Coronavirus

Mumbai: Anchor-actor Maniesh Paul has taken up the hosting duties of an interactive game show titled Kya Bolti Public. The show integrates two engaging concepts, gamification and video streaming, on the Flipkart app. The show is live and can be played through the day from...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to check the preparedness and status of COVID-19 hospitals in Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur, Secretary to Chief Minister 5T VK Pandian and Development Commissioner Suresh Mahapatra visit COVID hospitals of these three districts Thursday. During the visit, Pandian and team went to COVID Hospital...

Washington: The United States has said it will assess if the World Health Organisation (WHO) is being run properly. This move has come after President Donald Trump stopped in US funding to the global body. The news was disclosed by the acting head of the...

Bhubaneswar: The total number of positive coronavirus cases in Odisha went up to 89 Thursday. Four new cases were reported from the Jajpur district while two were reported from Balasore district. With the addition of four more cases the total number of coronavirus cases in...

New Delhi: Sharing of location through Google Maps and marking presence on video call are some of the bail conditions put up by the Delhi High Court to keep track of prisoners who are being released during the coronavirus pandemic to decongest jails. In three...

New Delhi: There will be no dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) for government employees till June 2021. The Centre made the announcement Thursday as the country has plunged into an economic crisis due to the outbreak of the pandemic coronavirus. The freeze will be...

Chhatrapur: Taking a stringent step to check the spread of coronavirus, Ganjam district administration has imposed an order Thursday under which shopkeepers of the district would be fined with Rs. 1,000 if they fail to implement social distancing norms in front of their shops. Collector...

Bijepur: Ishwar Meher has no travel history nor has he developed any COVID-19 symptoms. Yet, five members of Meher’s family, including his mother, have been placed in home quarantine at Kharmunda village under this block in Bargarh district. The mystery of them being in quarantine...

Bhubaneswar: Yet another COVID-19 patient has recovered from the deadly viral infection and has been discharged, informed Health and Family Welfare Department in a tweet Thursday. With this, total of 33 patients have recovered in the state so far. “Happy to share that one more...

Rourkela: A special ‘puja’ was performed by villagers of Kapranda village under Bhalulata panchayat in Bisra block of Sundargarh district to save people from coronavirus. Sources said that the village women collected garbage from their homes in earthen pots after the ‘puja’ and disposed it outside...