Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Sunday directed the district collectors and municipal commissioners to focus on surveillance and contact trading of foreign returnees in wake of the coronavirus outbreak. In...

Bhubaneswar: In wake of the COVID-19 lockdown, the last date of online application and fee payment for Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE)-2020 will be rescheduled. The earlier deadline was March...

Mumbai: Pune-based virologist Minal Dakhave Bhosale led from the front to create India’s first testing kit for coronavirus even when she was in the last stage of her pregnancy. The...

Bhubaneswar: Students of Classes I-VIII in the state-run schools of Odisha have been granted automatic promotion to higher classes. The annual exams were cancelled midway this year due to the...

Bhubaneswar: To ensure strict implementation of social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 lockdown, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to launch mobile vegetable van service in the city soon....

A 57-year-old woman, who sells shrimps at a seafood market in China's Wuhan, is believed to be the first person to have tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19). According to...

London: Former squash champion Azam Khan succumbed to coronavirus at a London hospital on Saturday. He was 95. Azam Khan was regarded as one of the best squash players in...

Bhubaneswar: Amid growing concern over the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Odisha, the Heath and Family Welfare Department has asked people to follow an advisory to understand the...

New Delhi: Five days into the three-week countrywide lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday apologised to the nation for the “hard decision”. At...

Bhubaneswar: After detection of third coronavirus in the state, the Odisha government has issued fresh guidelines for hospitals and nursing homes reporting such cases. The 60-year-old man, who tested positive...