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COVID-19
ACE2 Enzyme In Men Make Them More Vulnerable To COVID-19

London: After several studies revealed that men are more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, evidence from a new larger research of several thousand patients shows that men have higher concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in their blood than women, a molecule that enables the novel coronavirus to infect healthy cells in men. This may help […]

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Union HRD Min Launches Helpline For Counselling Of Odisha University Students

Bhubaneswar: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Monday launched a helpline for counselling of students of the Central University of Odisha, who are in mental distress in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Inaugurating the helpline “Bharosa” through a video conference, Pokhriyal lauded the initiative as it aims at providing mental and psychological assistance […]

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UGC Asks Universities To Set Up Grievance Redressal Cell For COVID-19 Related Concerns

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all varsities in the country to set up a cell for handling grievances of students related to examinations and other academic activities arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The commission has also constituted a task force to monitor the redressal of grievances and concerns raised by […]

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Cyclone Amphan: well marked low by May 16, Odisha-Andhra on radar!

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the gripping COVID crisis in the country, the Bay of Bengal has been seemingly brewing up another horror tale. The birth of season’s first pre-monsoon cyclone Amphan looks very much a possibility with some certain impact on Indian coasts (Andhra-Odisha). A major development which IMD today confirmed is the birth process of Cyclone […]

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AIIMS-Bhubaneswar Doctors, Staff In Quarantine After Accident Victim Tests COVID-19 Positive

Bhubaneswar: At least six persons including four doctors and two attendants of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) -Bhubaneswar have reportedly been sent on mandatory quarantine after they came in contact with a COVID-19 patient in Odisha. The COVID-19 patient is a truck driver from Maharashtra and he was rushed to AIIMS-Bhubaneswar after sustaining […]

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Delhi- Bhubaneswar Daily Special Train Route, Timings, Ticket Info & More

Bhubaneswar: As the Indian Railways is all set to run 15 pairs of special trains comprising only AC coaches, East Coast Railway (ECoR) today issued advisory for passengers boarding Delhi-Bhubaneswar daily special train. Here are the details of the operating special trains (train route, timing, ticket info and other essential rules) you must know. 1. […]

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PM Modi Interacts With CMs On Ways To Strengthen COVID-19 Containment Strategy, Boosting Economic Activities

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a fresh round of consultation with chief ministers on ways to strengthen the COVID-19 containment strategy and stepping up of economic activities in a calibrated manner as the 54-day nationwide lockdown nears an end. The large-scale movement of migrant workers from urban to rural India and […]

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Ayurvedic Drug Fifatrol Finds Mention In Compendium To Combat Coronavirus

New Delhi: Fifatrol as an immunity-boosting ayurvedic drug has found a mention among around 200 technologies and research activities evaluated by experts in a recently released compendium for combating coronavirus. Compiled by the state-run National Research Development Corporation, the ‘Compendium of Indian Technologies for Combating COVID-19 (Tracing, Testing &Treating)’ provides the status of 200 indigenously […]

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Need National SOP For Economy Reboot: CM Naveen To PM Modi

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today stressed on a National Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to reboot economic activities post COVID-19 lockdown. As our country’s production lines are interlinked so also our value addition process, cutting across state boundaries, a national SOP may be devised which will guide in an unified response in rebooting economy, […]

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Amazon Business Launches COVID-19 Supplies Store In India

Bengaluru: Amazon Business on Monday introduced its “COVID-19 Supplies Store” to provide easy access for businesses to buy COVID related supplies on the e-commerce platform in the country. The initiative is designed to help institutional buyers like nursing homes, hospitals, healthcare NGOs, government agencies and other businesses purchase COVID-19 related items in bulk with GST […]

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WHO Chief Scientist Commends India For Keeping COVID-19 Cases Low

New Delhi: World Health Organisation’s Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday commended India for keeping the coronavirus cases and deaths very low compared to other countries and said it will play an important role in the development of a vaccine for COVID-19. She said the whole world has to be prepared for the ongoing transmission […]

HOME-QURANTINE
Odisha Allows Home Isolation Of Mild, Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patients

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today informed that as per the guidelines issued by the Health ministry, it has decided to allow home isolation of mild /asymptomatic COVID-19 positive patients. Informing about the decision, additional chief secretary Pradipta Mohapatra said, “Odisha has decided to implement the revised discharge and home isolation guidelines with some changes. If we […]

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Intel-Microsoft Joint Project Turns Malware Into Images

San Francisco: Researchers from Intel and Microsoft have joined forces to study the use of deep learning for malware threat detection in a project that first converts malware into images. The basis for this study is the observation that if malware samples are turned into grayscale images, the textural and structural patterns can be used […]

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Aarogya Setu App: Govt Issues Data Processing Rules, Violators May Face Jail Term

New Delhi: The government on Monday issued a set of guidelines for processing of data collected through Aarogya Setu app that bar storage of data for more than six months and specify jail term for violators of certain rules. Amid concerns expressed in certain quarters about data privacy of people who use the app, the […]

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No Pay Cut For Central Government Employees Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is not planning to impose pay cuts on some categories of the Central government employees to ease financial burden amid the nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreak. Following reports that the government is planning to impose pay cut on some categories of the central government employees to deal with […]

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