New Delhi: About 163 cases of the newly emerging COVID-19 variant XFG have been detected in India so far, according to INSACOG data. The recombinant XFG variant harbours four key spike mutations and has achieved rapid global spread following its initial detection in Canada, according...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported four more COVID-19 cases, a health department official said Monday. So far, 15 patients have recovered from the infection and the total active cases stand at 34, he said. The health department has also advised people with COVID-like symptoms to not visit...
New Delhi: India's active COVID-19 case tally crossed the 6,000 mark with 769 new infections being reported in the last 48 hours, according to the Union health ministry data released Sunday. Kerala continues to be the most affected state, followed by Gujarat, West Bengal and...
Bhubaneswar: The total number of COVID-19 cases in Odisha rose to 45 in the current wave after seven more people were found to be infected with the virus, a health official said Sunday. The number of active cases is 33 now, after 12 patients have...
New Delhi: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others are set to embark on Axiom Space's fourth human spaceflight from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida June 10 and are likely to dock at the International Space Station June 11 at about 10 PM IST,...
Bhubaneswar: Director General of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, has received the prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Award-2025 for Disaster Risk Reduction. Mohapatra, known as India’s "cyclone man," hails from Odisha. The official X handle of the IMD announced the news Friday. “Congratulations India!!...
New Delhi: Elon Musk's Starlink has received a licence from the telecom department for providing satellite internet services in India, a key milestone that will take it closer towards launching commercial operations in the country. Starlink is the third company after Eutelsat OneWeb and Jio...
Washington: As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk argued on social media Thursday, the world's richest man threatened to decommission a space capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station. After Trump threatened to cut government contracts given to Musk's SpaceX...
Brescia (Italy): India and Italy have agreed to increase cooperation in areas such as manufacturing, auto, aerospace, energy transition, migration and mobility, an official statement said Friday. These issues were discussed during the meetings between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Italy's Deputy Prime...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported seven new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, official sources said Friday. The COVID-19 case tally rose to 30. However, Public Health Director Nilakatha Mishra said seven patients have recovered, leaving 23 active cases. Mishra said that the situation remains under...
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