Cuttack/Kendrapara/ Malkangiri: After a person tested positive for COVID-19 at the SCB Medical College and Hospital Wednesday in Cuttack, authorities have suspended the Out Patient Department (OPD) service till further notice. Restrictions have been imposed on the entry of patients into the hospital. Only emergency cases...
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) sealed RTO-II office at Patia and the GATI godown situated at Nakhara in Bhubaneswar Wednesday to contain spread of COVID-19 in the capital city. Notably, BMC had sealed the RTO-I office at Acharya Bihar in Bhubaneswar, Tuesday. The RTO...
Cuttack: Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Wednesday said that four more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While two of them were reported from institutional quarantine centres, one was a home quarantine case and the remaining one is a...
Bhubaneswar: Out of the seven COVID-19 related deaths reported in Odisha in last 24 hours, six died of COVID-19 while one succumbed to HIV-AIDS, informed state health department Wednesday. The deceased was a 53-old-male COVID-19 patient of Khurda district, who succumbed to HIV-AIDS. Three of...
Chhatrapur: The Ganjam district administration announced complete shutdown for five days starting from Thursday in two municipality areas and 16 NACs along with some urban areas in view of the spike in number of COVID-19 cases. While the state government has already announced weekend shutdown...
Ganjam: In a bid to save the residents of Ganjam district from COVID-19 transmission, the Ganjam district administration Wednesday sealed its border with adjoining Khurda district to limit the movement of people to and from the region. Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange tweeted Wednesday, “Ganjam...
Bhubaneswar: Ruling BJD MLA Prasant Behera has tested positive for COVID-19, the second legislator in Odisha to have contracted the disease, an official said Wednesday. The lawmaker from Salepur in Cuttack district was admitted to a COVID-19 hospital, he said. The MLA had come in...
Keonjhar: Days after the state Lokayukta suo motu registered a case (LY-603/2020) regarding alleged lapses in implementation of MGNREGS at Sholapata village in Shalania panchayat under Hatadihi block in Keonjhar district, the district administration suspended JE of the block Sudhakar Panda Tuesday. Collector Ashish Thakre...
Dhenkanal: River Brahmani, the lifeline of undivided Dhenkanal district, will be included in the national waterway project to help facilitate coal and fertilizer transport through water route, a report said. The project will help in development of industries and agriculture apart from boosting tourism in...
New Delhi: In the absence of a COVID-19 vaccine or drugs, the researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have warned that India might record 2.87 lakh coronavirus cases per day by the end of winter 2021. The world may witness 249 million (24.9 crore)...
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for...
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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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