Tag: Coronavirus Lockdown

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After Bus Mishaps, Odisha To Change Route To Bring Prabasi Odias

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Sunday decided to change the route to bring Prabasi Odias from Surat who are stranded in different parts of the country due to COVID-19 lockdown. The move comes in the wake of two accidents in Kandhamal district involving buses engaged in transporting Prabasi Odias from Surat in Gujarat in less than […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Recovery Rate Improved, Lockdown 3.0 To Reap Good Results: Health Minister

New Delhi: The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Sunday said at least 682 patients were cured of the highly contagious novel coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours. This has taken the recovery rate in the country up to 26.59 per cent. In a statement, the Ministry said: “So far, a total of […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Odisha Govt Allows Plying Of Buses In Green Zones

Bhubaneswar: Putting an end to the confusion over the movement of buses during the extended lockdown period, Odisha government today announced that buses will be allowed to ply on both intra-district and inter-district routes in Green zones of the State. The bus services will, however, remain prohibited in Orange and Red zones, clarified Special Relief […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Not Feasible To Operate With 50% Seat Occupancy: Odisha Bus Owners

Bhubaneswar: The All Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association today decided not to ply buses in the Green Zones citing that it will be unprofitable and unfeasible to operate with 50 per cent seat occupancy as stipulated by the COVID19 lockdown guidelines. Clarifying its stance, treasurer of the association, Barada Acharya said though Odisha government was […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Odisha Govt Plans Model Policy To Resolve Problems Of Industries

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to formulate a model policy to resolve the problems faced by industries due to the COVID-19 lockdown, said an official on Tuesday. It was decided at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on COVID-19 situation in the state. Discussions will be held regarding the problems faced by […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Cuttack Back On COVID-19 Map, Confirmed Cases Rise To 176 In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: After being in the ‘Green Zone’, Cuttack reported its second COVID-19 positive case on Tuesday. Apart from Cuttack, six more confirmed cases were reported from four other – Jajpur, Balasore, Sundergarh and Ganjam, With seven new COVID-19 cases, the total tally in Odisha has now reached 176. It is pertinent to mention here that […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Lina With Rilu Forever - Marriage In the Times Of A Pandemic

Bhubaneswar: It is said that marriages are made in heaven and when you are destined to meet your life partner, nothing would stop you from getting together forever. For Amarendra and Anindita, love has found its way and blended their two hearts for a lifetime in the auspicious bond of marriage. They were aware that […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Odisha to begin Online classes for Plus II students Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to switch to online teaching-learning mode to facilitate classes for Plus II second year students amid the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. “It has been decided to conduct online classes for students, especially for Class-XII students who are now at their homes due to the lockdown,” informed […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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SBI Complains To CBI As Rs 441 Crore Loan Defaulter Flees India

New Delhi: Three promoters of Ram Dev International, recently booked by the CBI for allegedly cheating a consortium of six banks to the tune of Rs 411 crore, have already fled the country before the State Bank of India reached the agency with the complaint, officials said on Saturday. The CBI had recently booked the […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Domestic Flight Operation In India To Resume By May 15: Civil Aviation Minister

New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has informed that the domestic flight operation may resume in the country by May 15. The commercial flight services were suspended in the country following the announcement of nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 on March 24. While speaking to a national media, Puri […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Sachin Tendulkar provides financial support to 4,000 underprivileged people

New Delhi: Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has donated an undisclosed amount to financially help 4,000 underprivileged people, including children from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) schools, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Tendulkar made the donation to the Hi5 Foundation, a non-profit organisation based out of Mumbai. “Best wishes to team Hi5 for your efforts in supporting […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Didi Doing Injustice To Migrants, Not Allowing Trains Ferrying Workers: Amit Shah

Kolkata: The Centre-state debate over the issue of bringing back thousands of migrant workers to West Bengal reached a new flashpoint on Saturday with Union Home Minister Amit Shah writing a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee complaining that the Centre was not getting the “expected support” from her state government in bringing back stranded […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Sensex jumps 500 points, trades over 32,000-mark

Mumbai: The key Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Monday, with the BSE Sensex increasing over 500 points, to trade over the psychological 32,000-mark. The surge in the domestic market was in line with the Asian indices. Market sentiments have been boosted on hopes of reopening of the global economies. At 10.09 […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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PM Modi Interacts With CMs On Ways To Strengthen COVID-19 Containment Strategy, Boosting Economic Activities

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a fresh round of consultation with chief ministers on ways to strengthen the COVID-19 containment strategy and stepping up of economic activities in a calibrated manner as the 54-day nationwide lockdown nears an end. The large-scale movement of migrant workers from urban to rural India and […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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IIM Sambalpur Students To Write Exams From Home Using Online Proctoring System

Sambalpur: Amidst the coronavirus outbreak, the Indian Institute Of Management (IIM), Sambalpur has decided to conduct the end-term examinations of the first-year students using online proctoring systems which will allow them to write their papers from home. This will be the first-of-its-kind initiative taken by any B-Schools across the country to conduct the examinations using […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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