Bhubaneswar: Even as the explosive run of the second wave in the Capital City of Odisha continues, the big worry to fore is around 2-4 per cent of new infections…

Bhubaneswar: The impact of novel coronavirus seems big on Odisha. Even as the month of March had seen only around 10-days of COVID-19 lockdown, the impact looks colossal as the unemployment rate in the State...

Bhubaneswar: Even as the state government today started active community surveillance in the State’s only COVID-19 hotspot – Bhubaneswar, State’s capital city, the State Health Department today released data that showed Bhubaneswar having tested more...

Bhubaneswar: With the country’s top 5 states in COVID-19 positives having also emerged as the top-5 states in testing of novel coronavirus samples, Odisha seems to have its task cut out. The State is now...

Bhubaneswar: With only 31 confirmed COVID-19 cases in its 27 COVID hospitals till Saturday and 24 recovery cases, can Odisha be considered to be in a safe position or still staring at more cases in...

Bhubaneswar: Unlike nine other states, Odisha seemingly has lost a chance to script a COVID-19 success story.  Within 36 hours after joining the coveted list of 25 districts nationally, Odisha’s Bhadrak with 5 new cases...

Bhubaneswar: Displaying another largest single-day spurt in Odisha after April 5, the State on Monday has detected as many as 13 COVID positive cases in a span of 24 hours. Despite the second such single...

Bhubaneswar: The battle with novel coronavirus is being fought with the precision of war, globally. Like war, nations have meticulously prepared strategies – operational and tactical – to take on the expansionist agenda and imperialistic...

Bhubaneswar: The novel coronavirus is acquiring rural hues in Odisha, of late. It is the rural areas that have boosted up the COVID-19 numbers during the second spurt of COVID cases in the State. As...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID clock keeps ticking in Odisha. In a span of 15-days, the count of novel coronavirus positives in the State has doubled. The corona curve that appeared to have gone flat in the...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID tale in Odisha turns murkier. The State government had raised an alarm over the potential risk of ‘super spreaders’ in the State since the detection of patient number 5 and the Surya...

Bhubaneswar: Imagining cyclone threat to Odisha during the COVID crisis is simply spine chilling. Like the deadly cyclone Fani in May last year, is Bay of Bengal brewing up another to throw at Odisha in...

Bhubaneswar: With the mounting up of COVID-19 count in the State, major worrying trends pop up on the epidemiology chart of novel coronavirus in Odisha. These pop-ups have grave implications on Odisha government’s current anti-COVID...

Bhubaneswar: Summer rains, not the cyclone triggered rain, will lash Odisha till May 5. The probable cyclone taking a hit at Odisha on May 4-5 ebbs further. But post May 5, heat wave will return...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID count in Odisha is yet to settle down. The State health department has identified as many 23 COVID-19 suspects during the last 48 hours. The tally of COVID-19 suspects in the State...

Bhubaneswar: A significant weather observation has been observed in the month of April this year, especially when Odisha is battling with the growing  COVID-19 count. The COVID-19 crossed the century mark in Odisha on April...

Bhubaneswar: Future tense for Odisha? Looks very likely. The trend of annual rainfall over a period of 30-years (1989-2018) in Odisha reveals big. Annual dry days in Odisha hovered at around 250-280 days; annual rainy...

Bhubaneswar: The late surge of COVID-19 looks quite bothering for Odisha, when only 7 days are left for the lockdown 2.0 to make an exit on May 3. What is worrying is, as on today,...

Bhubaneswar: A moderate thunderstorm warning till 8 PM in the evening today has been predicted at as many as ten places in Odisha. “A moderate thunderstorm with a wind speed between 41 – 51 KMH...

Bhubaneswar: Even as IMD has confirmed the evolution of first pre-monsoon cyclone in Bay of Bengal (BoB) this year, the country’s premier weather forecaster is yet to open its card on the date of landfall....