Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Friday said that 16 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in the past 24 hours. While two of them are home quarantine cases, the remaining 14 are local contact ones. Of the two local contacts, a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that 131 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 131 patients, 43 are from Ganjam, 28 from Puri, 21 from Khurdha, 12 from Kandhamal, seven from Jagatsinghpur, six from Nabarangpur,...

New Delhi: Imports from China are expected to continue for the time being till other feasible and cost effective alternatives emerge. This is the opinion of top players in Indian automobile and pharmaceutical industries. In the very recent past 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives...

Guwahati: Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Friday that a 12-hour night curfew will be imposed across the state from 7.00pm onwards from Friday. Also a 14-day complete lockdown will be enforced in Kamrup (Metro) district, of which Guwahati city is a part, from...

Bhubaneswar: DGP Abhay issued a new SOP, Friday, informing no police personnel, except officials deployed for checking law and order during the nine-day long Rath Yatra, will be permitted to enter Puri town on the pretext of official duty till July 4. The decision has...

Mumbai: A special court here denied Friday temporary bail to Sanjeev Khanna. He is an accused in the Sheena Bora murder case. Sanjeev Khanna had sought relief citing the risk of contracting coronavirus in Arthur Road Jail. He was arrested in August 2015 for his...

Puri: Kumbharapada police detained two persons Friday for allegedly entering into Gundicha Temple here in the guise of Srimandir servitors. While questioning them, police found out that the two reside in Kumbharpada and Markandeswar Sahi localities of this town. Sources said, Friday morning the servitors...

New Delhi: Marks for the pending class 10, 12 exams, which have been cancelled in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be awarded on basis of marks scored by a student in his or her best performing subjects, according to Central Board of Secondary Education...

London: By profiling the immune response to the novel coronavirus in critically ill COVID-19 patients, scientists have identified a unique pattern of six molecules which could be used as therapeutic targets for the disease. The researchers from the Lawson Health Research Institute in the UK,...

Chhatrapur: The Ganjam district administration is worried about the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in jurisdiction of the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC). It announced announced Friday a four-day complete shutdown of the municipal area. The shutdown will come into effect June 27 and continue till...