Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Four persons tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday bringing the total number of infections so far in Odisha to 180, official data suggested. The state also recorded two deaths to the contagion. According to Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department of the state government, two...

Bhubaneswar: Three persons tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday bringing the total number of infections so far in Odisha to 179, official data suggested. The patients belong to Ganjam, Jajpur and Balasore districts. While the Ganjam patient is a Surat returnee, the other two are West...

Bhuban: In a bid to save the poor and differently-abled from hunger during the COVID-19 lockdown, the Odisha government has launched various schemes. To avail the state government’s benefits the beneficiaries must have their Aadhar cards. But no such facilities are available for a differently-abled...

New Delhi: After Congress chief Sonia Gandhi questioned the PM Cares fund and said it should be utilised for welfare of the migrants, the Congress has stepped up its attack, with senior party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi Wednesday saying that the fund, which is the...

New Delhi: At least 93 per cent of the employees working in India are anxious to return to office as and when the lockdown period gets over, and nearly 85 per cent expect their office spaces to be sanitised before they return to work, a...

New Delhi: In the rush to win the COVID-19 vaccine race, researchers must not break defined guidelines and processes involved in developing a vaccine, as finding shortcuts may do more harm than good in the long run, Indian health experts warned Wednesday. Nearly four decades...

Mumbai: A makeshift 1,000-bed mega-hospital is coming up at a fast pace in the commercial hub of Bandra-Kurla Complex on the lines of Wuhan in China, a top official said here Wednesday. The hospital is being constructed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)...

New Delhi: Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi Wednesday questioned the exit strategy of the lockdown post May 17 during the meeting of Chief Ministers of the Congress ruled states. "After May 17, what? And after, May 17 How? What criteria is the Government of India...

New Delhi: The team at Aarogya Setu app Wednesday stressed that no personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk and no data or security breach has been identified in the COVID-19 contact tracing app. Reacting to an ethical hacker's claim...

Washington: An ousted US vaccine agency official filed a whistleblower complaint alleging his early warnings about the coronavirus were ignored and that his caution at a treatment favoured by President Donald Trump led to his removal. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research...