Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced Rs 1,690.46 crore special COVID assistance package for financially weaker people in the state who has been severely affected due to Covid pandemic. This will benefit landless farmers, construction workers, people living below poverty line, primitive groups, State Food Security Act beneficiaries, NREGA workers and differently abled…
New Delhi: Hockey India on Thursday announced the final list of 16-member women’s hockey squad for the much awaited Tokyo Olympics next month. The team has a balance of players comprising eight veterans players who had the experience of playing in Rio Olympics 2016 and eight new players. Deep Grace Ekka (defender) is the only…
Guwahati: All ponds in Assam to be geo-tagged under the government scheme ‘Ghara Ghare Pukhuri, Ghare Ghare Maach’. The decision was taken by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after a review meeting with the officials of the State Fisheries Department on Tuesday. The process of geo-tagging would soon begin across the state. The scheme was…
Indore: After cases of black, white and yellow being reported across the country, reports of another fungus has emerged. The first case of green fungus has been reported from Indore in Madhya Pradesh. As per information, a 34 year old man who has recovered after battling COVID-19 started experiencing nose bleeds and fever. Doctors asked…
Cuttack: Jayanta Mahapatra, one of the prominent poets writing in English in India has recovered from COVID-19 and has been discharged from the SCB Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday. The 92 year old poet was admitted to the ICU on May 31 after he developed breathing issues. After battling with Covid for 16 days…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday announced partial lockdown in the state till 5 am on July 1. The week-long shutdown will continue in all districts as before. Chief Secretary Suresh Mahapatra informed that districts have been divided into two categories for the partial lockdown. “In Category A, 17 districts with Covid test positivity rate…
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in association with the Health and Family Welfare Department, has achieved a milestone by administering more than 10 lakh doses. Covaxin vaccines are being administered to adults in both government and private vaccination centres in the city.By June 14, 6,20,968 jabs of the first dose of Covaxin have been…
Uttarakhand: A probe has revealed that around one lakh reports of Covid-19 tests done during Kumbh Mela were fake. It was found that the private agency engaged by the Uttarakhand government to conduct the test during the mela issued the fake reports. The Kumbh Mela festival was held from 1-30 April. Around four lakh tests…
Bhubaneswar: A special team of crime branch has been formed to inquire about fake Covid-19 medicines being circulated in different parts of the state. The team held a discussion with Drugs Controller Annada Sankar Das regarding the issue. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday has directed state police to form a special team to investigate…
Bhubaneswar: As experts believe that the possible third wave of Covid-19 may affect children, the clinical trials of covid vaccines on children has been going on. While a clinical trial of Covaxin on the 12-18 age group has been recently completed, the trial on 6-12 would begin on Tuesday, 15 June. The trial of the…
