News from Odisha

Tashkent: Former world champion Mirabai Chanu made a splendid return to the weightlifting arena, setting a new world record in clean and jerk while also bettering her own national record…

New York: Several people lost their sense of smell or taste weeks ago globally and are still waiting for it to come back and now, researchers have identified an association between sensory loss and novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) infection, indicating that loss of smell and taste may be considered as early symptoms of the deadly […]

New Delhi: In Lockdown 2.0 beginning Wednesday, Ministers as well as states will now combat the COVID-19 crisis by marking the areas as Red, Orange and Green zones. These zones will be declared as per the number of coronavirus-affected persons. Sources indicated that a consolidated report submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office from the Home […]

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Minister Sanatan Bisi died at his residence in Sambalpur on Tuesday following a prolonged illness. He was 78. Bisi, who was suffering from age-related ailments for quite some time, breathed his last at his residence in Daleipada locality in the west Odisha city in the morning, family sources said. Considered an ardent […]

New Delhi: Union minister for sports and youth affairs, Kiren Rijiju tested positive for Covid-19, it was confirmed on his twitter handle on Saturday. Rijiju asked those who had come…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed happiness on Tuesday over coronavirus statistics going down in the State. Reviewing the COVID-19 situation in the state at a high level meeting through video-conferencing, Patnaik asked police to ensure that movement of agriculture products do not stop and those indulging in domestic violence during lockdown are punished. […]

Bhubaneswar: After 21-days lockdown, the country gets nineteen more days to rein in the rising novel coronavirus graph in the country. The Covid-19 is seemingly on the surge mode. Cases of coronavirus took a long jump of 1,988 per cent during the lockdown 1.0. Will the corona graph in the country levels off in the […]

New Delhi: A new Apple Siri feature providing audio news briefs with the latest COVID-19 information has now come to Indian users. Apple last month updated its Siri voice assistant with information and assets designed to help users in the US who have flu symptoms and believe they are suffering from coronavirus. The feature is […]

New Delhi: Hockey India on Tuesday postponed all its rescheduled national championships indefinitely after the national lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic was extended till May 3. These tournaments were rescheduled to start on April 29 and continue till July 3 but have been suspended for now. “…Hockey India has taken a decision to postpone […]

Bhubaneswar: The Capital city of Bhubaneswar continues to be the COVID-19 hotspot in the State with four more samples from the Smart City testing positive on Tuesday. Including these four cases, a total of five COVID-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours in the state taking the tally of confirmed cases to 60. […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing fight against the novel-coronavirus, Odisha government on Tuesday informed that students from class I to VIII will soon get doorstep delivery of their textbooks. Informing about the same, the State School and Mass Education Minister, Samir Ranjan Das today said that the textbooks of class I to VIII have already reached […]

New Delhi: The Indian Premier Leagues (IPL) 13th edition has been indefinitely postponed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an extension of the current nationwide lockdown till May 3. Speaking to IANS, a BCCI functionary said that the current situation calls for an indefinite postponement and the franchises have been informed about the […]

Mumbai: Social distancing went for a toss when over 3,000 stranded, hungry and angry migrants from different parts of India thronged near the Bandra railway station on Tuesday demanding that they should be given transportation to return to their native places immediately. The Mumbai Police, which attempted to cajole them from jamming there in such […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has imposed night curfew across all parts of the State from today to put a lease on the steady surge in the cases of Coronavirus infections. The…

New York: Researchers have found that elevated symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and moral injury can lead to pregnancy complications. PTSD symptoms include re-experiencing the trauma through flashbacks or nightmares, numbness, sudden anger, and hyperarousal. “The results suggest that screening for PTSD and moral injury during the perinatal period is important to identify women […]