Images of migrant workers, with children in their arms and bags perched on their heads, walking down highways in desperate attempt to return to their villages hundreds of miles away will remain itched forever in the history of India. With more than 3.2 lakh positive...
Bhubaneswar: As many as 186 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in last 24 hours bringing the total number of infections so far in Odisha to 3,909, official data suggested Sunday. According to Department of Information and Public Relations (I&PR) of the state government, out of...
Berhampur: Even as COVID-19 spreads fast in various parts of Ganjam, the number of infection has touched 678 with 20 more new cases being detected Saturday. However, people of Lathi panchayat under Kukudakhandi block were most panicked after a bootlegger was found infected with COVID-19....
New Delhi: India saw the highest single-day spike of 11,929 novel coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the number of infections to 3,20,922 Sunday, while the death toll rose by 311 to 9,195, the Health Ministry said. This is the third day in...
Beijing: China has reported 66 new coronavirus cases, the largest since the disease was controlled in its first epicentre Wuhan in April, prompting the authorities to go into a ‘wartime’ mode to stem the spread of COVID-19 in the capital Beijing which has seen a...
Washington: The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surged to over 7.8 million, while the death toll moved past 430,000, according to coronavirus tracking website worldometers.info. According to the tracking portal, as of Sunday morning, the total number of cases stood at 7,861,333 while...
New Delhi: The Health Ministry has added symptoms of loss of smell and taste (anosmia & ageusia) in the clinical management guidelines for the COVID-19 patients. The guideline says, "Loss of smell (anosmia) or loss of taste (ageusia) preceding the onset of respiratory symptoms has...
Chennai: Around 90 doctors at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital tested coronavirus positive in 10 days, said an official, here Saturday. "Over 10 days about 80-90 doctors have tested positive for coronavirus. Barring a miniscule number of Covid-19 treating doctors, the remaining belonged to...
New Delhi: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi becomes the second international cricketer to test positive for the novel coronavirus. Earlier, cricketer Taufeeq Umar had tested positive for COVID-19. Taking to his Twitter handle, Afridi wrote, “I’ve been feeling unwell since Thursday; my body had been...
Puri: Srimandir authority has decided on the use of special handloom masks for servitors of the Rath Yatra festival as a precaution against coronavirus. The call was taken Friday evening by the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA). The masks will be supplied by Boyanika, it was...
Banning books by governments does not surprise much since this has been going on across the world since long. But...
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for...
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Climate justice should become one of the most important points when discussing climate change. The harsh reality of human-induced climate...
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A foreign outlet interviewed me this week and at the end of it, after we had wrapped up, the interviewer...
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