Coronavirus

London: A mid-morning greyhound race in a virtually empty venue in the central English city of Birmingham wouldn’t typically be an occasion warranting special attention. For English sports fans, it was a moment to savour. When six dogs flew out of the traps at Perry...

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and three cabinet colleagues were forced into self-quarantine Monday. This happened following a meeting last week with Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj. The minister tested positive for coronavirus, Sunday with 21 others including his wife officials informed Monday. Others...

New Delhi: After almost two months of lying idle, the railways’ first COVID-19 care centre consisting of 10 modified coaches with 160 beds has been deployed here, officials said Monday. These coaches have been stationed at the maintenance depot of the Shakur Basti railway station...

New Delhi: Eight personnel of the federal counter-terrorist force National Security Guard (NSG) have tested positive for COVID-19. This was disclosed here by officials Monday. The officials said that the infected personnel are non-combatants. They are not from the fighting arm of the commando unit...

Bhubaneswar: To tackle the rising menace of coronavirus, the Odisha government announced Monday complete shutdown for 11 districts during the weekends. The shutdown will be observed on all Saturdays and Sundays in the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam...

Berhampur: A COVID-19 health facility opened by Ganjam district administration on the premises of the Berhampur City Hospital has sparked resentment among local residents. Doctors working in the facility had earlier raised objections Saturday as patients were being admitted without proper precautionary measures. After this...

Bhubaneswar: Even though the number of positive coronavirus cases in Odisha is increasing so is the number of recoveries.  A total of 119 coronavirus patients recovered Monday. This took the total tally of recovered patients in the state to 1,245. Jajpur district reported the highest...

New Delhi: Covid-hit online travel major MakeMyTrip has laid off nearly 350 employees as the pandemic has changed the context and viability of some of its business lines in its current form. The company is offering mediclaim coverage for the impacted individuals and their families...

Yerevan: Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced via Facebook Monday that he and his family have tested positive for COVID-19. "I didn't have any symptoms, I decided to take a test as I was planning to visit the frontline," the BBC quoted Pashinyan as saying...

Bhubaneswar: Two days after the centre announced a phased exit from lockdown, the Government of Odisha has issued the state’s separate Unlock 1.0 guidelines Monday. At a media conference held here, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy informed about the guidelines. The key points of his address...