Coronavirus

Kolkata: Indian smartphone makers are not too hopeful over prospects of a reversal in fortunes due to the current anti-Chinese sentiments. The sentiments have been triggered by the Sino-India border tension. The smartphone makers insisted that low-cost funding is the need of the hour to...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to inform the Supreme Court, Tuesday about its decision on conducting the pending class 10 and 12 board exams, which were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said. The CBSE last week told...

Bhubaneswar: After Supreme Court’s nod for holding Rath Yatra in Puri, Chief Secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy and Director General of Police (DGP) Abhay reviewed the security arrangements in the Holy City ahead of the annual car festival. “All departments related to the car festival are...

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 cases per lakh people are one of the lowest in the world despite its high population density. The recovery rate has now reached almost 56 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said Monday. The Health Ministry also informed that testing facilities...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar reported 11 new COVID-19 cases Monday, taking the total number of patients in the capital city to 196. According to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), six cases, all males aged 21, 22, 30, 33, 40 and 55 years old, are Uttar Pradesh natives....

Bhubaneswar: Chief Justice SA Bobde will conduct hearing of the review petition on Rath Yatra at 2.30pm from his home at Nagpur through video-conferencing. Notably, a three-judge bench of Supreme Court comprising of CJI Bobde, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice AS Bopanna will be hearing...

Puri: When millions of Jagannath devotees are eagerly waiting for the Supreme Court’s decision on the conduct of this year’s Rath Yatra, the three main servitors of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra reached the ‘Rath Khala’ with three ‘Agyanmala’ from the deities. After...

Jharsuguda: A birthday party and a marriage anniversary party thrown by two people was the trigger for 17 Covid-19 positive cases in OPM Colony of Brajrajnagar in Jharsuguda district. The district administration has registered a police complaint against the two persons for breaking COVID-19 guidelines...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Monday reported 143 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 5,303. The Health and Family Welfare Department also reported a death due to the virus Monday. "Regret to report that a 46 year old Covid positive Male of Ganjam...

New Delhi: India Monday added 14,821 new COVID-19 cases  pushing the infection tally to 4,25,282, while the death toll rose to 13,699 with 445 new fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data. The country registered over 10,000 cases for the 11th day in a row. The...