News from Odisha

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has written to the empowered group to issue necessary directions to prohibit export of anti-TB medicines, as the need of the country is overriding priority amid the coronavirus outbreak. In a communication to the Empowered Group for Facilitating Supply Chain and Logistics Management, the Health Ministry said, “It is […]

Chennai: As many as 76 people tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, including at least 25 working for a Tamil  television news channel here and the tally in the state stood at 1,596, authorities said. One person, meanwhile, died today and the aggregate number of deaths due to COVID-19 climbed to 18. […]

New Delhi: In order to combat Covid-19 and to map the spread of the virus, the government is initiating a telephonic feedback system in which calls will be made to citizens to get the status and real picture of the disease’s spread. The government will be conducting a telephonic survey calling up citizens on their […]

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday extended relaxation to several agricultural and commercial industries from the lockdown restrictions. In the commercial sector, shops selling textbooks and establishments selling electric fans can also operate. In the agricultural sector, the relaxation has been extended to facilities for export or import such as pack houses, inspection […]

London: The UK government on Tuesday announced that the human trial of a potential COVID-19 candidate vaccine being developed by researchers at the University of Oxford will begin from Thursday. Scientists at the University of Oxford last week promised a super-fast vaccine during a virtual press conference, saying the vaccine will be available by September. […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker S N Patro on Tuesday urged all the MLAs and MPs to inform his office about the people stranded outside the state amid the ongoing lockdown. Patro also said that the Odisha Assembly will soon set up a help desk for migrant workers. He said this after holding a meeting with […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to ensure that the supply chain remains unaffected and people do not face problems during the extended lockdown imposed to check the spread of COVID-19, Odisha government has come up with a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for smooth movement of goods, labour and opening of vehicle repair shops. In a letter […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has directed his administration to work on a plan to get funding to the oil and gas industries as a steep sell-off in oil futures continued. “We will never let the great US Oil & Gas Industry down,” Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning, Xinhua reported. “I have instructed the Secretary […]

New Delhi: As Facebook is set to take up nearly 10 per cent stake in Reliance Jio, Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook CEO on Wednesday said that both the companies would work on some major projects to open up commerce opportunities for people in India. Zuckerberg in a Facebook post said that India is in the […]

Washington: President Donald Trump has said that he will halt issuing new Green Cards or legal permanent residency for the next 60 days as part of his executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the US. However, the move will not have any impact on those entering the country on a temporary basis, Trump said […]

New Delhi: With 1383 new cases and 50 fatalities in 24 hours, the total tally of novel coronavirus cases in India reached to 19,984 on Wednesday, health ministry said. In a morning update, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said, of the total cases at least 15474 are active cases of novel coronavirus, while […]

Bhubaneswar: Manabasa Gurubara, a traditional ritual of Odisha and two age-old famous performing arts from the State – Chhau dance and Ravana Chhaya were among the 106 items listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of India. The list was launched by Union Minister for Culture Prahlad Singh Patel in New Delhi on Saturday. Informing about […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a review meeting with top officials over the COVID-19 situation and the ongoing vaccination exercise in the country, government sources said on…

San Francisco: Video streaming giant Netflix has added 15.8 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2020 which is a growth of 22 per cent (year-over-year), registering quarterly revenue of $5.77 billion. Netflix now has over 182 million subscribers worldwide. The positive results, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and fluctuating US dollar, saw Netflix stock […]