Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Five more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha on Monday, which had earlier seen five cases from Jajpur and one from Sundargarh. All the five new cases have...

New Delhi: Legendary sprinter Milkha Singh's daughter and ace golfer Jeev Milkha Singh's elder sister Mona, is a doctor with a sportsperson’s winning streak, quite like her father and brother....

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), after reviewing the lockdown situation, has allowed some relaxations in Odisha’s capital city. Following are the relaxations to be allowed by BMC: 1. Continuation...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday revised the staff strength of the departments under the critical and partially critical category to expedite COVID-19 management. For the Agriculture & FE, Cooperation,...

Chandigarh: Don’t eat Chinese and other cuisine to combat COVID-19. Instead, people should go back to the traditional desi diet taken in villages to boost immunity, said the high priest...

New Delhi: The Central government on Monday closed all departmental canteens in its offices as a preventive measure to contain the spread of COVID-19, said an order by the Ministry...

New Delhi: According to an analysis done by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 80 per cent of COVID-19 patients have no or mild symptoms of the disease. The Union...

Bhubaneswar: Removing doubts about the functioning of  Odisha government offices during COVID-19, a notification on Monday clarified that they will function in the morning hours till June 15 like every...

New Delhi: The Government on Monday allowed surplus rice available with Food Corporation of India (FCI) to be converted  to ethanol to be utilised for making alcohol-based hand-sanitisers and in...

The nationwide lockdown, necessitated by the outbreak of novel coronavirus, resulted in conflicting thoughts and mixed emotions for Sujit Mahapatra. "COVID-19 represented an alarming threat, but I was glad to...