Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Thursday said that nine more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While four of the cases were in home quarantine, three were COVID warriors and two were local contacts. The two local cases...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to ease the identification process of coronavirus patients, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to implement Digital Door Numbering (DDN) in the households within the civic area. The DDN would provide detailed information on location, ownership and postal addresses of households...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Thursday reported 174 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 4,512. Out of the 174 new cases, 156 were reported from quarantine centres while 28 are local contacts, Keonjhar district reported 5 new cases, Jajpur 9, Nabarangpur 7, Khurda...

New Delhi: A record single-day spike of 12,881 COVID-19 cases took India's total tally to 3,66,946 while the death toll climbed to 12,237 with 334 new fatalities Thursday, according to the Union ealth Ministry. The number of active cases stands at 1,60,384 while 1,94,324 people have...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday to continue with the restrictions on train and air travel to Odisha at least till the end of June to contain the spread of COVID-19. He made this request during the second phase...

Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear there will be not be any further lockdown in the country and the unlock phase has begun. This was disclosed by Telangana Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao here Wednesday. The prime minister’s remarks came during a...

New Delhi: AAP MLA and national spokesperson Atishi has tested positive for COVID-19 and is presently under home isolation. In a tweet, Atishi said she is doing okay and is in home quarantine after getting her test results. “Thanks a lot for all the love...

Kolkata: The city’s Rath Yatra festival organised by ISKCON Kolkata Centre will be held inside their temple. However, there won’t be any devotees, an ISKCON spokesperson said Wednesday. The unprecedented decision was taken in view of the COVID-19 outbreak. It has infected more than 11,000...

New Delhi: It is once more Shashank Manohar versus the BCCI. The ICC has not been taking a decision regarding the T20 World Cup later in the year. Livid with that, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has accused outgoing chairman Shashank...

London: The United Kingdom government Wednesday authorised the state-funded National Health Service (NHS) to use steroid ‘dexamethasone’. It is the ‘world's first’ coronavirus treatment proven to reduce the risk of death among severely ill patients. The Department of Health said ‘dexamethasone ‘ is a cheap...