Coronavirus

New Delhi: In heartening news that the devastating second wave of COVID-19 may be on the wane in the country, the government on Tuesday said there is an early trend...

Berhampur: Throwing COVID-19 protocols to the winds, hundreds of women took part in a ‘Kalash Yatra’ in Ganjam district on Tuesday. The incident came to light after videos of the...

Bhubaneswar: The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has decided to set up seven oxygen plants in Odisha to meet the oxygen requirements of COVID-19 patients. The plants will be set...

Bhubaneswar: Another young journalist and popular RJ of Radio 90.4 Voice of SOA Community Shabnam Shirin succumbed to COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at AIIMS here. The 38-year-old had tested positive...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has successfully sent 559 tankers loaded with more than 10,000 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen to 11 states in the last 19 days. The massive humanitarian support by...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Tuesday said two committees formed by the Health and Family Welfare department will decide the modalities for import of COVID vaccines from multi-national pharmaceutical companies....

New Delhi: A new research paper has indicated that people with AB and B blood groups were more susceptible to COVID-19 compared to other blood groups. The study further reported...

Cuttack: Humanity shines the brightest during the darkest times. A jobless youth from Cuttack has proved this right by giving food and water to hapless birds during the lockdown. “I...

Patnagarh: The number of the COVID-19 cases in the sub-jail at Patnagarh in Balangir district rose to 84 after another 33 inmates tested positive on Monday. Last week, 51 inmates...

Rayagada: A veteran journalist from Rayagada district, Sarat Chandra Mangaraj, succumbed to COVID-19 in a private hospital in Bengaluru on Monday night. Mangaraj had worked as the district correspondent for...