Coronavirus

Mumbai: A group of IIT-Guwahati students has developed a mobile application for seamless and contactless air travel. This mobile application can not only during the current pandemic but also during non-crisis situations. The aim of the mobile app ‘Flyzy’ has been developed as per International Air...

New Delhi: China is aggressively pursuing a diverse range of tactics – from cyber-attacks to recruiting insiders for economic espionage. This information was shared by Indian security agencies. They have asked all concerned to remain alert. The specific alert has been circulated among key stakeholders....

Jaipur: Many shopping malls in Jaipur reopened Monday, as the state government decided to gradually ease restrictions imposed to check the spread of COVID-19. On the first day of reopening, limited customers visited the city malls and there were arrangements for thermal scanning and sanitization...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry asked Monday officials of 45 civic bodies across 38 districts in 10 states to focus on house-to-house surveys. These areas are witnessing a surge in COVID-19 case. The Health Ministry asked them to carry out prompt testing and undertake active...

London: There is a global race to find a vaccine for the dreaded COVID-19. It seems however, that the Oxford University research team has gone a step ahead of all its competitors. Trial of the vaccine for COVID-19 on humans is already underway. The researchers...

Bhubaneswar: Ninety nine more coronavirus affected patients have recovered and were discharged from COVID-19 hospitals, the Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Odisha, informed Monday. Jajpur district registered the highest number of recoveries with 16 patients discharged. Other districts that reported recoveries were Khurda...

Bhubaneswar: Around 180 migrant workers stranded in Andaman & Nicobar Islands returned to Odisha on a special flight Monday. The passengers boarded the flight at Port Blair in the morning and reached Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar at 12:50 pm. The state government...

Cuttack: An Odia youth named Suryasnata Tripathy of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad has developed a COVID-19 testing kit costing just Rs 600. Test results can be obtained within just 20 minutes, IIT Hyderabad informed through a tweet from its official Twitter handle, tagging...

Chhatrapur:  With no let-up in fresh infections in the district, Ganjam District Administration started door-to-door screening for COVID-19 Monday, informed Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange. Over 3.5 lakh households in the district will be covered for screening by specialised medical teams. Four COVID-19 death cases have...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has shown symptoms of cough, sore throat and fever, and is to go for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) test Tuesday, sources said Monday. It is learnt that Kejriwal had symptoms of fever from Sunday. He has kept himself...