Virus Scare

Self-styled godman Nithyananda has banned travellers from India entry into ‘Kailasa’, the ‘island nation’ he claims to have founded in 2019. In his Presidential Mandate, Nithyananda said in a statement...

Bhubaneswar: With the detection of the triple mutant variant of COVID-19 and the fast spread of the virus in West Bengal, the Odisha government on Thursday made it mandatory for...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha capital saw this year's biggest spike of 590 new COVID-19 cases and one death on Thursday. It had seen 476 new infections the previous day. According to...

Silchar: Around 300 passengers who had landed at Silchar fled the airport without getting the mandatory COVID-19 test done. The Assam government has made it mandatory for anyone arriving in...

Bhubaneswar: With COVID-19 cases in the capital city rising at an alarming pace, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday began shifting of daily markets to other places to avoid a...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday passed an order to ensure uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen across the country for treatment of COVID-19 patients. As the...

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Thursday directed the private hospitals having facility for 30 beds or more to ensure provision of minimum 50% of available General beds and 50% of...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre seeking a “national plan” on oxygen supply, method of vaccination and essential drugs like Remdesivir. “We want to...

Bhubaneswar: With the vaccination of people against COVID-19 above the age of 18 scheduled to begin from May 1, the Opposition BJP and Congress on Thursday asked the Odisha government...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the state is ready to extend all cooperation in the fight against COVID-19 in the country. Speaking...