COVID-19 Pandemic

Bhubaneswar: India’s leading weekly news magazine India Today has lauded the strong leadership of Odisha’s most popular and longest serving Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. “Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister of Odisha, has evolved his own…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has released Rs 350 crore for distribution to the beneficiaries of national and state food security schemes as Covid livelihood assistance. Beneficiaries will get Rs 1000 as Covid relief I their bank accounts.…

Wellington:  The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a great example of how regional cooperation can deliver huge economic benefits while boosting world economic recovery amid the pandemic, New Zealand experts have said.…

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he supports a proposal to introduce paid non-working days across the country from October 30 to November 7 in an effort to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Local authorities…

Washington:  World Bank Group President David Malpass has said the Covid-19 pandemic is pushing up poverty and debt levels in low-income countries, highlighting a "tragic reversal" in development. "It's already pushed nearly 100 million…

Berhampur: Ganjam district has set a milestone in employment generation by providing over two crore person days of work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the 2021-22 financial year. The…

New Delhi:  The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday released the second instalment of the Central share of Rs 7,274.40 crore in advance to the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) of 23 states. Five states have already got in advance…

Bhubaneswar: Ruling Biju Janata Dal’s trade union wing Biju Sramika Samukhya (BSS) held its extended state-level executive meet here on Sunday. At the meeting, the BSS members and leaders have expressed their deep gratitude to Chief…

New York: The Covid-19 pandemic worsened food insecurity, even among people who are more well-off than the general population, finds a survey of nearly 6,000 American families. The survey, conducted via social media by researchers at NYU…

New Delhi: Led by drugs and pharmaceuticals, India's exports from special economic Zones (SEZs) rose by 41.5 per cent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis to Rs 2.15 lakh crore in Q1FY22. Exports from these zones had taken a hit during the…