Coronavirus

Cuttack: The number of COVID-19 positive persons zoomed past 700 mark in Cuttack after 81 new cases were reported from the district in the last 24 hours. With the fresh cases, the COVID-19 tally touched 702 in the district. The district reported its first 500...

New Delhi: Aiming to launch an indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by August 15, the Indian Council of Medical Research has written to select medical institutions and hospitals to fast-track clinical trial approvals for the vaccine candidate Covaxin being developed in collaboration with Bharat Biotech. Twelve clinical...

Bhubaneswar: Among the 12 hospitals, SUM Hospital in Odisha has been selected for clinical trial of the country's first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine. Bhubaneswar-based Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital under the SOA Deemed to be University,  has been chosen by the Indian Council for Medical...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported Friday the highest spike in COVID-19 cases with 561 persons testing positive for the disease. This is the highest single-day rise in the number of infections in the state. Out of the new COVID-19 cases, 425 persons were in quarantine and 136...

Cuttack: Panic hit Orissa High Court and other judicial establishments in the Millennium city after a lawyer attached to the Criminal Court Bar Association tested positive for Covid-19, a report said Thursday. As a result, all the lower courts in the city as well as the...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 cases soared by over 20,000 in a day for the first time taking the country's total tally to 6,25,544 Friday, while the death toll climbed to 18,213 with 379 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country recorded 20,903 coronavirus...

New Delhi: A potential COVID-19 vaccine indigenously developed by the Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila Healthcare Ltd has got the nod from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for human clinical trials, according to a government source. The approval process was fast-tracked following recommendation by the...

Barcelona: Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has called off negotiations over renewing his contract with the club. Lionel Messi is ready to leave the Catalans when his current deal expires in 2021. This was reported Friday by Spanish radio station ‘Cadena Ser’. The report said Messi...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has restricted the entry of visitors to the State Secretariat i.e. the Lok Seva Bhawan, Kharavel Bhawan, Krushi Bhawan and Rajib Bhawan till July 31. This has been done to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In the last couple of weeks...

Grooms these days are arriving with just a handful of baratis, all wearing masks while the brides’ families are no more greeting them with garlands but with sanitisers in hands ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: Marriage, since ages, has been considered as one of life’s most...