Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday urged women self-help group (SHG) members to do policing in their homes and pursuade their family members not to step out. “About 70 lakh...

Washington: Even as American edges towards its hardest week ahead, the country’s top doctor, Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome Adams said Americans are bracing for the “hardest and saddest” week...

Bhubaneswar: To marshal all resources available in Odisha to respond to the COVID-19 challenge, the state government on Monday empowered Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, Director, Medical Education &...

Of the innumerable side-effects caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic, one relates to the safety and security of women. And it should be dealt with as much seriousness as any...

Rourkela: In a gesture of appreciation, the people of Telgupada in Sundargarh district here welcomed the sanitation workers of their area with claps and garlanded them. They also offered the...

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Monday directed people of Odisha to cover their mouth and nose with any available form of masks while stepping out of their houses. In a...

The government on Monday released interesting figures on coronavirus cases in India, with a break-up of the numbers as per different age groups. According to an official of the Ministry...

Cuttack: We Indians have had to sacrifice our spirit of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ in times of coronavirus. The women of Sagadia Sahi here have gone as far as putting up...

Fearing that she had contracted the novel coronavirus, a 60-year-old woman from Phagwara in Punjab committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance,  police said. Santosh Kaur, a resident of Khurampur...

Bhubaneswar: Government Chief Spokesperson on COVID-19 Subroto Bagchi on Monday informed that seven hospitals with a total 1,497 beds have been set up in six districts to treat people contracting the...