Coronavirus

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Khurda has been named among the 170 districts identified as COVID-19 hotspots while Cuttack, Jajpur, Kalahandi, Puri, Kendrapara, Dhenkanal and Sundargarh are among the 207 districts marked as non-hotspots by the Central government. The districts that are either reporting more number of positive...

Cuttack: With the lockdown extended the function of the judiciary has been severely affected. To see that people do not face problems in getting their grievances met, the Orissa High Court directed Wednesday all district level and lower courts to function for an hour. The...

Beijing: The coronavirus medical test equipment being procured by India from China to combat the pandemic gathered pace on Thursday as 6.50 lakh Rapid Antibody Tests and RNA Extraction Kits were dispatched to the country. In a tweet, India’s Ambassador to China, Vikram Misri said...

Bhubaneswar: In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Opposition party leader Pradipta Naik has urged the CM to distribute free rice and pulses among the families, who are not covered under National Food Security Act (NFSA) and State Food Security Scheme (SFSS). In his letter...

Chhatrapur: With Bhubaneswar being turned out to be a COVID-19 hotspot city, other district administrations have started finding out the officials who recently visited the capital city so that they can be quarantined. Ganjam Collector, Vijay Amruta Kulange, Thursday issued a notification, asking officers of...

Los Angeles: Singer Ellie Goulding has helped source 400 mobile phones, which will be given to homeless people to help them through the lockdown amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The singer, 33, along with her management company TaP Music helped charity Crisis to get the...

Mumbai: COVID-19 crises created panic in the country. To lessen the effect Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a nationwide lockdown till May 3. On one hand, while this lockdown is helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19, on the other hand many businesses have collapsed. In...

Bhubaneswar: Forced by the COVID-19 induced lockdown, the government, it seems, is determined to continue online education for the lower class students too. In times of crisis, when the schools are shut the government has decided to teach students of standard II to X in...

Chhatrapur: Following the direction of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik the Ganjam police launched three helpline numbers to report cases of domestic violence in the district, which have been on the rise during the coronavirus lockdown. Ganjam police said complaints can be made to the number-...

New York: In a preventive measure against the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19), researchers have revealed that regular exercise may reduce the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a major cause of death in patients with the COVID-19 virus. The review by the researcher Zhen Yan...