Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged the Centre to allow the sale of COVID-19 vaccines in the open market. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he wrote:...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 caseload in Odisha soared past 3000 for the second consecutive day on Saturday with all 30 districts reporting new infections. The state also saw four more...

Australia on Friday reported the first death linked to blood clots, post administration of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The 48-year-old woman was injected with the vaccine on April 8, hours before Australian...

Bhubaneswar: The Skill Development and Technical Education Department on Friday issued notification for closure of technical universities, engineering and professional colleges/polytechnics, diploma institutes and ITIs from April 19. The guidelines...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is ramping up medical facilities to tackle the situation arising out of the second wave of COVID-19, Director (Health) Bijay Panigrahi informed on Friday. “The state...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases in Odisha, the Sports and Youth Services Department has decided to shut its sports hostels across the state from April 19. The sports...

New Delhi: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) president Uday Shankar has urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to avoid another lockdown in Odisha. Resorting to such a...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been asked to ramp up COVID-19 testing, tracking and isolation in the city. "The daily testing target will be enhanced to 3000 in...

In a bizarre yet disturbing incident, a man recently thrashed a doctor after his COVID-19 test result came out negative. The incident took place at a COVID-19 care facility in...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 caseload in the Odisha capital crossed 300-mark for the third consecutive day with 311 more people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours....