Bhubaneswar: The governments world over have first clamped lockdown to cut the transmission cycle of COVID-19. But now to ease out from the long lockdown situation, which carries a socio-economic impact, a new strategy of...

Bhubaneswar: Like the ‘Great Recession’, also referred as 2008 recession, that saw the GDP growth falling like nine pins world over, including India, this time the big contagious virus, also known as COVID pandemic, it...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID double whammy is all the way visible in Odisha. The fallout of the lockdown on  the economy is discernible all the way. In the month of April, the first month of the...

Bhubaneswar: Even as the surge of Covid-19 cases in the second wave clocked 48-hours to leap into the 370-plus count per day like the first wave, the big worrying trend…

Bhubaneswar: The signs of an explosive second coronavirus wave in Odisha became all the more conspicuous on Thursday when the daily tally of new infections was just a few shots…

Bhubaneswar: The State capital is witnessing an explosive rise in new Covid-19 cases since the beginning of April. The number of new cases has grown by a massive 558 per…

Bhubaneswar: Here is an emergency Covid-19 alert for the parents in Odisha. Echoing the national trend, in the last 72-hours, a high of 233 children in the age group of…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will record a massive over 50k new Covid-19 infections in the next 30-days, if the current rate of growth continues, predicts an IIT Delhi Covid-19 researcher. If the…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will receive nearly 5.4 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines in two phases during the ‘Tika Utsav’ that get kick-started today across the country. The State Health Department has…

Bhubaneswar: A wind of change will sweep Odisha in the next 48-hours and the weather in the State will take a new turn. The mercury in some districts in western…

Bhubaneswar: The second wave in Odisha is apparently growing fast and furious. With the recovery rate slipping to a mere 22 per cent today as against 60 per cent on…

Bhubaneswar: The second wave of corona virus seems to have hit the State Capital in a big way. With the number of new cases per lakh people in the Smart…

Bhubaneswar: Spreading like a forest fire, the second wave of coronavirus in Odisha has virtually entered the pre-peak phase in just 48-days.  Given the brisk rise, the State will be…

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha has come a long way since October 29, 1999 in mitigating the cataclysmic effects of cyclones, on the National Disaster Management Day today the important fact is the State is yet...

Bhubaneswar: With the baby steps on Tuesday, the SIT-led investigation into the Nayagarh minor murder case has hit the ground running. But a bumpy road lies ahead for SIT chief IGP Arun Bothra(of Patnagarh parcel...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha today has shut down nearly half of its vaccination centres citing the reason that it has run out of vaccines. It accuses the Centre of not replenishing the…

Bhubaneswar: Names have power, said American author Rick Riordan. Going by the adage, the name Arun Bothra has so far emphatically displayed that power of conviction. Even, literally speaking, this IPS officer was given the...

Bhubaneswar: Even after testing 474 fewer samples today, Odisha has posted 88 more confirmed Covid-19 cases indicating the rapid transmission in the State. The moot point, therefore, this fact throws…

Bhubaneswar: This just adds to the long-existing regressive image of the State. Even as the State battles to find ways to overcome poverty and deprivation issues, kidnapping and abduction of children have emerged as a...

Bhubaneswar: The sensational Nayagarh minor girl (Pari) murder case seems to have made some headway, when SIT chief Arun Bothra Saturday told media “give us 14 days time”. The five-worded sentence is considered as signs...