Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: To revive the sagging rural economy amid COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday approved a special assistance package for the poor, extremely poor and migrant workers of Odisha....

Phulbani: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha’s Kandhamal district touched 1965 with an overnight addition of 95 positive cases. According to the district administration, the highest of 65 have been reported...

Bhubaneswar: Echoing the concerns of students and several others, Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenage climate activist, on Tuesday took to Twitter to call for postponement of JEE and NEET exams...

Jeypore: The COVID-19 tally in Koraput district rose to 2,539 on Tuesday with 173 positive cases reported in the last 24 hours. This was the sevond-highest single-day spike in cases...

Bhadrak: The COVID-19 positive tally in the district went up to 2223 with an overnight addition of 58 positive cases. Chandbali block reported the highest of 13 cases, followed by...

Bhubaneswar: Echoing the concerns of students and several others, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday urged the Centre to postpone the JEE (Main) and NEET tests in view of the...

Hong Kong: Researchers here claim to have found the first evidence of someone being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19. Genetic tests have revealed that a 33-year-old man returning...

Malkangiri: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha’s Malkangiri rose to 1,959 on Tuesday with the highest single-day spike of 101 cases in the last 24 hours. The district administration informed that...

Bhubaneswar: The All Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association has urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to direct banks to defer the collection of equated monthly instalment (EMI) and waive...

New Delhi: An overnight addition of 60,975 new cases took the COVID-19 tally in India to 31,67,324 on Tuesday. The fatality rate dipped below 2 per cent with 848 more...