Tag: Lockdown

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 […]

Mumbai: Former BJP Lok Sabha MP Kirit Somaiya on Thursday lashed out at former Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan for suggesting the Centre for ‘gold appropriation’ of golds lying with all religious trusts in India. He questioned whether Congress president Sonia Gandhi had asked Chavan to put forth this demand. Thereafter, he asked the Congress party […]

Dehradun: The sacred portals of Badrinath were opened early on Friday with only a select group of priests and Devasthanam Board officials attending the low-key ceremony. The gates of the Himalayan temple were opened at 4.30 am by its chief priest Rawal Ishwari Prasad Nambudiri in the presence of a limited number of shrine board […]

Bhubaneswar: The focus of the Centre should be to feed the hungry so that they can tide through the tough situation arising out of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while addressing regional media on Saturday. Responding to a question by OTV News Editor Radhamadhab Mishra on Prime Minister Narendra […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi:  The Central Board of Secondary Education has deferred the announcement of dates for the leftover class 10 and 12 board exams to May 18, i.e. on Monday. Union Minister of HRD, Ramesh Pokhriyal took to Twitter on Saturday saying that CBSE is taking into consideration some additional ‘technical aspects’ after which the exam […]

Soundarya Sharma is an emerging Indian model and actress who is currently stuck in Los Angeles. Just as all the other Indians who were forced to stay where they were due to lockdown, Soundarya too did not have any other option. But that has not stopped this sultry model from enjoying life. Recently the Delhi […]

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has come up with a fresh order for the states and Union Territories (UTs) instructing them “not to dilute” its guidelines issued for the lockdown 4.0 that began from Monday for two more weeks till May 31. The guidelines were about the opening up of the […]

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the modification to the existing partial credit guarantee scheme for NBFCs. Post the modification, the scheme will be extended to bonds or commercial papers (CPs) issued by NBFCs, housing finance companies, and microfinance companies, whereby the government would provide the sovereign portfolio guarantee of up to 20 […]

New Delhi: Following instances of violations of lockdown 4.0 norms at various places, the Centre on Thursday directed states and UTs to “scrupulously adhere” to all measures on restrictions mandated by the Ministry of Home Affairs or laid down by them. Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla in a letter to all Chief Secretaries emphasized that […]

Bhadrak/Berhampur: Despite returning to the native State after weeks of hardships amid the nationwide lockdown in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak, it seems the tragedy hitting the returning migrants in Odisha is far from over. Already reeling under the crisis of losing their livelihood due to the lockdown, absence of basic facilities in the temporary […]

Puri: In view of the spurt in COVID-19 cases and lockdown curbs, Puri district administration on Saturday decided to conduct Covid testing of Garabadu servitors who will be engaged in conduct of the Snana Purima rituals, a key festival in the run- up to Rath Yatra. Though the services of 108 Garabadu will required for […]