Bhubaneswar: Amidst the surge in Covid cases across the state came a good news of a 98 year old woman with co-morbidities who has defeated the Covid infection in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. A resident of Chandrasekharpur, Annapurna Biswal was detected with Covid-19 on May 5 after which the family members rushed her to…
Bhubaneswar: Demanding to be acknowledged as Covid Warriors and get vaccinated, the chemists of Khurda district have warned to shut medicine stores in coming days if the state government doesn’t fulfill their demand. The Khordha District Chemists and Druggists Association, president Pragati Mohanty said that the chemists have been demanding to be granted the COVID…
New Delhi: Covaxin trial in the age group of 2-18 years has been cleared by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Thursday. Bharat Biotech International Limited, Hyderabad had proposed to carry out the trial of the vaccine on the age group of 2-18 years. In the phase Phase II/III clinical trial of the…
Kharagpur: An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur professor has been suspended for abusing Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) students during an online class. During an online class in the month of April, professor Seema Singh addressed the students as ‘bloody bast****’ and even threatened to make sure that they fail the examinations….
Bhubaneswar: Newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) and Commissioner Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sanjay Kumar Singh visited the 24X7 Call Centre of 1929 this evening and reviewed its functioning. The Centre on COVID was started March 25. The Commissioner was briefed about the numbers of work stations engaged for…
Bhubaneswar: With the surge in Covid cases, the demand to recruit a large number of medical staff has increased. In order to meet the requirement of doctors in various government hospitals across the state, the Government in Health and Family Welfare Department have been recommended to appoint 786 doctors who cleared the recently conducted examination….
Guwahati: Eminent Assamese writer and journalist Homen Borgohain passed away on Wednesday morning. He was 88. He had recovered from Covid 19 and was discharged from hospital on May 7. He collapsed from his bed at his home and was admitted to the hospital where he breathed his last after a cardiac arrest. The Sahitya…
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday informed that a low pressure area is likely to form over southeast Arabian Sea on May 14 which would gradually move towards northwestwards across southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area. IMD forecasted that this could intensify into a Cyclonic storm over east central Arabian Sea on…
Bhubaneswar: The first case of Black Fungus disease also known as Mucormycosis has been reported from a 71 year old Covid patient in Bhubaneswar. A native of Jajpur was admitted in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Monday. The patient has an uncontrolled diabetes and was tested Covid positive on April 20. He was in…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to float a global tender to procure Covid-19 vaccines for the people of Odisha from various vaccine manufacturing companies in different countries. A decision was taken after a cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday. Informing about the decision, chief secretary Suresh Mohapatra…
