Coronavirus

Chandigarh: Losing job and unable to feed his family owing to nationwide lockdown, a desperate daily-wager has put out a poster outside his home in Panchkula town in Haryana, pleading help him out. He has pleaded the government to help him so that he can...

New Delhi: Augmenting its role in India's fight against COVID-19, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has designed a full-body disinfection chamber and a special face protection mask for healthcare professionals, officials said Sunday. The special chamber called 'PSE' has been designed by Vehicle Research...

Mumbai: Indian captain Virat Kohli Sunday urged the people of the country to stand united and back the health warriors as they fight the coronavirus pandemic from the forefront, by lighting candles, torches or phone flashes at 9 p.m. for 9 mins. "The power of...

Bhubaneswar: Two more new coronavirus positive cases were reported from this city Sunday. Among them is a 70-year-old man and a 29-year-old male according to a tweet by the Health & Family Welfare Department, government of Odisha. The 70-year-old man is a resident of the...

Mumbai: Star India opener Rohit Sharma Sunday urged the people of the country to not let their guard down in fight against COVID-19 and join the great India team huddle by lighting candles, torches or phone flashes at 9 p.m. for 9 mins. "Team India,...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the growing concern over the shortage of protective gear as COVID-19 cases continue to rise both in India and Odisha, self-help groups (SHGs) in this state have manufactured over one million masks for distribution among people. At least 400 SHGs – under the...

New Delhi: Eight Malaysian citizens who were about to board a special flight to Malaysia and flee the country were caught Saturday at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. Sources said they had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz in the national capital last month....

New York: Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has announced his foundation is paying for the construction of facilities that will manufacture seven promising coronavirus vaccines and the best two vaccines would be picked up for final trials. In an interview with host Trevor Noah on The...

Bhubaneswar: The 48-hour shutdown imposed in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Bhadrak will end Sunday at 8.00pm informed Odisha Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy. He however, warned that if people again come out of their homes in large numbers and create chaos at markets and shops,the Odisha government...

Cuttack: Cuttack Police arrested four people Sunday from different parts of the town for flouting the 48-hour shutdown rules. They were found roaming around in the streets violating the shutdown procedures. Police, however, did not provide the identities of these persons. The shutdown has been in...