Coronavirus

Los Angeles: In any film based on coronavirus pandemic, Hollywood veteran Robert De Niro would like to play the role of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The latter has been receiving global praise for his leadership during the COVID-19 outbreak. Stephen Colbert on ‘The Late...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court, here Thursday, directed the state government to conduct RT-PCR tests of migrant workers before allowing them to enter the state. All migrants, waiting to return to Odisha, should test Covid-19 negative before departing for the state, it said while hearing...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 24 persons tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday bringing the total number of infections so far in Odisha to 209, official data suggested. The state has so far recorded two deaths to the contagion. According to Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has launched an online initiative for issuing e-passes to stranded people and migrant workers. It will help them to return to their home states. New initiative Taking to Twitter, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said those willing to move out of...

Kolkata: A low-priced COVID-19 testing kit designed by a group of researchers in West Bengal has received the approval of ICMR, and would soon be employed to examine samples, an official statement said Thursday. The kit ‘DiAGSure nCOV-19 Detection Assay’ can meet the growing demand...

New Delhi: The Centre for Monitoring of the Indian Economy (CMIE) has said 122 million (12.20 crore) Indians have lost their jobs during the lockdown. The rate of unemployment in India currently stands at 27.1 per cent in April. It is a sharp rise from...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Thursday said that 487 policemen have tested COVID-19 positive in the state ever since the nationwide lockdown came into force. The lockdown was imposed March 24 and has been extended till May 17 to contain the spread of coronavirus....

Mumbai: The travel and hotel industry will never be the same again since the emergence of the pandemic COVID-19 say experts associated with the two sectors. People are now apprehensive about travelling and hence both these sectors stare at heavy losses at least for the...

Thakurmunda: Panic gripped residents of Khasakudar and Talapada villages under Thakurmunda block in Mayurbhanj district Thursday as labourers belonging to the two localities returned. They were working as daily wage earners in other districts. A similar situation was witnessed in neighbouring Kumudabahali village under Saharpada...

London: A series of studies of the genomes of thousands of samples of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 show that it is mutating and evolving as it adapts to its human hosts. Here’s what experts are saying about those findings and how they might affect the...