News from Odisha

Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) have called on countries to keep trade open as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, warning that export controls on medical supplies and other essentials could backfire. At a virtual press conference during the just-concluded spring meetings of the two multilateral institutions, IMF […]

While India is facing struggle fighting Coronavirus the country is also battling its internal issues. While some celebs have come out in the open accusing and blaming those who have been responsible for spreading the COVID19, there have been a few who have maintained their role as an observer and contributing in other ways like […]

Puri: An Inspector-In-Charge of Odisha has been placed under suspension for misconduct after he was found guilty of violating COVID-19 guidelines by entering Lord Jagannath temple in Puri. State Director General of Police, Abhay has suspended the IIC of Jajpur Barchana police station, Deepak Kumar Jena for misconduct with immediate effect. Jena has been booked […]

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 543 and the number of cases climbed to 17,265 in the country on Monday, according to the Union Health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 14, 175 while 2,546 people have been cured and discharged, and one patient has migrated, the ministry […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla expressed the ire of the Centre in a letter to State Chief Secretary Tom Jose after hearing about the relaxation in lockdown rules in Kerala, which was against the central guidelines. This letter came Sunday night after it was pointed out, starting Monday, that the 14 districts in […]

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said stern action will be taken against those involved in the lynching of three men in Palghar district. The state government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident that took place on April 16. “The Palghar incident has been acted upon. The police has arrested all those […]

Toronto: A new tool that predicts risk of death and admission to a long-term care facility for patients with dementia may help conversations between health care providers, patients and their families, according to researchers. Dementia is a syndrome in which there is deterioration in memory, thinking, behaviour and the ability to perform everyday activities. Also […]

New Delhi: Crude oil prices plunged on Monday with the West Texas intermediate (WTI) crude in the US falling below the $15 per barrel mark, the lowest level in 21 years. The fall in oil prices comes on the back of weak demand amid the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic has almost brought the global travel […]

Lucknow/ New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s father Anand Singh Bisht died on Monday morning, an official said. “Honourable CM’s father left for his heavenly abode at 10.44 am. Our deepest condolences,” Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said in a statement. Bisht was undergoing treatment at the gastroenterology department of the All […]

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 re-emerged on the COVID map, only to join the list of slip-back districts. However, Bhadrak is not the lone district […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s bed capacity for COVID-19 patients has increased to 5,000 as five more government COVID-19 hospitals were opened on Monday. These five hospitals are in Sundargarh, Bargarh, Angul, Jagatsinghpur and Nabarangpur. They have a bed strength of 825, said an official. With this, the state’s dedicated COVID hospitals are now functional in 26 districts […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has reported as many as 13 COVID-19 cases in a single day on Monday. The total number of Coronavirus positive cases in the State now stands at 74. The case details show, among the six new cases reported, five are from Jajpur district and one belongs to Sundergarh. Details of #COVID19 positive cases […]

By Sandeep Sahu I am amused, dismayed and shocked – in equal measure – at the number of supposedly ‘educated’ people who believe IAS officers should run the country – and the state – and the ‘people’s representatives’ should have nothing to do with it. They hold people’s representatives in utter contempt, derisively refer to […]

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday announced that Indore, Mumbai, Jaipur and Kolkata are among 11 cities in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and West Bengal where COVID-19 “situation is especially serious”. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) made the announcement after analyzing the prevalence of lockdown violations in major hotspot districts in these cities of […]

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 day spike in April, there seems to be some signs of comfort in State’s rising COVID numbers. The revelation is […]