Islamabad: Pakistan's health minister Dr Zafar Mirza said Monday that he was tested positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the latest senior minister in the country to be hit by the deadly virus. Mirza, the special assistant to the prime minister on health services, said...
Bargarh: Three persons belonging to Bhukta area under Ambabhona police limits in Bargarh district have landed in trouble for their alleged denial and noncooperation to give swab samples for conducting COVID-19 tests. Also read: COVID-19 swab testing centre inaugurated at Rayagada DHH According to reports,...
New Delhi: The Indian Academy of Sciences, a Bengaluru-based body of scientists, has said the Indian Council for Medical Research's (ICMR) target to launch a coronavirus vaccine by August 15 is ‘unfeasible’ and ‘unrealistic’. The IASc said while there is an unquestioned urgent need, vaccine...
Angul/Banarpal: Following the spread of COVID-19 within different industrial units in Angul district, the administration has emphasised on putting a check to the pandemic on the rise. In this connection, Angul district Collector Manoj Kumar Mohanty wrote to nine industrial units Sunday afternoon to strictly...
Ganjam: Ganjam District Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange Monday expressed his condolences to the family of the four COVID warriors who lost their life due to the COVID-19 infection. Kulange, pained by the demise of four frontline warriors, tweeted, “We lost our four Covid Warriors. Entire...
Cuttack: After one employee from Sishu Bhawan tested positive for COVID-19 Sunday, the management of Sishu Bhawan has suspended outdoor services and sealed the main gate Monday till further direction. However, Sishu Bhawan Superintendent Dr. Saroj Kumar Satpathy said that emergency service in the hospital...
Sambalpur: A girl flouting COVID-19 guidelines with impunity ended with her entire family being under home quarantine. This incident was reported from LIC Colony under Ainthapali police limits in Sambalpur district. According to sources, the said girl was staying in Bangalore. She returned home June...
Bhubaneswar: Even though the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Odisha Circle has given the nod to open 31 monuments in Odisha including nine monuments of Khurda district from July 6, the District Administration asked the ASI not to reopen nine centrally-protected monuments in the district...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 456 new COVID-19 cases Monday, taking the total tally in the state to 9,526. Two additional deaths took the toll in the state to 38, official sources informed. https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1280017880088752130 Out of the 456 new cases, 309 were reported from quarantine centres while 147...
New Delhi: Another big single-day jump of 24,248 COVID-19 cases took India's tally close to the 7-lakh mark Monday, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 19,693 with 425 new fatalities, according to the Union health ministry. With this, the country has...
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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