Coronavirus

Houston: Researchers in the Texas A&M University in the United States are hoping to find a medicine to fight against coronavirus. They are asking hundreds of frontline medical workers to participate in a phase 4, clinical trial of a widely-used tuberculosis vaccine. They believe it...

Jharsuguda: The travel history of Jharsuguda district’s second COVID-19 patient, a 40-year-old woman has been ascertained, District Collector Saroj Kumar Samal said Friday. The woman is a resident of Dahaldera area under Lakhanpur block. She had visited the residence of one of her relatives at...

Bhubaneswar: In view of several reports of people skipping quarantine, the state government Sunday directed all the district administrations to initiate legal action against the violators. Addressing a press meet at the Geet Govind Sadan in Bhubaneswar chief secretary Asit Tripathy said, “The returnees, who are...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera Sunday directed the buses carrying Odia migrant workers back home to not travel through the ‘Ghat’ routes of the state. The decision was taken after two road mishaps were reported at Kalinga Ghats in less than 24 hours that killed...

Jatani: As many as 593 Odia migrant workers from several districts who were stranded in Kerala owing to the nationwide lockdown reached Khordha Road station Sunday. After the train reached platform 1 of the station, the Subhadra Bahini (a team of women RPF officers) and...

Since the emergence of the pandemic coronavirus, the ‘virtual’ world has turned ‘real’ for almost all. More and more people are getting hooked onto the net during lockdown. It can be for anything from binge buying to watching movies. Smartphones, laptops and computers have become...

New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to hit Indian economy with about $320 billion in terms of daily gross domestic product (GDP) loss after 40 days of lockdown, said a report. The daily GDP of India is estimated to be approximately $8 billion. The...

Berhampur: Ganjam district, which was a ‘green zone’ till Saturday, reported its first two COVID-19 cases Sunday after the swab test reports of two Surat returnees tested positive. With this, the Surat returnees have become a cause of concern for Ganjam administration quite like West...

Abu Dhabi: A 62-year-old Indian businessman has died in Abu Dhabi after contracting the novel coronavirus, according to a media report. PK Kareem Haji, who hailed from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, died Thursday due to complications arising from coronavirus infection, his son Mohammad Abdul Gafoor told...

New Delhi: Once international flights start, there will be more than 1,50,000 workers who will return to India from the UAE. This figure has been provided by the Indian missions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, till now there is no concrete information when...