New Delhi: With 24,850 people testing positive for coronavirus infection and 613 succumbing to the disease in a day, the highest so far, India's COVID-19 caseload soared to 6,73,165, while the death toll climbed to 19,268 Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. This is the third consecutive...
Read moreBerlin: The World Health Organization says it is ending a trial into whether anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine helps patients hospitalised with COVID-19. WHO said Saturday it has “accepted the recommendation” from the committee overseeing the trial to discontinue testing of hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir, a drug combination...
Read moreBhubaneswar: With the emergence of COVID-19 outbreak, several companies are now allowing their employees to work from home for hassle-free workflow and reduce the chances of infection. Health professionals claim that in the light of more people working from home than normal, they need to...
Read morePuri: This year’s Rath Yatra came to an end Saturday with the reinstallation of Lord Jagannath and his siblings Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra at the sanctum sanctorum of Srimandir in the Holy City. However, the annual mega festival, which was organised without the congregation of...
Read moreBhubaneswar: A senior IPS officer on state government’s duty at Odisha Bhawan in New Delhi has fallen prey to the fraudsters. A case has been lodged at Chandrasekharpur police station on the basis of a complaint filed by the victim, Ravi Kant. According to sources,...
Read moreBhubaneswar: Odisha health department Saturday said that 229 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 229 persons, 91 are from Ganjam, 29 from Khurdha, 26 from Gajapati, 15 from Jharsuguda, 12 from Bolangir, 11 from Jagatsinghpur,...
Read moreBhubaneswar: Some of the tourist destinations in Odisha that were closed amid COVID-19 outbreak have been allowed to reopen for the public from July 6. According to the decision, the non-living centrally protected monuments, sites and museums under the jurisdiction of Archaeological Survey of India,...
Read moreBhubaneswar: Odisha Saturday reported 495 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 8,601. Death toll in the state reached 34 with five additional deaths, official sources said. "Regret to inform that 5 Covid positive patients passed away while under treatment in...
Read moreBHUBANESWAR: The Capital city has witnessed a rise in cybercrime cases during the nationwide lockdown between March and June. Though there is no consistent rise in the cases from March to June, the data from April to June hints at a sharp rise in the...
Read moreBhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday fixed Rs 2,200 as the price for conducting the RT-PCR test to detect COVID-19 in private labs in the state, as per a notification. The state government also named four private laboratories, approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research,...
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For writers it has become difficult to pick which disaster to write about this week. There are so many. An...
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Its earnings seriously dented by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Railways has announced a series of austerity measures. These range from...
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In the aftermath of the outbreak of COVID-19 in India and the multiple lockdowns resulted in loss of jobs by...
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The Kerala government has brought in sharp shooters to kill a tiger in Pathanamthitta. The tiger has allegedly killed one...
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