Virus Scare

Even as economies are stuttering and countries are struggling to balance lives and livelihood in the grim battle against COVID-19, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has recorded an increase...

Bhubaneswar: To contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Odisha, the state government on Thursday began random tests in 22 districts, which have not been affected by the...

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, the state government has decided to boost the capacity of healthcare and paramedical staff to effectively deal with any health disaster in the...

Bhubaneswar: City-based mime artist Chittaranjan Satpathy has volunteered to spread awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic by his performances across the Odisha capital. The techie-turned-mime artist, who is enrolled under the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has issued a set of guidelines for strict implementation in containment zones to isolate possible cases of COVID-19 infection and contacts. As per the guidelines issued...

Sundargarh: The Sundargarh administration on Thursday announced partial relaxation in the lockdown guidelines by allowing opening of bookshops. As informed by district collector Nikhil Pavan Kalyan, the bookshops in the...

Sundargarh: The Sundargarh administration on Thursday decided to enforce the COVID-19 containment orders in Bisra town of the district for another 48 hours till 11.30 am of April 18. "This...

Kolkata: An Odia engineer stranded in the city due to the countrywide lockdown was finally reunited with his family in Cuttack following an initiative by members of Utkal Samaj in...

Bhubaneswar: To stem the rise in COVID-19 cases, researchers are continuing to search for tools to track the infection and stop community transmission. Two faculty members of Rama Devi Women’s...