Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) here said more genome sequencing is needed to know the exact nature and behaviour of the highly transmissible Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 which is...

Rourkela: The family of a woman has lodged a police complaint after she died allegedly due to COVID vaccine complications in the city. The family, which hails from Maguni slum...

Bhubaneswar: With states going ahead with the unlocking process amid a drop in COVID cases, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Friday directed the chief secretaries to ensure that there...

Work-from-home, long hours at the laptop, zero social life — it has taken a toll on everyone during the pandemic-induced lockdown. It has been tougher for the millennial and Gen-Z...

New Delhi: Odisha-born IAS officer and Secretary in the Department of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Guruprasad Mohapatra died of COVID-19 related complications on Saturday. Condoling Mohapatra’s demise, Prime Minister...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID fatalities in Odisha crossed the 40-mark again on Saturday as 42 more patients succumbed to the virus, taking the toll to 3550. The casualties due to the...

New Delhi: India is certain to face the “inevitable” third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the next six to eight weeks, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria said in view...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha added another 3427 fresh infections to its affected tally, taking the active cases to 40,471 on Saturday. The test positivity rate (TPR) was 5.34 per cent with these new...

Bhubaneswar: Director of the Odisha Vigilance Directorate, Debasis Panigrahi, breathed his last around 10.15 pm on Friday while undergoing treatment for COVID complications at a super speciality hospital in Kolkata....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday laid foundation stones for Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) plants and Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plants in eight districts through video...