Coronavirus

New Delhi: Nepal has for now put on hold a new map that showed some of India’s land as its own. The new map was cleared by the Nepal parliament. The country had placed within its own borders a stretch of land high in the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department Wednesday said that 79 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered. “Another 79 #Covid19 patients have recovered and are being discharged. 11 are from Ganjam, 5 from Jajpur, 17 from Balasore, 4 from Cuttack, 28 from...

Bhubaneswar:  As many as 1 lakh people, mostly migrant workers returning from other states, have completed their quarantine period in Odisha, which continues to change its strategies to contain the spread of COVID-19, a top official said. Odisha's model of coronavirus management has been appreciated...

Cuttack: For the first time in Odisha, a doctor has tested positive for coronavirus infection here, a senior official said Tuesday. According to commissioner of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Ananya Das, the doctor has tested positive for COVID-19 along with his wife. The couple was...

Jajpur: Excise officials Wednesday seized a pick-up van carrying 45 litres of illicit liquor at the vegetable market here. The driver of the vehicle has been detained and is being interrogated. Sources said vegetables from Kolkata are brought in vehicles on a daily basis. Like every...

Beijing: A Chinese survey team reached Wednesday the peak Mount Everest through Tibet. Their job is to remeasure the exact height of the world’s tallest mountain. According to China’s measurement the height of Mount Everest is 8844.43 metres. This is four metres less than Nepal’s calculations,...

New Delhi: Biocon said Wednesday that its medical device to treat COVID-19 patient has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). The medical device has been made by a subsidiary of Biocon which is a biotechnology. ‘Biocon Biologics’, a unit of the...

Brussels: The European Union unveiling a massive coronavirus recovery plan worth hundreds of billions of euros to help countries rebuild their ailing economies, but the bloc remains deeply divided over what conditions should be attached to the funds. The move Wednesday comes as the 27-nation...

Daringbadi: Kandhamal police have arrested a youth for allegedly harassing a woman at a quarantine centre here in this town of Kandhamal district, Wednesday. The accused youth has been identified as Simanchal Mallik a resident of Dadarbadi village under Brhamnaigaon police limit. Sources said, a...

New York: Remdesivir, the antiviral under clinical trials for treatment against novel coronavirus infection, is superior to the standard of care given to COVID-19 patients, according to a new study. The analysis, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, is based on data from...