Tag: Covid19

Bolangir: An 18-year-old girl onboard a Shramik special train died while returning to Odisha from Visakhapatnam on Sunday morning. The deceased identified RadhaKhara hailed from Boipariguda area of Koraput district. The government railway police (GRP) and railway protection force (RPF) personnel recovered the body at 6.10 AM after the train reached Bolangir station today morning. […]

Tehran: Iranians held massive collective prayers on Sunday to celebrate Eid, amid social distancing measures including masks and gloves due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Group prayers had been cancelled in the country for almost three months, although this restriction was recently lifted in low-risk areas and for special ceremonies, reports Efe news. The faithful were […]

Berhampur: He had expected it to be a very relieving experience amid Covid pandemic but much to his surprise his homecoming was more of a humiliation. Madhav Patra who belongs to Basudevpur of Sanakhemundi block in Ganjam district narrates how he has been spending past several days in an agony of isolation after being denied […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal on Tuesday urged people to make wearing face masks a common part of their lives. The governor made this appeal while releasing a special cover on ‘COVID-19, global pandemic’ and a pack of 10 picture postcards at the Raj Bhawan here. Wearing a mask is one of the preventive measures […]

Beijing: A leading Chinese virologist whose mysterious disappearance sparked speculation about the deadly novel coronavirus emanating from a bio-lab in Wuhan, was for the first time interviewed on China’s state television where she warned that such viruses are just the “tip of the iceberg” and expressed regret over science being “politicised”. Shi Zhengli, known as […]

New Delhi: As social distancing and staying at home have become the “new normal” in the current scenario of COVID times, it is important for pregnant women to keep a calm mind, continue their checkups with doctors on online sessions, and be open about their concerns, say experts. “With all the uncertainty around, one of […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday reviewed the state of the economy at the meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), in view of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first meeting of the FSDC, which comprises RBI Governor and other financial sector regulators, since the coronavirus outbreak. […]

New Delhi: The much-delayed 36th National Games, scheduled for October-November in Goa, was on Thursday postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) recently asked the Goa government to host the National Games as scheduled from October 20 to November 4 this year. However, a spurt in the number of novel […]

Sambalpur: A woman died after allegedly being trampled to death by a wild elephant at Hitasar village under Naktideul Forest Range in Sambalpur district today. The deceased identified as Pramila Dehuri, had gone to her farmland in the morning when she was attacked by an elephant. The incident which was the second death being reported […]

New Delhi: As many as 11 healthcare workers, including two resident doctors, have tested positive for coronavirus at the AIIMS on Friday, taking the total number of hospital staff infected so far to 206. Since February 1, 206 healthcare workers including two faculty, ten resident doctors, 26 nurses, nine technicians, five mess workers, 49 hospital […]

New Delhi: At least in the oil sector, the global health emergency posed by the spread of the novel coronavirus has come to the country’s advantage. India’s oil import bill has fallen close to 10 per cent in FY20 as the increasing spread of coronavirus and demand squeeze globally has depressed the crude oil prices […]

New Delhi: The nationwide lockdown – the fourth phase of which ends on May 31 – is likely to be extended beyond this date with more relaxations in lockdown 5.0 as most Indian states are in favour of continuing it for two more weeks, sources said on Friday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah conveyed the […]

New Delhi: The finance ministry is not in favour of increasing goods and services tax rates on non-essential items in the next month’s meeting of the GST Council, despite depressed revenue collections due to the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. If goods and services tax (GST) rates are increased on non-essential items, […]

New Delhi: The Union health ministry on Friday put up a rap song on its website exhorting people not to spit in public places as the novel coronavirus can spread through saliva. The one-minute-25-second video clip explains why one should not spit in public places and how spitting following consumption of smokeless tobacco can lead […]

New York: A team of US scientists led by an Indian-origin researcher has developed an experimental diagnostic test for COVID-19 that can visually detect the presence of coronavirus in 10 minutes. Scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine developed the test that uses a simple assay containing plasmonic gold nanoparticles to detect a […]