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Bhubaneswar: Amid reports and study that COVID-19 is transmitted through droplets and aerosols emerging from an infected person, countries like Australia, France and the UK have revealed that it can...

When pandemics have led to persecution of certain communities, which has been pretty common as we discussed in the previous article, they are often accused of using disease as a...

For many, the coronavirus-induced lockdown is akin to forced confinement. Barnali Rath, however, sees it differently. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to delve within… breathe, rest and rejuvenate. It’s a beautiful...

Odias living in the UK are rallying together to support one another in these difficult times when the entire world is affected due to COVID-19. Members of the Odia Society...

Bhubaneswar: Not many people know that the very talented Irrfan Khan, who died this week also had an Odia connection. Flashback to 1990. Filmmaker Bijaya (Dolly) Jena was casting for...

@chintskap is his Twitter handle and he probably was the most active filmstar on Twitter. Unlike others, he did not prefer to be diplomatic and non-controversial on social media; rather...

Everything was normal for me, my husband Sachin and two lovely daughters, Sara and Sia or shall I say routine till the first week of February; From the weekdays hustle...

The nationwide lockdown, necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has virtually brought the world to a standstill. Every individual has been affected by same way or the other. Take Jyoshna Das,...

As a young naval officer, with a diadem of Alexander Selkirk’s ‘The Monarch of All I Survey’ (in reference to the poem by William Cowper, 1731-1800) gait and anticipation, I...

India bore the brunt of the pandemics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the plague pandemic and the Spanish Flu, which arrived on ships to Mumbai and spread...