Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: One asymptomatic 29-year-old male from Kalahandi district Saturday tested positive for COVID-19, state Health and Family Welfare Department said. The victim has a travel history to Bahrain. With this, total number of COVID-19 positive cases shot up to 21 in the state. https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1246480313217212417 According...

Bhubaneswar: In order to control the COVID-19 outbreak, the Odisha government Saturday asked all the hospitals to inform the government about the details of patients suffering from severe acute respiratory infection and influenza. The hospitals have been urged to report all the cases of SARI...

Bhubaneswar: Amid rising cases COVID-19 infection in the state, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary Saturday clarified that each of the cases tested positive in the state has an outside link. Detailing the specific cases, Chaudhary said that in Surya Nagar case, one...

Mumbai: The cyber cell of the Maharashtra Police has booked 78 people for attempting to misuse the “PM’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund” (PM-CARES Fund) by floating fake identities on social media, and spreading communal hatred through fake news. They had been...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Minister for Tourism Kadakampally Surendran, the minister looking after Covid activities in the state capital district, said that rapid tests to detect the virus began Saturday. He said samples were taken from 171 people who are kept in isolation at three corona care...

Panaji: The police have been directed to probe an alleged assault on a Muslim youth, allegedly by members of the Tablighi Jamaat, who had informed the state government's COVID-19 helpline about the presence of Jamaat members in South Goa’s Navelim village, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant...

New Delhi: While the doctors and the government are emphasising on maintaining social distancing to break the chain of coronavirus, the move seems to have failed at Delhi's biggest medicine market — Bhagirath Palace. Neither social distancing is being taken care of here nor any...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha DGP Abhay Saturday warned stringent action against those spreading rumours or malicious content about COVID-19 on social media to create disharmony among various groups in society. The DGP said the law will come down heavily on such persons. He said the Chief Minister...

New Delhi: The number of deaths around the world linked to novel coronavirus crossed 60,000 on Saturday, according to the data released Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Centre. A total of 60,874 people have died so far, with 11,34,418 infections being recorded globally. More than...

New Delhi: In a buildup to ‘9 Baje 9 Minute’ Sunday, BJP chief JP Nadda Saturday held video conferencing with party leaders for the second consecutive day. He interacted with leaders from West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and the North-East. He had interaction with Uttar...