Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday publicly received the COVID-19 vaccine and said he was doing this to demonstrate that people should be ready to take the vaccine when it is available. Biden received the first course of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at ChristianaCare Hospital. “I am doing this to demonstrate that people should be […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday presented the prestigious Legion of Merit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his leadership in elevating strategic partnership of the two countries and emergence of India as a global power. India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, accepted the award on behalf of the prime minister from […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is uniquely poised to become the global economic hotspot given the fact that the State possesses rich mineral deposits, demographic dividend and market, and has the best minds supplemented with technology, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday. Addressing a webinar on ‘CA: The Catalyst—learning, unlearning […]
Bhubaneswar: The cold wave conditions continued to sweep several parts of Odisha and have now extended further into the North and North-Western districts. As per the Meteorological department’s (MeT) forecast, several places in Odisha endured chilly weather with a sharp drop in mercury levels to below 10 degree Celsius. As per the forecast, Orange warning […]
New Delhi: The number of new coronavirus infections reported in a span of 24 hours was recorded below 20,000 after nearly six months while the COVID-19 active caseload fell below 3 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,75,116 with 19,556 new infections being reported in […]
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Concerned over a new strain of coronavirus in the United Kingdom (UK) that is feared to be more contagious, the Union Health Ministry has issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for epidemiological surveillance and response. As stated in the SOP, the list of international travellers who arrived in India between December 9 to December […]
Bhubaneswar: Hours after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) held a press conference and exposed shocking details on the murder case of a five-year-old girl in Nayagarh district, father of the deceased girl termed the narration as a concocted story. Reacting to SIT chief Arun Bothra’s presser, deceased minor girl’s father said there are no facts […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) on Tuesday directed Collectors of various districts to take necessary preventive measures in view of the severe cold wave advisory issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). As per the IMD, cold to severe cold wave condition will prevail in different parts of Odisha till December 25. As there […]
Washington: The total number of global covid-19 cases has topped 77.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.71 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at […]
Puri: Intensifying the ongoing anti-extortion drive, Police here have sent a stern message to all criminals by arresting seven persons including a minor boy on charges of demanding extortion from a person and murderously attacking him. Based on a complaint filed by one Prabhakar Mohapatra, the Baselisahi Police in Puri registered a case under sections […]
Sambalpur: A restaurant in Sambalpur reportedly serving ‘Abadha’ is alleged to have hurt the sentiment of the devotees of Lord Jagannath in and outside Odisha. A video which went viral on various social media platforms on Tuesday purportedly shows anna (rice), dalma, sabji and kheer being served to customers at the restaurant, named ‘Odia Abadha’. […]
Bhubaneswar: Minister Arun Sahoo finally broke his silence over the sensational kidnap and murder case of a five-year-old girl in Nayagarh which has triggered a massive public outcry as well as a political storm in the State. Reacting to questions by reporters, the State Higher Education Minister said, “I prayed to God that let the […]
Bhubaneswar: Effecting a major reshuffle in the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre, the Odisha government on Wednesday transferred Nayagarh superintendent of police (SP) Pratyush Diwakar and also saw new postings at SP level in 12 other districts. Pratyush, a 2015 batch IPS officer has been appointed as the additional inspector general (headquarters). Sidhartha Kataria, the […]
Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 78.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.72 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at […]
New Delhi: India’s overall tally increased to 1,01,23,778 with 24,712 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 96.93 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll increased to 1,46,756 with 312 new fatalities, the data […]
Copyright © 2024 - Odisha Television Limited All Rights Reserved.