Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary of Odisha, Asit Tripathy today thanked all the city dwellers of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Bhadrak for making the 48-hour shut down which started at 8 pm on April 3, a success. He also thanked all the personnel of law enforcement, district administration and health care workers for dealing with the enforcement in […]
Apr 18, 2021
Mumbai: Prominent personalities from the Indian film industry, including Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar, Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar, lit candles and lamps on Sunday, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 9pm 9min initiative to show solidarity in the country’s fight against coronavirus. The prime minister on Friday urged people to switch off lights at their homes […]
Apr 18, 2021
Ganjam: With an aim to limit the spread of coronavirus in Ganjam, the district administration has decided to impose fine on people for not using masks/handkerchiefs while stepping out of their houses during lockdown. The Ganjam district Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange on Sunday said that the violators in urban areas would be fined Rs 1,000 […]
Apr 18, 2021
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke to 49 sports personalities including BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, cricket great Sachin Tendulkar, badminton world champion P.V. Sindhu, chess legend Viswanathan Anand and many others as he urged them to keep spreading awareness and extend their support for Coronavirus […]
Apr 18, 2021
New Delhi/Srinagar: Five Indian Army special forces soldiers and five terrorists were killed in Sunday’s hand-to-hand combat and gunfight on the Line of Control, in this year’s bloodiest encounter in any operation against militants in Jammu & Kashmir. The Indian Army launched Operation Randori Behak in Keran sector, at the Line of Control and engaged […]
Apr 18, 2021
Surat: Compassion in these moments of darkness is the least that we can offer to each other and more so to the doctors, who have become the warriors of the mankind against the coronavirus. Though an Odia Corona warrior, serving at a government hospital in Surat and treating people infected with Coronavirus, has received harassment […]
Apr 18, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Amidst rise in count of novel coronavirus cases in Odisha, and as also the Covid-19 calls keep flooding the state government’s corona helpline (104) at the rate of 12,000 – 14,000 per day, Odisha government has currently zeroed in on two Ts – Tablighis and Technology – to take on the might of coronavirus. […]
Apr 18, 2021
San Francisco: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday announced to set aside $1 billion from his equity in his financial services and mobile payment company Square to support global relief efforts towards COVID-19. In a series of tweets, he said it’s important to show his work so others can learn. “I’m moving $1B of my […]
Apr 18, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is taking some strong steps to stem the spread of the Coronavirus. After extending the lockdown till April 30, Odisha government has taken a decision to penalise people not wearing masks in public places. Exercising the powers of Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 (3 of 1897), Odisha Government made some regulations and amended the […]
Apr 18, 2021
New Delhi: Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa on Friday assured Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of USD 2.2 billion (about Rs 16,500 crore) support to India in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In a call, Asakawa commended the Indian government’s decisive response to the pandemic, including a national health emergency program, tax and […]
Apr 18, 2021
Mumbai: Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has pledged to help around 5,000 people for a month in Shivaji Nagar and Govandi area of Mumbai through an NGO amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Thank you, Sachin Tendulkar for stepping in and helping Apnalaya help the ones suffering the most during this lockdown. He will be taking […]
Apr 18, 2021
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to strictly enforce government’s order making wearing of face masks mandatory while going out of homes, the petrol pumps across Odisha on Friday came out with a stringent rule of ‘No Mask, No Petrol/Diesel /CNG’. The fuel outlets decision was announced by Utkal Petroleum Dealers Association general secretary Sanjay Lath. The […]
Apr 18, 2021
New Delhi: It has been more than three months since Covid-19 pandemic broke out and the hunt for its medicine has been intensified across the globe. While the world health community is leaving no stone unturned to find a solution for the highly contagious disease, the homeopathy practitioners say they should also be given a […]
Apr 18, 2021
New Delhi: Railways has converted 5,000 coaches into isolation wards for those infected with coronavirus and is likely to deploy them in rural areas after consultation with the health ministry, officials said Saturday. The railways has set a target of converting 20,000 coaches to counter the pandemic, of which 5,000 coaches with 80,000 beds are […]
Apr 18, 2021
Bhubaneswar: In order to deal with any kind of outbreak of COVID-19 especially in the most vulnerable rural areas, the Odisha government on Saturday informed that it has ramped up health facilities at the grassroots level by setting up as many as 6,939 temporary medical centres with total bed capacity of 1, 62,142 across 6798 […]
Apr 18, 2021
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