Coronavirus

New Delhi: At least 74 per cent of people in India say they will continue to work from home (WFH) more than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey revealed Wednesday. A new report from the global PC market leader Lenovo showed that...

Kolkata: A suspected COVID-19 patient, his pregnant wife and their child were allegedly assaulted Wednesday by their neighbours at Patuli locality in the southern part of this city. This prompted the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to ask people to fight the disease and...

Chennai: South Indian states – Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala – achieved an unenviable record Wednesday. All of them reported the biggest single day spike in coronavirus caseloads, with the highest exceeding the 6,000-mark in AP. Collectively, the fresh coronavirus infections from the...

Berhampur: Forty-three persons from the Berhampur Circle Jail including 33 inmates and 10 staff tested positive Wednesday for the deadly COVID-19. The infected inmates have been kept under isolation inside the jail campus, after their swab samples tested positive. The infected prison personnel have been...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Wednesday said that 440 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 440 persons, 83 are from Khurdha, 68 from Ganjam, 49 from Balasore, 40 from Malkangiri, 23 from Jagatsinghpur, 21 from Bhadrak,...

New Delhi:  Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said Wedensday that the Phase 3 clinical trial of antiviral drug Favipiravir is giving hope. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said Favipiravir is helping mild to moderate COVID-19 patients get clinical improvement in ‘significantly faster time’. Results from the Phase 3 trial showed numerical...

Kingston: Ace Odia sprinter Srabani Nanda has become the first Indian track and field athlete to participate in a competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Srabani Nanda has a run at a meet in Jamaica alongside some of the world's best. The 29-year-old Nanda competed Sunday...

Bhubaneswar: Considering the loss of classroom teaching time due to COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, Odisha School and Mass Education department (S&ME) has decided to reduce the syllabus for Class I to XII students with the help and suggestion from SCERT expert committee and CHSE officials...

Washington: The United States is leading the world in terms of COVID-19 testing and India is second, President Donald Trump has said. Donald Trump made such a comment while warning Americans that the pandemic may ‘get worse before it gets better’. Over 1,40,000 Americans have...

Cuttack: As many as 54 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Wednesday. Among the new cases, 11 cases were reported from institutional quarantine centres, 41 were home quarantine cases and two persons contracted the...