Virus Scare

Washington: Ultimate control over COVID-19 will be possible only after a large part of the world population becomes immune. This can happen either after a large fraction of the world...

Bhubaneswar: In order to facilitate the registration of quarantined returnees to Odisha from other states after the lockdown, the state government has decided to stamp all such persons with the...

Mumbai: The whole country is under lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, but that hasn't stopped actor Salman Khan’s father and veteran writer Salim Khan from going out for...

New Delhi: The Centre is planning to manufacture wristbands to track the movement of COVID-19 patients in quarantine and their body temperature. The government-owned Broadcast Engineering Consultants India will design...

Bhubaneswar: Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir has personally performed the last rites of his domestic help who hailed from Odisha. The deceased was identified as Saraswati Patra, a native of Jajpur district....

Bhubaneswar: Four more persons from Jajpur tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, taking the affected tally in the state to 87. The I&PR Department in a tweet identified them as...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will ask the Centre to get Odia migrant labourers stranded in other states tested for COVID-19 before they are allowed to enter their home state after...

Bhubaneswar: Google will organise a webinar in Odia for the first time on misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic, Delhi-based Dataleads tweeted on Thursday. The Odia webinar will be held on...

Srinagar: Amid the global havoc due to coronavirus pandemic with countries trying hard to contain the spread of the virus, Pakistan is devising ways to push COVID-19 positive terrorists into...

New Delhi: In view of the COVID-19 crisis, the Central government has decided not to pay the additional instalments of dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) to its employees...