Coronavirus

New Delhi: The country registered 281,386 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Health & Family Welfare Ministry informed on Monday. It was for the first time in...

New Delhi: Some clinicians and scientists have written to Principal Scientific Advisor K Vijay Raghavan cautioning against the “irrational and non-scientific use” of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 in the country....

Bhubaneswar: Seven employees of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) have tested positive for COVID-19. BMC sources said the seven infected staffers were engaged at Satya Nagar crematorium. One of them had...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will know the effect of the statewide lockdown against the pandemic in eight weeks, the Director of Public Health, Niranjan Mishra, told the media on Monday....

New Delhi: The first batch of anti-COVID oral drug 2-DG, developed by the DRDO, was released on Monday by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. The Drugs...

New Delhi: Eminent Indian virologist, Gagandeep Kang is skeptical about the Centre’s claim that it will get over 2 billion doses of vaccine from August to December. The production capacity...

Indore: Vaccines worth lakhs were destroyed in a fire at a godown in Madhya Pradesh here The incident took place in the warehouse of Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited in...

New Delhi: Police have managed to arrest Delhi-based businessman Navneet Kalra, who was absconding after being accused of black marketing of oxygen concentrators. According to reports, Kalra was arrested from...

Bhubaneswar: With COVID-19 making its way to rural areas in Odisha, BJP on Monday urged the Odisha government to take preventive steps againt the surge. Accusing the government of "ignorance"...

Bhubaneswar: Famous music director Amarendra Mohanty died of COVID-19 at a private hospital here on Monday morning. He was 63. His daughter, Anwesha Mohanty, confirmed the news. She informed that...