Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Well-known teacher leader, litterateur and former MLA of Mahanga Bikram Keshari Barma passed away at a private COVID hospital here on Saturday. He was 81. Barma's son-in-law Niranjan Bhuyan...

Hyderabad: The prisoners at the Warangal Central Jail were packing up all their belongings, bedding, clothes, buckets and pans, to shift home. The first batch with 119 inmates, which included...

Bhubaneswar: Khurda district topped the tally with six deaths for the second consecutive day on Saturday as 40 more patients succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours. According...

Bhubaneswar: The daily test positivity rate (TPR) in Odisha dropped further to 10.51 per cent on Saturday as 7,395 of 70,313 samples tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24...

New Delhi: India must quickly prepare to deal with the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic that could impact the younger population more, feels Niti Aayog member VK Saraswat. The second...

Chennai: A 9-year-old female lion named ‘Neela’ died of COVID-19 while eight other lions tested positive for the virus at Aringnar Anna Zoological Park at Chennai. A press release from...

Sundargarh: With an aim to break the COVID-19 chain and educate Paudi Bhuyan tribe on the infectious disease, Sundargarh district authorities has started an awareness campaign. Stressing on tracing, testing...

Bhubaneswar: The capital city saw a 15% drop in daily COVID-19 cases, with 753 people testing positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours. On June 3, Bhubaneswar had registered...

Bhubaneswar: The mortal remains of founder-cum-chairman of SAI International Education Group Bijaya Kumar Sahoo, who died of post COVID complications, were consigned to flames with full state honours here on...

Bhubaneswar: The global e-tender floated by the Odisha State Medical Corporation Ltd (OSMCL) for procurement of vaccines received two bids on Friday. "They are under evaluation," informed Additional Chief Secretary...