Virus Scare

Nabarangpur: Nabarangpur police station will re-open on Monday. It was closed for sanitisation after two India Reserve Battalion (IRB) jawans tested coronavirus positive. “Temporary arrangements were made to ensure the...

Kendrapada: Jiral pada under Tikanpur Gram Panchayat of Garadpur Block in Kendrapada district was declared as a containment zone for seven days on Monday after one person tested positive for...

Cuttack: Raksha Bandhan, one of Odisha’s most popular festivals, might get spoiled this year due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But Seshadev Sahoo from Chauliaganj locality in Cuttack district has come...

Tiruchirappalli: As many as 38 employees of the main branch of a nationalised bank in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli have tested positive for COVID-19, the local civic body said on Sunday....

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday that he will be inaugurating three high-throughput COVID-19 testing centres at Noida, Mumbai and Kolkata on Monday via video-conferencing. These testing...

Puri: Tension ran high in the seaside area of Penthakata in Odisha’s Puri town on Sunday after residents of the containment area created a ruckus over COVID-19 test reports. According...

Bhubaneswar: COVID-19 may be brought under control once a vaccine is discovered, but climate change is here to stay and would pose severe threat to humankind. That was the view...

New Delhi: The coronavirus pandemic has led to a slump in economies across the world. India has not been spared, with thousands losing jobs during the past three-four months. To...

Berhampur: Ganjam district reported a record 484 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, which took the total to 8678 on Sunday. Among them, 439 are active contact cases...

Bhubaneswar: These are strange times. It's bringing out the worst in many and the best from others. It happened more than once in Odisha last week. When their near and...