Coronavirus

New Delhi: In a bid to stop the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at the workplace, FMCG major ITC has shared some key tips for working professionals to avoid the spread of the deadly virus at office as well as home. According to the advisory,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced an E-Pass system to ease the work of people traveling out of Odisha amidst the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. In this system people who are stranded or wanting to travel for medical or any other emergency requirement can go...

Boudh: Nor’wester rains wreaked havoc in Sadar and Kantamal blocks in Boudh district including extensive damage of crops in the blocks, Wednesday night. Sources said that heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm and gusty winds lashed in both the blocks yesterday night. According to locals, all...

Balasore: After three more COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Basta block of Balasore district, the administration declared three panchayats as containment zones as preventive measures to contain spread of the deadly virus, Wednesday, following a directive from Collector K Sudarshan Chakraborty. The containment zone...

New Delhi: With 3,561 new cases and 89 deaths, the total tally of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus crossed the 50,000-mark in India Thursday, said the Union Health Ministry. Of the total cases, 35,902 are the active while 15,266 people have been recovered, and...

Agra: A female constable has succumbed to coronavirus in a hospital in Agra, just three days after she gave birth to a baby girl. The woman, 27, died Wednesday. She was posted in the Bilhaur police station of the Kanpur district (Uttar Pradesh) and had...

New York: Sixty-four children have been hospitalised across New York with a disease possibly linked to the COVID-19, the state's health department said. In an advisory issued to healthcare providers on Wednesday, the New York State Department of Health said that as of Tuesday, 64...

San Francisco: Google has committed another $50 million to COVID-19 relief via Google.org, bringing its total contribution to $100 million in grants focused on areas like health and science, economic relief and recovery, and distance learning. Additionally, Google.org Fellows will give a total of 50,000...

In this continuing series, prominent individuals look at the future, after the lockdown and after Covid-19. --EDITOR When I was invited to write about life in a post-Covid era by Editor of OrissaPOST, I was bemused because it would be an impossible exercise yet i...

New Delhi: With record 428 new coronavirus cases reported in a day, the total positive cases reported so far in Delhi reached 5,532 Wednesday, the Health Department said. With one death in the last 24 hours, the death toll due to coronavirus reached 65, it...