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Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday said a low pressure area is very likely to develop over south Andaman Sea and adjourning southeast Bay of Bengal around April 29. After formation of the low pressure area, the system is likely to become more marked...

In the trying times of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, some robots have actually turned friends for healthcare workers. A cylindrical robot rolls into a treatment room to help workers take temperatures and check BP of patients. Another robot that looks like a pair of large fluorescent lights...

New Delhi: India’s World Cup-winning former opener Gautam Gambhir performed the last rites of his deceased domestic help. He did so after her mortal remains could not be sent to her home in Odisha due to lockdown. Gambhir, also a Lok Sabha from the BJP,...

Puri: Amid uncertainty over this year’s Rath Yatra, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief Krishan Kumar along with Puri Collector Balwant Singh, Thursday, met Gobardhan Peeth Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati here. The SJTA chief and the Collector held a closed door meeting with Shankaracharya. The meeting...

The Centre is planning to manufacture thousands of wristbands that will monitor the locations and temperatures of coronavirus patients and help perform contact tracing. The wristband project aims to track quarantined patients and assist the health workers and those delivering essential services. India is ramping...

Beijing: China dismissed Wednesday as nothing short of absurdity and violation of sovereignty the lawsuit filed by the US state of Missouri. The lawsuit has alleged that Beijing suppressed COVID-19 information, arrested whistle-blowers and denied its contagious nature. This lead to the loss of life...

Bhubaneswar: Several retired police officers, including some former directors general of police (DGPs), have written to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik appreciating the service rendered by the Odisha Police during the lockdown over coronavirus. Former IPS officers and DGPs Sarat Chandra Misra, Amiya Bhushan Tripathy, Nimai...

A study has revealed that using paper towels to dry hands is substantially more effective than jet dryers for removing viruses, including the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Hand drying is important to minimise the spread of dangerous microbes since failure to remove them increases...

Experts have warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have a ‘profound and pervasive impact’ on global mental health as billions struggle to cope with isolated living and anxiety spikes. A team of 24 experts, through a paper published in Lancet Psychiatry, have suggested...

New Delhi: In a situation like this, every mother should know that newborns are very much prone to infections as their immune system is still developing, and hence, they should be protected from infection-causing germs and bacteria. What the health experts opine is that if...