Tag: Lockdown

New Delhi: Pending Class 10 and 12 CBSE exams, which were postponed due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown, will be conducted from July 1 to 15, Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ announced on Friday. The schedule has been decided in order to ensure that the board exams are completed before competitive examinations […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today increased the working hours in different industries in the State in a bid to replenish man-hours lost because of the COVID-19 lockdown. During a press briefing on Friday, Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Information & Public Relations Department, Sanjay Kumar Singh said that in small, medium and large scale industries, man-hours were lost […]

New Delhi: The Indian Railways, which has started Shramik Specials to transport the stranded migrant workers, students, pilgrims and tourists, has in eight days operated 251 trains and transported over 2.6 lakh people. A senior Railway Ministry official said that on Friday, the national transporter has operated 43 trains and 10 more trains are planned […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah issued a statement on Saturday clearing the air over online speculation on his alleged health conditions. Calling it “baseless rumour”, Shah said the reason he has come up with clarification is that, BJP cadres have grown concerned. “Since lakhs of ‘karyakartas’ have expressed concern over this speculation spread […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Supreme Court of India issued a stay on the Orissa High Court order that prohibited the entry of people into the State of Odisha without COVID-19 test, as many as five different trains carrying migrants people from outside states are scheduled to arrive in Odisha. While 3 trains carrying stranded […]

New Delhi: After more than five-year wait, the government may finally throw open the doors of the regulated coal sector for commercial mining by the private sector comprising both Indian and overseas miners in July. Government sources said that draft rules, bid documents and agreements for commercial mining has been prepared and finalised and it […]

New Delhi: As the restrictions are being gradually eased in some zones to bring the economy back on track, the Centre has issued fresh “guidelines for restarting manufacturing industries after lockdown”, advising them not to try to achieve high production targets. In order to minimize the risk and to encourage a successful restart of industrial […]

New Delhi: With the focus on boosting economic activities amid a graded exit from the coronavirus-induced lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers of various states via video conference on Monday afternoon. This will be his fifth interaction with the chief ministers after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country. […]

By Sandeep Sahu The exponential growth of Corona positive cases in the state over the last few days has expectedly raised an outcry against the government decision to bring back lakhs of migrant workers from Odisha stranded in big cities in other states due to the nationwide lockdown that has already lasted more than a […]

New Delhi: In a bid to provide more convenience to passengers, the Indian Railways on Monday said that the Shramik Special trains will now have three stoppages on its route and the will run with full capacity. The announcement came a day after the Indian Railways announced to run 15 pair of air conditioned trains […]

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all varsities in the country to set up a cell for handling grievances of students related to examinations and other academic activities arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The commission has also constituted a task force to monitor the redressal of grievances and concerns raised by […]

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) will soon issue a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for aviation sector and airports which needs to be followed once flight services resume. As per initial reports,  people above 80 years of age will be restricted from undertaking air travel in the phase-I of the flight resumption. Sources said, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Wednesday saw resumption of bus services for the first time since the enforcement of nationwide lockdown on March 22 in view of Covid-19 pandemic. This apart, OSRTC will now provide services in all green zones. A special OSRTC bus started operations to facilitate office-goers in twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack from […]

London: Researchers have found that levels of two major air pollutants have been drastically reduced since lockdowns began in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a secondary pollutant – ground-level ozone – has increased in China. Two new studies, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that nitrogen dioxide pollution over northern China, Western […]

New Delhi: Two days after the Indian Railways started to run the Special Rajdhani trains, the national transporter on Wednesday issued an order introducing the provision of waiting list not only in its present operational special trains for journeys starting May 22 but also for all its forthcoming services. The Railways also indicated that it […]