News from Odisha

Khurda: A day after an employee of a bar in Khurda was allegedly stabbed to death by miscreants; police on Wednesday detained six suspects in connection with the murder. All the accused persons have been nabbed from Ranpur forest. A luxury car (BMW brand) has been seized from their possession, police said. According to sources, […]

London: Women are more likely to have heart disease following a childhood that involved maltreatment including physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect, warn researchers. The findings, published in the journal Heart, also revealed that adults who experienced various forms of maltreatment in their childhood appear to have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. Previous studies […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) working president and former MP, Pradeep Majhi on Wednesday courted controversy by blaming AICC chief Sonia Gandhi for the political crisis in Rajasthan. The former Congress MP said that the one who is leading the party is to be blamed for the present situation of Congress as the responsibility […]

Cuttack: The Covid-19 pandemic has virtually paralysed the healthcare services at Odisha’s only government-run cancer hospital – Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre (AHRCC) in Cuttack. With the outpatient department (OPD) of the hospital remaining out of bounds for patients, following detection of Covid-19 cases, cancer patients are facing considerable inconvenience in getting treatment. The extent […]

Bhubaneswar: With coronavirus spreading its tentacles far and wide across the globe, education sector has suffered a major-hit due to the pandemic. Many educational institutes are still shut fearing further spread of the disease. In the wake of COVID-19 lockdown, the educational institutes are introducing online classes. But, without proper tools and plans, the students […]

Kolkata: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday was forced to go into home quarantine after his elder brother and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Joint Secretary Snehasish Ganguly tested positive for Covid-19. Snehasish has been admitted to the Belle Vue Clinic here after his Covid report returned positive, a CAB source said. “His report came […]

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah has finally responded to the intensifying demands for an CBI inquiry into the ‘mysterious’ death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Responding to a request of the senior leader from Bihar, Pappu Yadav for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Sushant Singh Rajput’s alleged suicide case, Shah […]

Washington: Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies Wednesday in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The ruse included bogus tweets from former President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and […]

New Delhi: Even as the privatisation process drags on, national carrier Air India has instituted a scheme whereby employees can opt to take ‘leave without pay’ ranging from six months up to five years. Additionally, the airline’s management will also have the option to send any employee on leave based on a few criteria. An […]

Bhubaneswar: Food, Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department Secretary, Vir Vikram Yadav on Wednesday wrote letter to all district collectors for starting farmers’ registration process to ensure procurement of paddy (kharif crop) for the upcoming Kharif marketing season 2020-21. Online registration is mandatory for the farmers in their nearest PACS, LAMPCS, WSHG and Pani Panchayats to […]

New Delhi: The HRD Ministry on Tuesday announced guidelines for online classes by schools and recommended a cap on duration and the number of sessions in a day for students. The guidelines have been framed by the ministry, following concerns raised by parents about schools conducting online classes like regular schools, which has increased children’s […]

New Delhi: The Odisha Skills Development Authority (OSDA) has partnered with leading online learning platform Coursera to train 50,000 unemployed youths during the COVID-19 crisis, said a statement on Wednesday. Launched on the World Youth Skills Day, the partnership is part of Coursera’s global roll-out of the ‘Workforce Recovery Initiative’ where any state and country […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Thursday reported nearly 500 new Covid-19 cases taking its overall tally beyond 15000-mark. Similarly, two Covid deaths reported today also took the toll to 79. As per State Health and Family Welfare Department, as many as 23 districts reported a total of 494 positive cases with Ganjam reporting the maximum of 246 […]

New Delhi: India recorded the highest single-day spike of 32,695 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and 606 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 9,68,876 cases with a death total of 24,915 the Health Ministry’s data stated on Thursday. According to Health Ministry data, as many as 6,12,814 patients have recovered, almost twice […]

Washington: The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 13.5 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 583,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday morning, the total number of cases stood at 13,070,097, while the fatalities rose to 583,359, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) […]