Coronavirus

Amravati (AP): The coronavirus outbreak in India has inspired many extra-ordinary deeds. There are a large number of people who are going out of the way to help those in distress. Similar is the deed of a woman IPS officer in this district of Andhra...

Chhatrapur: The Ganjam district administration discharged 236 migrant workers Wednesday who had been undergoing isolation since their return from states outside Odisha. All of them completed their 21-day quarantine successfully. Their latest test reports also turned out to be negative. Among the 236 who were...

Beijing: China has said it is on the verge of developing a new drug which will prevent the spread of coronavirus. The new drug being developed at a laboratory here has the ability to halt the pandemic. China has also said the new drug will...

New Delhi/Kathmandu: Bilateral relations between India and Nepal suffered another jolt Wednesday. This happened after a shocking statement made by Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. The offensive comes just a few hours after Nepal announced a ‘new map’ proclaiming parts of Indian territory as...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department Wednesday said that 36 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered. “Another 36 #COVID19 patients have recovered and are being discharged. 23 are from Ganjam. 5 from Jajpur. 3 from Mayurbhanj. 2 each from Puri and...

Bhubaneswar:  The AC Special Express train which left for New Delhi from Bhubaneswar Wednesday will run on a diverted route skipping the Bhadrak-Kharagpr line, while goods traffic was affected in Odisha because of the cyclone 'Amphan', officials said. The train took the diverted route of...

New Delhi: Coronavirus disease is very highly transmissible -- a short conversation with someone exhibiting no symptoms whatsoever can release a high volume of viral particles within respiratory droplets that can easily lead to infection. In an email interview with IANS, Jeffrey Townsend, Elihu Professor...

Bhubaneswar: 74 persons tested positive and one died as Odisha's total COVID-19 tally shot up to 1052 Wednesday. The deceased, sixth in the state, has been identified as a 70-year-old man of Khordha district. He had history of comorbidity of hypertension and was admitted to...

Beijing: Chinese health authority said Wednesday that it received reports of five new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Tuesday, of which one was imported and reported in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The other four cases were domestically transmitted in Jilin Province, the National...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has increased to over 4.8 million, while the death toll surpassed 323,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Wednesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 4,897,492, while the death toll increased to 323,285,...