Odisha records highest ever single-day spike with 6,215 COVID-19 cases

Bhubaneswar, April 23: Odisha has reported as many as 6,215 daily new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, highest ever in a day, informed the State Health Department on Friday. The State also recorded 2,165 fresh recoveries and eight deaths during the same period. Khurda reported highest 950 cases. Of the total 6,215 cases, […]

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Fight against COVID-19: Railways to transpoft oxygen by Ro-Ro service

Bhubaneswar, April 22: In response to fight against Covid-19, Indian Railways has geared up to run Oxygen Express to supply Oxygen from Steel plants to different parts of the country. First Roll On-Roll Off (Ro-Ro) Oxygen Express is now in East Coast Railway (ECoR) with seven empty tankers from Kalamboli Goods Shed in Maharashtra. It […]

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Odisha records new high of 6,164 Covid cases in a day, 7 deaths

Bhubaneswar, April 22: The daily COVID-19 cases breached 6,000-mark in Odisha on Thursday as the State reported 6,164 new infections recording a steep rise of 27 per cent in the last 24 hours, as per the Health Department. The state’s infection in past 24 hours is the highest ever in a day. A total of […]

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Ground Penetrating Survey in Old Town of Bhubaneswar – Too little, too late

Bhubaneswar April 21: The ongoing Ground Penetration Radar survey underway in the areas coming under the Ekamrakshetra Beautification Project is an effort which is too little and too late. The entire area that had been earlier cleared for the project and laid with cement tiles is now being surveyed. The Gujarat based company engaged for […]

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Odisha reports 4,851 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths

Bhubaneswar, April 21: Odisha has reported 4,851 new COVID-19 cases, 1,740 recoveries and five more fatalities in the last 24 hours, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department on Wednesday. Of the total cases, 2,814 cases were detected from among the quarantined people and 2,037 were local contacts. These new cases have been detected […]

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COVID-19 Surge: Odisha CM asks Collectors to be prepared for return of migrants

Bhubaneswar, April 20: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in the State and directed all the district Collectors to be prepared for the return of the migrants. “With lockdowns in seriously affected states, the Collectors should be prepared for the return of the migrants. The protocols followed earlier should be reactivated […]

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Union Cabinet okays subsidy for urea produced via coal-gasification by Talcher Fertilizer

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, April 20: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday approved the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for the formulation of exclusive subsidy policy for Urea produced through coal gasification route by Talcher Fertilizers Limited (TFL). Considering the strategic energy security and urea self-sufficiency of […]

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Odisha reports 4,761 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths

Bhubaneswar, April 20: Odisha has reported 4,761 new COVID-19 cases, 1,503 recoveries and five more casualties in the last 24 hours, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department on Tuesday. Of the total cases, 2,785 cases were detected from among the quarantined people while 1,976 cases were local contacts. These new cases have been […]

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Two City Covid Observers visit 1929 Call Centre in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, April 19: Two senior IAS officers and COVID-19 observers for Bhubaneswar city – Anu Garg and Dr N Thirumala Naik – on Monday visited the 1929 Call Centte at the Bhubaneswar Operations Centre here. The Covid Observers interacted with the staff regularly calling up those in Home Isolation and those receiving queries from the […]

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BJD not to hold public rallies, campaign meetings in Pipili bypoll

Bhubaneswar, April 19: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has decided not to hold any public rallies or campaign meetings in Pipili bypoll, announces Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday. “Every life is precious and I always consider people of #Odisha as my family members. In this extremely serious #COVID19 situation amidst surge in cases in […]

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