Mumbai: Hindi film actress Bhumi Pednekar has strongly reacted to incidents of sexual harassment that women have suffered in COVID- 19 isolation. The actress took to her verified Instagram story account Saturday to share a news report on the issue. "Sick and disgusting. Says a...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Sunday reported 1,376 new COVID-19 cases taking the tally in the state to 25,389. The death toll across the state reached 140 with ten additional deaths, informed the Health and Family Welfare Department. https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1287255469426274307 Out of the 1,376 new cases, 917 were reported from...
New Delhi: With 48,661 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 13,85,522 Sunday, while the recoveries mounted to 8,85,576, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The COVID-19 death toll in the country rose to 32,063 with 705 fatalities being recorded in a day, the...
Bhubaneswar: With the state capital observing steep surge in COVID-19 cases, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Saturday shared the detailed strategies adopted by the civic body to contain the disease. Briefing the media, BMC Commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary assured people that the spread of infection...
Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 16 million mark, while the deaths have increased to over 643,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Sunday morning, the total number of cases stood at 15,984,384, while the fatalities rose to...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Saturday said that 728 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 728 persons, 391 are from Ganjam, 49 from Khurdha, 43 from Cuttack, 33 from Balasore, 32 from Jajpur, 23 from Gajapati,...
Jharsuguda: On one hand, Jharsuguda district administration is taking necessary measures to contain the spread of coronavirus. On the other hand, COVID norm violators here are flouting the regulations with impunity. From the fact that the district police collected fines amounting to more than Rs...
New Delhi: India’s drug regulator has cancelled the rapid diagnostic kit import licenses of three firms and suspended that of 16 others. The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has said the USFDA has removed the manufacturers from their list of coronavirus serology test kits...
New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) has partnered with ‘AstraZeneca’ for manufacturing the Oxford vaccine candidate for COVID-19. Serum Institute now has sought permission from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for conducting phase 2/3 human clinical trials of the potential vaccine. This...
Kodala: An assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) breathed his last Friday night after being infected by the deadly coronavirus. The deceased COVID-19 warrior has been identified as Rabindranath Behera (55). He was posted at the Bhanjanagar court. The ASI had returned home four days ago...
A foreign outlet interviewed me this week and at the end of it, after we had wrapped up, the interviewer...
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Uttar Pradesh’s latest babu reshuffle, while seemingly routine, is difficult to view in isolation. The Yogi Adityanath government has moved...
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Two crucial developments – one in Maharashtra and the other in Gujarat – in quick succession show two opposing sides...
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The BJP and the Congress seem to believe that they are going to reap rich political dividends through their conflicting...
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