Odisha

Historically, most pandemics happened when the viruses were shipped away across the globe. The plague, the deadliest recurring pandemic in history, primarily happened because of rats, which travelled on the...

Bhubaneswar: One more COVID-19 patient was declared recovered in Odisha on Saturday, taking the cured tally to 34. The Health and Family Welfare Department in a tweet identified the person...

Chatrapur: Ganjam district administration on Saturday eased the lockdown restrictions and issued directives for shops to be reopened. A notification of office of the District Disaster Management authority issued certain...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Coporation (BMC) has urged people of Odisha who are stranded in different states to not heed to rumours regarding the process of returning to Bhubaneswar. “Anyone willing...

Prakruti Mishra isn’t staying with her parents during the coronavirus outbreak-induced lockdown. But she isn’t complaining. “I’ve been living in another house of mine with three friends for a month...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) to facilitate intra-state movement of about 16,000 the stranded labourers during the lockdown period to participate in different...

In this day and age, fake news spreads like wild fire. The moment a post is received in WhatsApp, or seen on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any other social media...

Bhubaneswar: Recognising the roles being played by some individuals and NGOs during the lockdown period in Odisha, the state government has launched a special website for those who are willing...

Bhubaneswar: With lockdown 2.0 to remain till May 3, 2020, several government and private organizations have come up with various online competitions to keep people occupied at home during this...

Bhubaneswar: To contain the spread of COVID-19 in Odisha, the state government has started tracking the mobile phone locations of people with travel history to neighbouring West Bengal. So far, over...