Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported Friday the highest single-day spike in the state with 755 new positive COVID-19 cases. Among the new infections, 508 were in quarantine while 247 others were local contacts. With the new infections the number of active cases now stands at 4,476. The...
New Delhi: India saw yet another record single-day jump of 26,506 COVID-19 cases pushing its tally to 7,93,802 Friday, while the death toll climbed to 21,604 with 475 people succumbing to the infection, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of tests for detection of COVID-19 has...
Balasore: Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Pratap Sarangi who had undergone a swab test for COVID-19 detection Monday, has tested negative. His test report arrived late Thursday night. Sources said, Sarangi is undergoing home quarantine at his New Delhi...
Bhubaneswar: The state government will organise a film festival in the state after the COVID-19 pandemic is controlled, informed tourism minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi. The announcement came after a virtual meeting with Odisha Film Development Corporation (OFDC) and other officials Thursday. The film industry suffered...
Mumbai: Actress Bhumi Pednekar has said she has loved being by herself. It has helped her focus on things that make her happy amid the pandemic. Bhumi Pednekar has also said that she has had time to introspect while being in isolation due to the...
Keonjhar: Amid increasing cases of Covid infections in Keonjhar, local cases are also rapidly being detected in some areas, which have become a major concern for people and the administration. Fears of community spread have left the people on edge in those areas, a report...
Cuttack: In the wake of rising novel coronavirus cases in state-run healthcare facilities in the Silver City here, the district administration Thursday sanitised several premier hospitals in the city. SCB Medical College and Hospital, City Hospital, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics (Sishu...
Belgrade: Asian and European officials pleaded with their citizens Thursday to respect modest precautions as several countries saw coronavirus outbreaks accelerate or sought to prevent new flare-ups, while the virus showed no signs of slowing its initial advance in Africa and the Americas. Following two...
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry Thursday said that there is no community transmission of COVID-19 in the country but a ‘localised outbreak’ in some geographical areas. “After the GoM meeting today (Thursday), Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that India has not arrived at the...
New Delhi: Legendary skipper of the Indian women’s cricket team Mithali Raj has said that the COVID-19 forced break will affect performances. Mithali Raj said that the COVID-19 pandemic may have pushed back the growth of women's cricket by two years. Mithali is Indian women’s...
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for...
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Climate justice should become one of the most important points when discussing climate change. The harsh reality of human-induced climate...
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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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