Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) has cancelled the remaining papers of the annual Plus-II examination 2020 due to the COVID-19 situation in Odisha, informed School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash Wednesday. The department took the decision following the Unlock.2 restrictions imposed...

Chhatrapur: With 102 new COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday, the total tally of Ganjam district reached 1,472 cases. The district administration has issued fresh guidelines Wednesday for phase 2 of the unlocking in the month of July keeping in mind the rising number of cases. According...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday reported 251 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 7,316. Out of the 251 new cases, 208 cases were reported from quarantine centres while 43 are local contacts. District wise breakdown: Ganjam district led the way with 102...

New Delhi: India registered the highest single-day COVID-19 deaths at 507 on Wednesday with Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu accounting for over 70 per cent of the fatalities, while 18,653 new infections were reported taking the total tally to 5,85,493, according to the Union Health...

London: England’s World Cup hero Ben Stokes was Tuesday named captain for the opening Test against West Indies. Ben Stokes will lead the side in place of Joe Root. The latter has taken leave to be with his wife for the birth of their second...

Wuhan: Six months after the World Health Organisation (WHO) learned of ‘viral pneumonia’ cases that would become the COVID-19 pandemic, life here, in the city where it emerged, is returning to normal. However, masks remain ubiquitous and emotional scars linger. A city of 11 million,...

Brussels: The European Union (EU) announced Tuesday it will reopen its borders to travellers from 14 countries. However, most Americans have been refused entry for at least another two weeks. This is due to the soaring coronavirus infections in the United States. Travellers from other...

New Delhi: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of doing headline management, the Congress said Tuesday his address to the nation was ‘much ado about nothing’ as he belied expectations and skipped any mention of the border standoff with China. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said Narendra...

New Delhi: Contracting for the third month in a row, the output of eight core infrastructure industries shrank by 23.4 per cent in May, due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, according to official data. The eight core industries had expanded by 3.8 per cent in May...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Tuesday banning apps will not be enough. Mamata Banerjee asserted that China needs to be given a befitting reply after the Galwan Valley clash. The Trinamool Congress supremo, however, said she would leave the matter to the...