Odishatv Bureau

Bhubaneswar: The coronavirus pandemic has not only affected the lives of people, but also the power sector in Odisha. Because of the lockdown, the power demand declined 14 per cent during March-June, compared with the...

Dubai: India captain Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma continue to occupy the top two batting spots in the ICC ODI rankings while pacer Jasprit Bumrah stayed put in second place among bowlers in...

Hyderabad: Sahebzadi Basheerunnisa Begum, the last surviving daughter of Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last ruler of the erstwhile Hyderabad State, passed away at her residence here on Tuesday. She was 93 and is...

Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas and her husband, popstar Nick Jonas on Tuesday announced they have donated funds for Bihar and Assam flood relief and also urged fans to extend support to the disaster-struck states....

Novel methods to supplement the early detection of disease and risk assessment of infected population to prioritise the conventional testing queue through mass screening is a crucial challenge the COVID 19 pandemic has thrown up....

Ayodhya: The Ayodhya district administration has told news channels that litigants in the Ayodhya land dispute case should not be part of any discussions that they broadcast from here during the ‘Bhumi Pujan’ for the...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 16.6 million, while the deaths have increased to over 659,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. As of Wednesday morning, the total number of cases stood...

Mumbai: A sero-surveillance study done in Mumbai has revealed that 57 per cent of slum population and 16 per cent of non-slum residents in three civic wards had developed antibodies, indicating many people would already...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday sought quick steps by the Centre for running of passenger trains on the new Haridaspur-Paradip railway line at the earliest to fulfill the aspirations of the people....

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally went past 15 lakh on Wednesday, two days after it crossed the 14-lakh mark, with 48,513 fresh cases recorded in a day while the recoveries surged to 9,88,029, according to...

Bhubaneswar: In order to continue efforts to provide clean and eco-friendly travel and fulfilling its commitment towards the “Swachha Rail, Swachha Bharat” campaign, East coast Railway (ECoR) has successfully completed the 100% installation of Bio-toilets...

Ayodhya: With central intelligence agencies alerting the state police about possible attempts by terror groups to disrupt and sabotage the ‘bhoomi pujan’ ceremony of Ram temple by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ayodhya next week,...

New Delhi: Smokers are likely to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 as smoking increases possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth, the Union Health Ministry has said, warning that use of tobacco products...

New York: Pharmaceutical company Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, which is currently in clinical trials, has shown successful results in monkeys. Two doses of an experimental vaccine known as mRNA-1273 induced robust immune responses and rapidly controlled...

Mumbai: Shweta Singh Kirti, sister of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has demanded justice for her brother in a new Instagram post, saying truth must prevail. The post comes after their father K.K. Singh filed...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the new National Education Policy (NEP) and renamed the HRD Ministry as Education Ministry, officials said. A panel led by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief...

Sushant Singh Rajput’s ex-girlfriend Ankita Lokhande posted a cryptic tweet on Wednesday seemingly in the context of the ongoing investigation into the late actor’s unfortunate demise last month. She wrote the words “truth wins”, with...

Bhubaneswar: As the world locked itself behind closed doors to combat Coronavirus, five students of the faculty of engineering and technology of SOA Deemed to be University utilized the time to come up with a...

Melbourne: More than 38,000 Indians became Australian citizens in 2019-2020, a 60 per cent increase from the previous year and the largest diaspora group to be granted the country’s citizenship. Out of the over 200,000...

New Delhi: The central government has relaxed norms for its employees who were either on leave or on an official tour and could not join office due to non-availability of public transport during the coronavirus...