Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Thursday sealed Baramunda Housing Board Colony based Ruchika Nursing Home here for violating COVID-19 guidelines. BMC officials said the hospital was violating several COVID-19 guidelines including mandatory usage of masks and enforcement of social distancing. During an inspection, BMC...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Thursday said that 149 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 149 persons, 49 are from Ganjam, 24 from Khurdha, 14 from Mayurbhanj, 13 from Cuttack, six each from Kalahandi and Kendrapara,...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Thursday said that 13 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While five of them are local contact cases, another eight are home quarantine ones. "Further contact tracing is still continuing. Primary contacts...

New Delhi: Cinema and multiplex operators have expressed dismay over the government’s decision to not allow screens to open in the second phase of unlocking. They have pointed out that an early decision in this may help mobilise resources in the film industry’s ecosystem. “Cinemas...

Bhubaneswar: Khurda Municipality officials have closed the municipality office till July 5, after an employee tested positive Thursday for COVID-19. Sources said, the employee is a resident of Telenga Sahi area under Ward No.15 of the Khurda Municipality. The Telenga Sahi locality has also been...

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha reported two more COVID-19 fatalities Thursday, taking the death toll due to the disease to 27 in the state, while the total tally rose to 7,545 with 229 fresh cases, a health department official said. Two men, aged 49 and 57, succumbed to...

Ganjam: Even though the Ganjam district administration has been taking various steps to contain the spread of the coronavirus from the gropund zero level, the deadly virus is capturing most of the residents of the district under its tentacles. With 14 deaths and 1041 recoveries...

New Delhi: The Railways formally kick-started Wednesday its plans to allow private entities to operate passenger trains on its network by inviting request for qualifications (RFQ) for participation on 109 pairs of routes through 151 modern trains, the national transporter said. The project would entail...

Bhubaneswar: Even though devotees were barred from attending the 2020 ‘Bahuda Yatra’ of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra in Puri, many are happy to have done their bit for the Holy Trinity from afar. The students, staff and authorities of Government ITI in...

New Delhi/Haridwar: The Union AYUSH Ministry said Wednesday that Patanjali can sell ‘Coronil’. However, Patanjali can only call ‘Coronil’ an immunity booster and not COVID-19 cure drug. A few days back yoga guru Ramdev’s company launched ‘Coronil’ as a medicine for COVID-19 cure. Patanjali Ayurved...