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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has approved the Odisha University of Health Sciences Act, 2021 for the establishment of University of Health Sciences, informed the Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh in the State Assembly. The decision was taken in the State cabinet meeting held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to extend the interval between two doses of Covishield vaccine from the existing four to six weeks time to four to eight weeks in the State. The decision follows a recommendation from the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) and National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is seemingly sitting on a Corona bomb that is ticking fast. The Test Positive Rates (TPR) of vulnerable city spots in the State have dropped the mega hint. As many as 4 centres in Odisha have a TPR higher than Chennai – one of the major hotspots in the country’s second COVID-19 wave. […]

Bhubaneswar: Here is a Covid-19 emergency alert for the people of Odisha. Either people here have to follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour diligently or get ready to brace the virulence of new ‘double mutant’ variants of Kerala and Maharashtra that has surreptitiously made their way into Odisha. As per the data released by the National Centre […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Thursday reported 214 fresh Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day spike in the last two months in the State. Of the 214 positives, 126 were detected in quarantine centres while the rest 88 are local transmission cases. With 33 new cases, Khordha reported the maximum number of infection today followed by Sudargarh (27 […]

Bhubaneswar: With a prediction by SBI research report that the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic will peak in the country during the second half of April, in such a scenario, the time is ripe to ascertain where Odisha fits into the scheme of things in the country. As per the research report authored by […]

Nabarangpur : To stem the spread of Covid-19, Nabarangpur district administration has imposed night curfew in the district from Thursday, till further orders. The curfew was observed from 8 pm to 6 am across the district and movement of individuals was strictly prohibited during the period due to the surge in Covid-19. Besides, no gathering […]

Bhubaneswar: It is testing time now not only for the people, but also for the State government following a steep rise in Covid-19 cases in the past one week. For the second time in row, the daily Covid-19 cases crossed the 200-mark in the State on Friday, prompting the government to issue fresh guidelines to […]

Bhubaneswar: No more the ravines of Chambal (MP) or the badlands of Ramgarh in Uttar Pradesh have been the hunting grounds for dacoits. The scene of banditry has moved to states like Odisha and Maharashtra. For the last few years, both states have been reporting the most number of dacoity incidents in the country. While […]

Bhubaneswar: Forest Department officials in the Capital City busted a racket allegedly involved in the smuggling of snake venom on Saturday. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Alok Kumar Mishra told OTV that 3 conduits of the racket were taken into custody while they were trying to strike a deal for the deadly venom which for which […]

Bhubaneswar: High sort of despondency seems to be ruling in the job market in Odisha. Since 2018, almost all of the 40 employment exchanges in the State have been recording a sharp fall in registrations by job-seeking youths. Such a grim home-truth popped up today when the Odisha Skill Development and Technical Education minister Premanand […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid concern over a second wave of COVID-19 in Odisha, the State has reported 290 fresh positive cases from across 22 districts in the last 24 hours taking the total caseload to 3, 401, 94. As many as 171 cases have been detected from quarantine while 119 have been infected from local contacts, official […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 10 students tested positive for the Covid-19 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar. “All have come from outside the State. They have tested positive for the virus during contact tracing. All have been put under quarantine,” Khordha Collector Sanat Kumar Mohanty said. As many as 40 swab samples were sent […]

Bhubaneswar: With the second coronavirus wave in the Capital City is being seen taking wings on a higher order of local transmission cases, the State’s smartest city is witnessing the headwinds of the novel virus. The State capital alone is now contributing one-fifth of the total new cases detected daily in Odisha. HOW’S THE HEADWIND? […]

Bhubaneswar: The recent reports of Covid-19 cases across several educational institutions in Odisha including Bhubaneswar and Cuttack has raised speculations over the continuation of physical classes for 9 and 11 which resumed last month after closure for almost a year due to the outbreak of the pandemic. Clearing the air on the rumours amid the […]