Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: An aptamer-based affordable diagnostic kit, developed by researchers with the support of Department of Science and Technology (DST), will soon be tested at the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS),...

Cuttack: The COVID-19 tally in Cuttack city touched 2977 with 149 more people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. According to the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC),...

New Delhi: Subramanian Swamy, the outspoken BJP MP, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and have the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha capital witnessed another spike of 324 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the affected tally to 6720. It is for the third consecutive day that...

Kendrapara: The district administration on Friday shut the district headquarters hospital in Odisha’s Kendrapada for 72 hours from 4 pm of August 21. The decision was taken after some staff...

Rourkela: The COVID-19 tally touched 3,681 on Friday with an overnight addition of 113 new cases. The Sundargarh administration has, however, given details of 76 patients. According to the tweet,...

New Delhi: Candidates can file nominations online for state and by-election polls which will be conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. As per guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has emerged second among states in the country by conducting 1,265 tests per million per day, compared to the national average of 580. Only Goa is doing more...

Jeypore: With the highest single-day spike of 146 positive cases in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in Odisha’s Koraput district rose to 2,363 on Friday, the Odisha government...

New York:  Researchers have found that 'tocilizumab' a drug normally used in rheumatoid arthritis and cancer treatments improves hospital survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care...