Puri: As uncertainty continues to prevail over the annual Rath Yatra in Puri in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, Odisha Law minister, Pratap Jena today said a decision in this regard will be taken soon. Rath Yatra, the annual sojourn of the Holy Trinity- Lord Balabhadra, Mahaprabhu Jagannath and Devi Subhadra- is scheduled to […]
Bhubaneswar: Despite a steep rise in confirmed cases of Coronavirus across the country, Odisha did not report a single positive case in the last 48 hours. Despite this, Odisha continues to ramp up its hospital capacity and today urged people not to take things lightly and follow the lockdown guidelines seriously. Responding to media queries […]
New Delhi: The Indian Railways turned 167 years old on Thursday and for the first time ever, its trains did not carry any passengers on its birthday and instead stood idle in the yards waiting for the nationwide lockdown to end. On this day 167 years ago, the wheels of the first passenger train in […]
Colombo: Sri Lanka has offered to host the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which has now been indefinitely suspended by the BCCI due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The 2020 IPL edition was slated to start from March 29 but with the coronavirus outbreak it was first deferred till April 15 and […]
Bhubaneswar: Taking stern note of violations of lockdown norms put in place to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, Odisha government has decided to empower police officers to take necessary action against violators. As per the latest notification, State Home Department has authorised Officers-In-Charge of various police stations to file complaints in the courts under their […]
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Friday said that before lockdown, COVID-19 cases were doubling in 3 days but the last 7 days’ data shows that it is 6.2 days now and in 19 states and Union Territories, the case doubling rate is less than the country’s average. At the daily press briefing, Joint […]
Bhubaneswar: After failing to extend benefits to several landless farmers and sharecroppers in the State, Odisha government has now come up with draft legislation for providing them land on lease. The draft of Odisha Agriculture Land Leasing Act, now under consideration and discussion, is a framework that will enable the State government to ‘facilitate poor […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced a Rs 100-crore package to provide livelihood support to around 4.5 lakh urban poor families affected by the lockdown imposed across the country due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Urban Wage Employment Initiative will help sustain the livelihood of the poor families residing in 114 urban […]
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has released a new list of services and activities which are being allowed to open from Monday. The exemption will be applicable from April 20, in those areas of the country where the effect of coronavirus is negligible, or which are less affected areas. One such list was tweeted […]
Mumbai: Amid the lockdown, Bollywood actress and fitness enthusiast Disha Patani is keeping her fans and followers entertained with her social media posts. In her latest post, she showed off her killer dance moves while grooving to Beyonce’s track “Yonce”. Recently, Disha took to Instagram to share a video of herself flaunting amazing dance moves […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Monday allowed universities to resume functioning during COVID-19 lockdown with certain stipulations. In a letter to all vice-chancellors (all State public and private universities), Higher Education Department has asked concerned officials to remain in full preparedness to conduct examinations, whenever permitted by the government, within a short notice. Though classes (theory […]
Mumbai: Indian stock market witnessed a freefall on Tuesday with both the BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 closing below the psychological levels of 31,000 and 9,000, respectively. The Sensex lost over 1,000 points by the end of the day’s trade. Weakness in the domestic indices was in line with the bear run across the global […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker S N Patro on Tuesday urged all the MLAs and MPs to inform his office about the people stranded outside the state amid the ongoing lockdown. Patro also said that the Odisha Assembly will soon set up a help desk for migrant workers. He said this after holding a meeting with […]
New Delhi: As kids stay home during the social distancing times to prevent transmission of COVID-19, Facebook has brought its children-focused video chat service Messenger Kids to India along with more controls for parents to connect kids with friends. Facebook Messenger Kids was launched in the US in 2017 and was expanded into Canada and […]
New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) under the guidance of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has developed alternative academic calendars for primary and upper primary stage (Classes VI to VIII). The aim of this initiative is to engage the students meaningfully during their stay at home amid COVID-19 […]
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