News from Odisha

Hyderabad: External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar said that the world is counting on India for making Covid-19 vaccines accessible and affordable. India is at the heart of international and multilateral collaborations in rapid testing and reliable vaccines, he said. “Prime Minister Modi has committed to the United Nations that we will help make vaccines […]

Bhubaneswar: The controversy surrounding the former Malkangiri Collector- Manish Agarwal over the death of his Personal Assistant (PA) Debnarayan Panda has taken a political turn after the State government transferred him to Bhubaneswar a day after he was booked on charges of murder. While BJP has termed his transfer to Bhubaneswar has been termed as […]

Hyderabad: Phase-3 trials of Covaxin, India’s first indigenous vaccine for Covid-19 commenced today, vaccine maker Bharat Biotech announced on Monday. The Phase-3 trials, which involve 26,000 volunteers across India, are being conducted in partnership with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). This is India’s first Phase-3 efficacy study for a Covid-19 vaccine, and the […]

Puri: At a time when the Odisha government had taken a call to ban bursting of firecrackers this Diwali to restrict the spread of COVID-19 and to reduce the pollution in air, a report from Konark made all the arrangements void, at least for the environmentalists. As per the State Pollution Control Board, the Air […]

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that it’s “extremely concerned” by the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in some countries, particularly in Europe and the Americas. “Right now we are extremely concerned by the surge in cases we’re seeing in some countries. Particularly in Europe and the Americas, health workers and health systems […]

Bhubaneswar:The Odisha government has asked collectors of eight inter-state border districts to prevent entry of paddy from Chhattishgarh so that the MSP does not go to unauthorised persons, officials said on Monday. The eight districts whose collectors have been put on alert are Bargarh, Sambalpur, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Jharsuguda, Sundergarh and Nabarangpur, the officials said. […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of special arrangements made ahead of the commencement of the winter session of Odisha Assembly from November 20, all legislators, their PSOs, drivers and staff members of Assembly will undergo a mandatory Covid-19 test from today. As per the State Health department, RT-PCR tests would be conducted twice for the Assembly winter […]

Washington: The total number of global COVID-19 cases has increased to over 54.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1,325,750, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Tuesday morning, the total positive tally and death toll stood at 54,826,773 and 1,325,752, respectively, revealed the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering […]

Sonepur: A Tehsildar was arrested by the vigilance sleuths on charges of accepting bribe of Rs 20,000 from a person at his official residence at Tarabha in Sonepur district on Monday night. Tarabha Tehsildar Subrat Kumar Behera, who was also in-charge of Tarabha sub-registrar, demanded illegal monetary gratification from one Kanhu charan Das of Ghatakaintara […]

Rayagada: At least two persons were killed after a bus en route Bhubaneswar from Laxmipur in Koraput overturned near Hajaridanga under Bissamkatak police limits in the Rayagada district Monday night. As per preliminary reports, more than seven passengers have been injured in the mishap while two others including a passenger and the pilot of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch on Tuesday seized a leopard skin and held one person in this connection following a raid in Baramunda area of the capital city. The arrested person identified as one Prasant Nayak belongs to Karanjia in Mayurbhanj district. According to sources in STF, Prasant is working as […]

Mumbai: Pavitra Punia is one of the most talked about contestants in the ongoing season 14 of Bigg Boss. One can never miss her in an episode as she makes her presence felt even without indulging in politics. Pavitra first made her appearance screen in the youth-based reality show “Splitsvilla 3”, which aired on 2009. […]

New Delhi: For the first time in four months, India reported below 30,000 COVID-19 cases detected in a single day. With 29,163 new coronavirus infections and 449 more COVID-19 fatalities in the past 24 hours, India’s overall tally and death toll stood at 88,74,290 and 1,30,519 respectively on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health and Family […]

Bhubaneswar: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Singh has ordered an investigation into the alleged irregularities in the distribution of tokens to farmers for the procurement of Kharif paddy in Sambalpur. The farmers in the district had alleged delay in the distribution of tokens leading to a mess following the paddy procurement process, […]

New Delhi: To help users identify which online meetings may be at the risk of being disrupted or ‘zoombombing’, video conferencing platform Zoom has launched a new feature called ‘At Risk Meeting Notifier ‘. The ‘At Risk Meeting Notifier’ scans public posts on social media sites and other public online resources for Zoom meeting links […]