund’ is meant to receive voluntary contributions’ to fight COVID-19 pandemic and the budgetary allocations...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar city Monday reported 159 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the city to 2150, said Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Among the fresh detected cases, 118 were reported from quarantine centres while 41 contracted the virus locally. At the same time, 102...

Krushnaprasad: Krushnaprasad block administration Monday suspended Chilika Lake floating bridge vessel and boat services from Satapada to Janhikuda in Puri district for seven days amid spike in coronavirus cases in the block. Notably, this vessel service reduces journey time between Berhampur in Ganjam district and...

New Delhi: A high-level team of researchers from Israel arrived here Monday to take forward the work it has been doing with India to develop a rapid testing kit for COVID-19 which can give the result within 30 seconds. Israel's Ambassador to India Ron Malka...

Jharsuguda: The medicine ward, registration counter and OPD in Jharsuguda district headquarters hospital (DHH) have been shut after a patient undergoing treatment at the hospital tested positive for coronavirus. Chief district medical officer (CDMO) Dr Jagdish Chandra Barik informed that the medicine ward, registration counter...

Bhubaneswar: COVID-19 has not left any territory unaffected. The impact of the pandemic on the hotel industry is monumental. Particularly, the budget hotels and lodges in the state are very badly hit. As per the information shared by the State Budget Hotel and Guest House...

Jaleswar: The spread of the deadly COVID-19 forced the Balasore district administration to extend the shutdown period for another week in Jaleswar municipality, Monday. The shutdown, which was initially imposed from July 20 to July 27, has been extended to August 3. Residents of the...

Puri: When health workers are sacrificing their lives for the service of the general public during this COVID-19 pandemic, poisonous attitude towards them in several places of the country is setting a bad example. Unfortunately, such attacks on health workers deprive people of urgently needed...

Khurda: Khurda district continued to see an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases after 223 fresh cases were reported Monday. Hundreds of returnees from other states have been put under quarantine here. Amidst the ongoing efforts to contain the spread the disease, a shocking incident has...

Ranchi:  Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is serving a sentence in the fodder scam, has tested negative for coronavirus, though his attendant has been found positive. The attendant has been quarantined. According to sources at the...