Coronavirus

Bhadrak: Bhadrak District Administration declared that bookstores and dhabas will remain open from Thursday in the district amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown. Sources said that book shops will remain in service between 6am to 1pm every day. Meanwhile, the district administration strictly instructed that book...

Bhubnaeswar: The All India Democratic Students' organization Wednesday participated in an online protest campaign demanding adequate supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to all the doctors and health workers. AIDSO also demanded the supply of food and shelter for the needy. All the members and...

Bhubaneswar: Concerned over the spike in coronavirus positive cases in three districts, i.e. Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore, the Odisha government has appointed three secretaries to look into the matter. They will make an on-spot visit, review the measures taken in the districts to contain the spread...

Bhubaneswar: Police personnel of Saheed Nagar Police Station arrested 38 persons Wednesday night, on charges of making hoax/indecent calls to State Health Helpline number 104. Sources said that Ziqitza Health Care Limited filed a complaint at Saheed Nagar Police Station in Bhubaneswar in this regard. In...

New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi Thursday lashed out at the BJP alleging that the party is spreading communal virus in the society when the need is to take coronavirus unitedly, while she applauded the success story of fighting Covid-19. “When we should be...

Chhatrapur: In a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus from ground zero level, Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange issued a new directive Wednesday. According to the directive, all private pharmacists (drug houses) of the district will have to maintain a record of the addresses and...

Lucknow: The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) in Lucknow has developed an alcohol-based herbal sanitizer. The product has been developed under Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR - Aroma Mission as per the World Health Organization's guidelines. The herbal sanitizer contains Tulsi essential oil...

Beijing: People coming to Beijing from abroad must undergo one week of additional quarantine, besides the two weeks period that was mandatory until now due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to authorities in the Chinese capital. The move will affect mostly Chinese citizens, given that...

New Delhi: More and more Indians have become better prepared in the last one month, as far as stocking of their ration, medicine or money is concerned. With the second leg of the lockdown half way through and Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying it's a...

New Delhi: The total cases of COVID-19 in the country, including 77 foreign nationals mounted to 21,393, the Union Health Ministry said Thursday. Of the total cases at least 16,454 are active cases, 4,257 people have recovered and 681 people have lost their lives. Maharashtra...