COVID-19 pandemic

Geneva: The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded in official data published today by WHO and UNICEF. The percentage of children who received three doses of the vaccine against…

Geneva: World Health Organization has warned that COVID-19 remains a 'Public Health Emergency of International Concern.' WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, fresh waves of COVID-19 cases show that the pandemic is…

Bhubaneswar: Taking forward its mission to enable 4G digital connectivity in remote hinterlands across the country, Reliance Jio has ushered in digital transformation in over 18 remote villages and hamlets of the geographically challenging…

Rome/New York: The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic (1), according to a United…

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a moratorium of three years (2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23) to Cochin Port Authority (CoPA) towards repayment of the balance…

New Delhi: Health and Family Welfare Ministry has advised the State and Union Territories not to lower their guard against the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement has come in the wake of rising cases of COVID-19 in a few States and UTs.…

Bhubaneswar: The Railways has decided to restore the services of Puri-Barbil-Puri Express with effect from 5th May from Puri and 6th May, from Barbil, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) informed on Monday. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the…

Cuttack: Despite the adverse conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Odisha Vigilance was successful in registering 267 criminal cases in 2021 which is higher than the registration of 245 cases in 2020. The 267 criminal cases registered…

Puri: In view of the fresh wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has issued a fresh standard operating procedure (SOP) for darshan of the holy trinity. According to sources, the new SoP will come…

New Delhi: The aviation sector in India has been affected due to severe disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The estimated losses incurred by airlines and airports in India in the financial year 2020-21 is approximately Rs.19,564…