Virus Scare

Ahmednagar: More than 9,000 children have tested COVID-19 positive here in May and has triggered alarm bells for the Maharashtra government. Taking note of the alarming situation, the Uddhav Thackeray...

Bhubaneswar: Vaccine shortage in Odisha has put a question mark on the inoculation of people aged between 18-44 years against COVID-19 in the Odisha capital. It is most likely to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw the highest-ever single-day COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday with 37 more patients succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department sources, the...

Geneva: The COVID-19 variants of B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2, which were first identified in India, have been given names of ‘Kappa’ and ‘Delta’ respectively, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw another 8735 people testing positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, which pushed the active cases tally to 89956 on Tuesday. It is for the second...

Bhubaneswar: Football coach Nanda Kishore Patnaik, who gave life to women's football in Odisha, passed away late on Monday. According to younger brother Ashok Patnaik, he had tested positive for...

Cuttack: Jayanta Mahapatra, one of India's foremost English poets, has been admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. According to sources, the 90-year-old was suffering from fever for...

Bhubaneswar: Khimji Foundation, philanthropic wing of city-based jewellery chain Khimji Jewellers, has donated 60 beds with mattresses, pillows and other accessories and 60 bedside units under its CSR commitment to...

Baripada: A purported video of COVID hospital in Mayurbhanj district shared on social media has belied tall claims of the Odisha government on the proper treatment being extended to patients afflicted...

Bhubaneswar: The capital city saw a marginal drop in daily COVID-19 cases with 811 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. Bhubaneswar had registered 1001 cases...