Coronavirus

Moscow: Russia Sunday reported a new single-day record with 10,633 COVID-19 cases confirmed over the last 24 hours, raising its total number of infections to 134,687, health authorities said. Russia has been updating its single-day record every day since April 30, Xinhua news agency quoted...

New Delhi: The nationwide lockdown has had deep ramifications on economic activity and according to a CEO Snap Poll by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), 44.7 per cent of the corporate chiefs believe that it would take more than a year for the Indian...

G.Udayagiri: Two persons died while 10 others sustained injuries in three unrelated road accidents involving returning Odia migrant workers in less than 24 hours. All these workers were returning from Gujrat’s Surat to Odisha after lockdown was relaxed to facilitate movement of stranded migrant workers....

Bengaluru: Accusing the ruling BJP government of cheating hundreds of migrant workers by first over-charging and collecting single journey fare from them, the Karnataka Congress donated Rs 1 crore to the state-run transport service to send the stranded workers to their native place free, a...

Los Angeles: Amid the lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak, actress Emma Stone has shared a mental health advice, urging people to spend more time writing instead of fretting. Since May is mental health awareness month, Stone has shared words of support to the people struggling...

Bhubaneswar: Five persons tested positive for COVID-19 Sunday bringing the total number of infections so far in Odisha to 162, official data suggested. While two of these patients are from Ganjam, the others are from Jharsuguda, Balasore and Keonjhar, Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday took to Twitter to express his appreciation for Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan after a train carrying Odia migrant workers reached in the state safely. Mentioning Vijayan, Patnaik tweeted, “Thank Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for taking good...

Jharsuguda/Chhatrapur: Three buses carrying as many as 70 students who were stranded in Rajasthan’s Kota amid the ongoing lockdown reached Jharsuguda district Sunday morning. According to sources, the students were undergoing coaching in various institutions at Kota for competitive examinations such as IITs and medical entrance examinations...

Cuttack: Starting Monday, the Orissa High Court will hear cases through single judge benches aided by video conferencing. The decision was taken in view of rising cases of novel coronavirus infections in the state, a source in the court said. Five justices will hear various...

Ratnagiri: With four persons testing positive for COVID-19 from Bari block in Jajpur district Saturday, the administration has sealed the entry and exit points of the block. Of the four affected persons, two are from Bainshiria panchayat and one each from Udaynathpur and Talakaipadda villages...