Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Another 99 COVID-19 patients recovered in Odisha on Monday, taking the cured tally to 1,993. According to the Health and Family Welfare Department, those cured are from Jajpur (16), Khurdha...

New Delhi: Even as COVID-19 cases are soaring in India, patients in the country are still to get Remdesivir, an experimental drug which has shown promise in treatment of coronavirus...

Cuttack: The Nationalist Lawyers’ Forum on Monday filed public interest litigation in the Orissa High Court in connection with the gross irregularities in the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE)...

Puri: As a precautionary measure against COVID-19 ahead of Rath Yatra, the servitors of Jagannath Temple in Puri will be given a prophylactic medicine of homeopathy to improve immunity. According to...

New Delhi: Amid the coronavirus pandemic, there has also been an increase in cyber attacks, especially during the last two months. According to a report by digital technology provider Subex,...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) for contact tracing and follow-up actions. According to the notification, positive cases are categorised into three...

Berhampur: The Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Berhampur has invented an Ultra Violet (UV) Sanitiser designed for powerful disinfection of shoe soles. Chairman Odisha Skill Development Authority, Subroto Bagchi launched it...

Of more than 100 COVID-19 vaccines that are currently under research, Moderna’s mRNA-1273 and Oxford University’s adenovirus vaccine (AZD1222) are among the 10 leading candidates that are already in clinical...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of students from Utkal University and Rama Devi Women's University here staged protests on Monday to demand postponement of semester exams amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The protesters stood...

Bhubaneswar: One more person has tested positive for COVID-19 in Bhubaneswar in the last 24 hours, taking the affected tally in the city to 89 on Monday. The government sources...