Coronavirus

New Delhi: Civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha surrendered Tuesday before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here. His surrender came after the Supreme Court had rejected his plea seeking extension of time, officials said. Gautam Navlakha has sought extension of time due to the outbreak of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday said that it has commenced COVID-19 testing at Ispat General Hospital in Rourkela and Institute of Life Sciences in Bhubaneswar. At present the testing is being done at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, RMRC in Bhubaneswar, SCB in Cuttack and MKCG in Berhampur. These...

Mumbai: Migrant workers came out in protest here hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced extension of lockdown till May 3. The daily wage earners demanded transportation which will enable them to return home. Plight of migrant workers Daily wage workers have been rendered jobless...

Bhubaneswar: In view of rising cases of coronavirus infections in the state, Odisha government has decided to set up 15 more dedicated COVID-19 hospitals in 15 districts of the state, Health and Family Welfare department said Tuesday. According to the department, the government has planned...

Cuttack: Even though the state government has asked everyone to walk to nearest local markets to buy essential commodities and groceries during lockdown, many have chosen to ignore the order. Plenty of people can be seen using their two and four-wheelers to visit markets thereby...

Chhatrapur: Ganjam district administration Tuesday rescued 11 migrant labourers from Chhatrapur town who were walking along the National Highway-16. They said they were walking back to their native place in Kolkata. According to a source, these rescued labourers were working at a guest house in...

New Delhi: The extension of nationwide lockdown till May 3 to contain coronavirus has delayed important hearings in the Supreme Court. Important pleas pending in Supreme Court There are a number of important pleas to be heard. Among them the most important plea is against...

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Ayush has issued some self-care Ayurvedic guidelines to boost immunity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address to nation Tuesday has also appealed to the people to follow it. "In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, the entire mankind is suffering....

New Delhi: As the world reels under the COVID-19 pandemic, terminologies like rapid antibodies test, RT-PCR test, hotspots and containment zones have sprung.       Doctors explained for the common man what these testing and containment terminologies mean. Types of tests Two kinds of diagnostic tests...

Paris: The novel coronavirus has killed more than 1,20,000 people worldwide, nearly 70 per cent of them in Europe, according to a tally compiled Tuesday by this agency from official sources. A total of 120,013 deaths have now been recorded since the epidemic first emerged...