Tag: Covid 19

Washington: Tackling COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery, racial equality and climate change are the four top priorities for the Biden administration, his transition team said on Sunday, a day after Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris won the November 3 US election. Following a tense week of vote tallying, Democratic presidential candidate Biden on […]

New Delhi: Covid-19 cases shattered all records in the national capital as it reported as many as 7,745 new coronavirus cases and an all-time high positivity rate of 15.26 per cent on Sunday while the fatalities recorded were 77 in the last 24 hours. It is the highest ever single-day tally since the pandemic struck […]

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 85,53,657 with 45,903 new infections being reported, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 79 lakh, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.56 per cent, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll from the disease climbed to […]

New Delhi: Sale of Indian-made foreign liquor declined 29 per cent during the first half of the current financial year, according to data released by the Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC). In a statement, the industry body said that the fall in demand was severe in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Puducherry, and Rajasthan, […]

Canberra: Australia on Monday began the local production of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford, with roughly 30 million doses planned to be manufactured. Despite still undergoing clinical trials, the vaccine, which was co-developed by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, is considered one of the more promising vaccines globally, reports Xinhua news agency. […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 1219 people tested positive for Covid-19 and 16 patients undergoing treatment at various hospitals succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department. With this surge, the cumulative infection in the State rose to 302793 while the death toll has climbed to 1441. […]

Hyderabad: Popular Telugu actor and politician K Chiranjeevi, who said on Monday that he had tested coronavirus positive, had met Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao only two days ago. On Saturday, Chiranjeevi along with fellow actor Akkineni Nagarjuna met Rao and all three were seen without masks in television news reports. “Took a test […]

Cuttack: Keeping in view the pandemic situation, the Commissionerate Police on Monday announced special measures for the smooth conduct of Kali Puja in Cuttack. City DCP Prateek Singh informed that all the COVID-19 restrictions which were in place for Durga Puja will remain in force also during Kali Puja. Addressing a presser, Singh said the […]

Baripada: Intensifying its agitation against the decision of State government to keep temples closed due to fear of Covid-19 infection, the Odisha Mandira Sevayat Sangha- an association of temple priests has now decided to beat gongs and ring bells in front of temples everyday from November 11. They want the government to take immediate steps […]

Bhubaneswar: After Cuttack, the much awaited Bali Yatra mahotsav in Bhubaneswar has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The decision was taken after a detailed discussion of the organising committee members with Twin City Police Commissioner, Sudhanshu Sarangi on Monday. #Breaking Bali Yatra will not be organised in #Bhubaneswar this year in view […]

Bhubaneswar: ‘Mo Bus’, the city bus service of Capital Region has won the top award of the country for the second time in a row, this year for the innovations undertaken in the urban transport during the pandemic. The award was conferred by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), in a national level conference […]

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 50.8 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,262,370, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Tuesday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 50,812,345 and 1,262,372, respectively, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update. […]

New Delhi: India has registered less than 40,000 daily new cases after six days. The number of daily new cases in the last 24 hours is 38,073. For the third day in a row, daily new cases have been sustained below the 50,000 mark. This assumes significance in the context of some countries reporting a […]

Bhubaneswar: Nothing but safety is the best way to prevent Covid infection. In a major declining trend, Odisha’s Covid graph dipped dramatically as it has witnessed daily cases below 1000 for the first time after over three months. Health department informed that the State saw 987 fresh cases in the last 24 hours of which […]

Cuttack: The Odisha Government submitted its reply in connection with a petition seeking waiver of fees in private schools in the state, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic situation, in the Orissa High Court on Tuesday. Earlier, while hearing an intervention petition filed by some private schools last month, the court had asked the State […]