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Yesterday, we had a movie night. I got popcorn, a sweet flavour for me, and settled down with my friends to watch a new movie. The difference was that we...

Amid the raging coronavirus health crisis comes another disturbing piece of news, this one relating to terrorism. A UN report has warned India that there are “significant number” of ISIS...

Bhubaneswar: The ongoing active surveillance in the Odisha capital has revealed that the number of COVID-19 positive cases are more from non-slum areas. Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Prem...

Cuttack: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) on Friday updated the list of hotels and lodges available as paid quarantine centres. The cost of rooms range from Rs 500 per day...

The whole world would have been celebrating the opening of the 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium. Instead, we are in the grip of COVID-19 pandemic -- witnessing the...

New Delhi: Those who are determined to avoid buying Chinese rakhis for the upcoming Raksha Bandhan festival, there will be locally-made options like the ‘Modi rakhi’. The Confederation of All...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha capital saw the highest single-day spike of 248 COVID-19 cases, which took the affected tall to 1717 on Friday. Among them, 207 are quarantine and 41 local...

There has been more evidence that anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) does not really help in treating the COVID-19 virus. A Brazilian study published in The New England Journal of Medicine...

New Delhi: AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria has recommended certain precautions against the aerosol and droplet spread of COVID-19 in closed indoor spaces. These include: 1. Good cross ventilation with exhaust...

Bhubaneswar: In a first in Odisha, a COVID-19 patient treated with convalescent plasma therapy has recovered from the disease. Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday identified the patient as...