Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: To make people understand how the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads, the Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday put up posts on its official Twitter handle. It has also...

Cuttack: Odisha DGP Abhay on Sunday advised district SPs and DCPs to re-visit the COVID-19 lockdown duty of policemen, so as to ensure that all personnel get a day rest...

New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday asked all state governments and Union Territory administrations to effectively seal state and district borders to stop the movement of migrant workers during the...

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: Market goers in the Twin City were found openly flouting the state government's guidelines to contain the spread of novel coronavirus on Sunday. In Bhubaneswar, there was a rush...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Sunday directed the district collectors and municipal commissioners to focus on surveillance and contact trading of foreign returnees in wake of the coronavirus outbreak. In...

Bhubaneswar: In wake of the COVID-19 lockdown, the last date of online application and fee payment for Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE)-2020 will be rescheduled. The earlier deadline was March...

Mumbai: Pune-based virologist Minal Dakhave Bhosale led from the front to create India’s first testing kit for coronavirus even when she was in the last stage of her pregnancy. The...

Bhubaneswar: Students of Classes I-VIII in the state-run schools of Odisha have been granted automatic promotion to higher classes. The annual exams were cancelled midway this year due to the...

Bhubaneswar: To ensure strict implementation of social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 lockdown, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to launch mobile vegetable van service in the city soon....

A 57-year-old woman, who sells shrimps at a seafood market in China's Wuhan, is believed to be the first person to have tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19). According to...