Bhubaneswar: Lockdown 2.0 is continuing, ahead of this Union Health Ministry has extended the Lockdown for 2 more weeks from 4 May 2020. Lockdown 3.0 listed 130 districts in the country in red zone, 284 in orange zone and 319 green zone. The new guidelines say “for the well-being and safety” of people, movement for all…
New Delhi : The COVID-19 outbreak and the resultant uncertainty has impacted schools and educational institutes across India. Rising to the occasion, Indian Edtech major Meritnation, a subsidiary of test preparation leader Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), is conducting special free live classes for students during the lockdown helping them continue their studies. Meritnation has opened…
Bhubaneswar – Abhinand C and Shilpa Rajeev, two students from the Government College of Engineering in Kannur, Kerala, have bagged the first prize of $10,000 at the recently concluded CODE19 online hackathon against coronavirus in India. Their winning entry, called iClassroom, involved a modern virtual classroom for the millennial generation. It connects students with teachers through…
Bhubaneswar: An Ambulance carrying 3 COVID-19 patients from Jajpur faced accident at the Chaluaganj Over bridge, Cuttack. These patients were coming from Jajpur Corona Hospital. As per the sources, the 3 Corona patients are safe and have been moved to the SUM Covid Hospital, Bhubaneswar. The Ambulance & the accident place have been sanitized by…
Mumbai : Continuing its efforts to support the painter community, Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd. (KNPL) has announced the establishment of a crowd funded endowment fund for its community of painters in association with India’s largest and most trusted donation platform ‘GiveIndia’. The amount collected through this platform will be used to provide financial aid of…
Bhubaneswar: For the promotion of the online education during this lockdown, Utkal Entrepreneurship and Career Hub (UECH) of Utkal University in collaboration with RUSA have started a series of webinars as a part of the University’s online teaching initiative starting last week. The second in the series, today’s webinar focused on “Sustainable technologies for livelihoods and…
Bhubaneswar: Explaining the queries & doubts of traders in Bhubaneswar regarding the opening of shops and other business establishments, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued a clarification on today. BMC commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary made it clear that shops dealing with all essential commodities shall remain open told while briefing the media. The neighbourhood shops, standalone shops…
Bhubaneswar: Two more COVID-19 patients recovered today, bringing down the number of recovered cases in Odisha to 41, tweet by Health and Family Welfare Department. Earlier today, as many as 17 persons were tested positive with COVID-19 in the State taking the total coronavirus cases to 142. In the meantime, labors from Surat & Tamilnadu are rushing to…
Bhubaneswar: To seek a ease from the ongoing Lockdown, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had discussed with the Chief Ministers and asked for the detail plan by Monday. As per the sources, there was no final decision on the the lockdown extension or relaxation. The second phase of the Lockdown ends on 3rd May. During…
Bhubaneswar: In the health update of 27th April (i.e. today) by the Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department, GoO, 03 new positive cases have been detected in Odisha. One positive case in Koraput (Dasmantapur) 22 Yrs Male, Health worker (Asymptomatic) One positive case in Balasore 32 Yrs Male (West Bengal returnee). He is a staff nurse…