Bhubaneswar: Here is an important health alert for the elderly, kids, asthmatic and chronic bronchitis patients in the State. Air quality in Odisha, especially in places like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Balasore will take the worst turn on coming Wednesday (December 9). As per IMD’s recently launched air quality model forecast system, the prediction […]
Apr 08, 2021
Ganjam: Two bike-borne miscreants allegedly targeted an elderly woman and snatched a gold chain from her at Shyamalai Nagar under Hinjilikatu block in the district on Sunday. The victim has been identified as one Basanti Sahu. According to reports, the incident occurred when Basanti was walking on her way back home. Two persons on a […]
Apr 07, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Odisha will receive over 4 lakh doses of the much-awaited COVID-19 vaccine for the roll-out of the mass immunization drive against coronavirus in the first phase on January 16. Additional Chief Secretary (Health) PK Mohapatra on Tuesday said Odisha will receive around 4.08 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine prepared by the Serum Institute. Apart […]
Apr 06, 2021
London: After the news broke that 23 elderly patients died in Norway following their immunization with the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine against Covid-19, the country has launched a detailed investigation into the reported fatalities that has shocked the world. Doctors in Norway have been asked to conduct more thorough evaluations of very frail elderly patients in […]
Apr 06, 2021
Bhubaneswar: As the cold wave condition continues to sweep Odisha, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday suggested the elderly and infants to stay indoors and exercise concern in the next two days. Cold wave condition is very likely to prevail at a few places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, […]
Apr 05, 2021
Angul: An old couple was found dead inside a locked room at their own residence in Angul on Friday morning. The couple has been identified as Dukhabandhu Sahu and his wife Panchali Sahu, residents of Sanajoroda village under Karnapur Panchayat in the district. Family members of the couple said that they suspected something amiss when […]
Apr 05, 2021
Dhenkanal: An elderly man in Kankadasoda village under Parjang police limits was allegedly hacked to death by miscreants on Friday over passing of lewd comments to his granddaughter. As per reports, two youths allegedly attacked Purnachandra Bai and his son Mohan Bai after Mohan’s daughter and Purnachandra’s granddaughter complained of eve-teasing by some lechers of […]
Apr 05, 2021
Cuttack: Taking care of parents in old age is a responsibility every child is expected to shoulder. Parents usually pin hope in a son for care and love at advanced age. Unfortunately not every child stands by the parents when they need him/her the most. Instances of torture and abandonment of old parents by their […]
Apr 05, 2021
Puri: A Railway Protection Force (RPF) staff made the day of an elderly Maharashtra man by returning his lost bag containing Rs 25,000 cash and other important documents at Puri railway station here in the district. According to reports, on February 21, the RPF staff T K Mohaptra boarded the Puri – Ahmedabad train after […]
Apr 04, 2021
The second phase COVID19 vaccination is underway in Odisha. So far 20,952 persons above the age of 60 have taken the vaccine. Odisha Health director Bijay Panigrahi shared the details of the vaccination drive and said that the state has a stock of around 7 lakh vaccine doses.
Apr 04, 2021
Bhubaneswar: As elderly population and persons with co-morbidities will be vaccinated from March 1, the Odisha government on Wednesday wrote to the district collectors and municipal commissioners on the operational strategy for initiating the vaccination. “The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has communicated that the vaccination of next priority group of elderly population and […]
Apr 04, 2021
Bhubaneswar: A day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik received Covid-19 vaccine dose, several sitting MLAs and former legislators took the jab at the Assembly dispensary here on Tuesday. The MLAs, former MLAs and staff of the Assembly who are above 60 years of age and have co-morbidities received the shots. Those who had not made […]
Apr 04, 2021
London: The Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines for COVID-19 are highly effective in reducing severe coronavirus infection among people aged 70 years and above, according to a study. The research, posted as a pre-print and yet to be peer-reviewed, estimated the effect of both the COVID-19 vaccines on laboratory confirmed symptomatic disease in individuals aged 70 […]
Apr 04, 2021
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the Senior Citizen Act 2007, cannot be interpreted or deployed to evict a woman from her shared household, which she is otherwise entitled under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. A bench, headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices Indu Malhotra and Indira […]
Mar 01, 2021
Cuttack: The Odisha government on Thursday announced that Corona Warriors including doctors and other frontline health workers will get COVID-19 vaccine free of cost in the State. Informing this development, the State Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Das said that the vaccination against coronavirus is likely to begin from January 2021. While talking to […]
Mar 01, 2021
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