Sundargarh: 34 police personnel who recovered from COVID-19 and were discharged from NTPC COVID Hospital in Sundargarh district, were lauded by district collector Nikhil Pavan Kalyan for their bravery and fight against the deadly disease. Kalyan tweeted, “34 COVID warriors from police fraternity have recovered...
Melbourne: A blood test developed by Australia's Monash University could detect positive COVID-19 cases in about 20 minutes. Based on commonly used blood typing infrastructure, researchers at the Melbourne-based university developed a simple agglutination assay to identify antibodies generated in response to COVID-19, Xinhua news...
Bhubaneswar: Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the four hotspot districts in the state including Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC), the state government rescheduled bank timings to 8am to 1pm during the 14-day lockdown period. Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Kumar Jena issued a...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Monday reported 673 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 18,110. The Health and Family Welfare Department reported six additional deaths due to COVID-19. Death toll across the state now stands at 97. https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1285083625357111296 Out of the 673 new...
New Delhi: India saw a record single-day jump of 40,425 COVID-19 cases, pushing its tally past the 11-lakh mark Monday, while the total number of recoveries crossed 7 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to the disease rose to...
Washington: The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has increased to over 14.4 million, while the deaths have topped to more than 605,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 14,448,751, while the fatalities rose...
Mumbai: Actor Varun Dhawan is upset as his puppy Angel refused to wake up to watch a mixed martial arts match with him. Varun Dhawan took to his verified Instagram account, where he shared an adorable picture with his furry friend Angel, a beagle. “Angel...
Bhubaneswar: Following in the footstep of firefighters of Odisha, 37 members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have come forward to donate their plasma after having recovered from COVID-19. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik thanked and praised the NDRF and Fire Services personnel for...
Bhubaneswar: Jatni MLA and senior Congress leader Sura Routray Sunday launched a fierce attack on the government, alleging the government has completely failed in COVID-19 management. On community spread of the virus, Routray termed the situation in Bhubaneswar as grim and should not be taken...
Angul: The tourism sector in Angul district is staring at a bleak future. The sector is expected to take a severe hit due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, claimed Tourism Department official Prakash Roy. Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the district’s tourism sector, Roy...
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