Tag: Covid19

Bhubaneswar: The capital city of Bhubaneswar recorded its biggest daily spike in COVID-19 local contact cases on Wednesday. As per the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), a whopping 330 new positive cases were reported on Wednesday including 139 quarantine cases and a record 191 local contact cases. With this the total COVID-19 tally in Bhubaneswar reached […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined permission to hold Muharram processions across the country during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. A bench comprising Chief Justice S. A. Bobde and Justices A. S.Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian said, “Cannot grant general directions….case different from Puri (Rath Yatra) or Jain temples, as they had identified areas of […]

New Delhi: With Covid-19 disruptions making it impossible for the Centre to meet its obligation to provide compensation under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) law to states this year, it has proposed two options to the states to cover their compensation gap and meet their expenditure requirements. States have been given seven days time […]

New Delhi: In a shocking development, as many as 12 Chennai Super Kings squad members, including players and coaching/support staff, have tested positive for coronavirus, just 22 days before the IPL begins in the UAE, sources told IANS on Friday. According the sources, the entire team has been quarantined after the development. “A total of […]

New Delhi: Asian Games gold medal-winning woman wrestler Vinesh Phogat has tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus. She was tested by the Indian government as per the protocol as she was to receive Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country’s top sports accolade, here on Saturday. “My test was done on Thursday and it has come […]

Chennai: Congress MP from Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari H. Vasanthakumar died here on Friday evening due to Covid-19, officials said. He was 70. Vasanthakumar, who was also the promoter of Vasanth & Co consumer durable retail chain, was admitted in Apollo Hospital here sometime back after testing positive for coronavirus. He was the younger brother of […]

Mumbai: Actress Genelia Deshmukh revealed she had tested Covid-19 positive three weeks ago, adding that her report came in as negative on Saturday. Taking to Instagram, Genelia wrote: “Hi, I was tested Covid positive three weeks ago. I was asymptomatic for last 21 days. With God’s grace I tested negative today. As much as I […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has recovered and will be discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Saturday, eleven days after being admitted for post-COVID care. “He has recovered and is likely to be discharged in a short time.” AIIMS media and protocol division chairperson Dr Aarti Vij said in […]

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday issued guidelines for Unlock 4, for opening up of more activities in areas outside regions demarcated as containment zones of Covid19. The Unlock 4 guidelines will come into effect from September 1. Here are the lists of activities restricted during Unlock 4 Schools, colleges, educational and coaching […]

Bhubaneswar: A detailed strategy is being made for the conduct of Durga Puja in Bhubaneswar in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several proposals including restricting the festivities only to observance of rituals were moved at a preparatory meeting convened by the Commissionerate Police here on Monday. Bhubaneswar Bhasana Samiti Secretary, Dilip Mohanty informed that several […]

Cuttack: Orissa High Court on Monday permitted Balu Bazar Puja Committee, which is the oldest puja committees in the millennium city of Cuttack, to hold Durga Puja. The Court has allowed the Puja Committee to conduct all the rituals as per strict compliance to the COVID-19 guidelines issued by Centre and Odisha government. Also Read: […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Agriculture and Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo has tested positive for Covid-19. Confirming this through his Twitter handle, the Minister on Monday informed that he was under home isolation and his condition was stable. “I have tested Covid positive. Now I am in home isolation and stable. Those who have come in […]

New Delhi: The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter (April-June) Q1 of 2020-21, both at Constant (2011-12) and Current Prices, along with the corresponding quarterly estimates of expenditure components of the GDP. GDP at Constant (2011-12) Prices in […]

New Delhi: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday decided to deploy high-level Central teams to four states — Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha, which are witnessing a sudden surge in the number of coronavirus cases and reporting high-mortality. Each of the multi-sectoral teams will be composed of an epidemiologist and a public […]

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 25.4 million, while the deaths have increased to over 849,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. As of Tuesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 25,405,556 and the fatalities rose to 849,303, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its […]