Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department Wednesday said that 27 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered. “Another 27 patients have recovered from COVID-19 and are being discharged. They include 9 from Balasore, 8 from Bhubaneswar, 4 from Bhadrak, 2 each from...

London: Former England batsman Ian Bell says playing cricket behind closed doors is “hard to imagine” and “not ideal” but players will have to get used to it for the foreseeable future. England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had to suspend all cricket activities till...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court directed all private and government schools to provide online teaching to their students weather they deposit the school fee or not. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Odisha Abhibhbak Mahasangha Secretary Basudev Bhat, Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice...

New Delhi:A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a massive financial package to revive, reform and make the country self-reliant, while at the same time welcoming foreign capital and strengthening of supply chains, former Union Finance Minister P. Chidbambaram said his reaction to the...

Ganjam: A woman reportedly gave birth to a healthy baby boy at an institutional quarantine centre of Mardhakote panchayat under Beguniapada block in Ganjam district late Tuesday night. The woman has been identified as Santoshini Pradhan, a 28-year-old woman of the district. Sources said, the...

Puri: The Puri District Administration Wednesday started swab samples collection of servitors engaged in chariots construction work for COVID-19 tests. The process was started after Puri District Collector Balwant Singh ordered for the same Tuesday. The collection of swabs from the servitors will be completed...

Balasore: Balasore district administration Wednesday imposed a 24-hour curfew in areas within 3 kilometres of Balasore station owing to the scheduled influx of large number of migrant workers. The curfew came in force 12 noon of Tuesday and will end at 12 noon of Wednesday....

Bhubaneswar: Carrying at least 545 passengers back home from the temple city, a special train left Bhubaneswar station at 10:00am Wednesday. The train is expected to reach New Delhi Thursday 10:45 am, officials said. The train will have stoppages at Bhadrak, Balasore, Hijli (Kharagpur), Tatanagar...

Seoul: South Korea registered the largest year-on-year drop in the number of employed people in the country since 1999 due to the effects of the coronavirus epidemic, according to government data published Wednesday. The number of people in employment in April stood at 26.56 million,...

Kanpur: A woman and child were killed and over 60 migrant workers returning home from Gujarat were injured when a small truck rammed into a larger one stationed on the roadside in Kanpur Dehat district in the intervening night of Tuesday/Wednesday. All those injured in...