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Bill And Melinda Gates To Divorce With $146 Billion At Stake
Tue May 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bill and Melinda Gates, who for decades have overseen one of history's greatest fortunes and philanthropic operations, said they plan to divorce....
Foreign Covid Aid Pours In, But "Teething Problems" In Distribution
Tue May 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As the world responds to India's Covid SOS, questions have emerged over whether foreign aid, including a vast number of oxygen machines and life-saving drugs, is reaching its desti...
Karnataka: 24 die allegedly due to oxygen crisis in Chamarajanagar
Mon May 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As many as 24 Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours after a government hospital in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar allegedly ran out of medical oxygen....
KKR’s Covid-19 cases have thrown IPL into a scheduling nightmare
Mon May 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The BCCI faces an Indian Premier League (IPL) fixture rescheduling nightmare following the postponement of Monday’s game between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers (...
India’s COVID cases near 20 million; national stay-at-home order urged
Mon May 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus infections for a 12th straight day on Monday to take its overall number of cases to just shy of 20 million, as scientists predicted...
Airport security app Clear looks to score with U.S. ‘vaccine passport’
Mon May 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Over 60 U.S. stadiums and other venues are deploying an app from Clear to verify people’s COVID-19 status, placing the New York company known for its airport security fast lanes at...
‘I’m an intersectional cisgender Millennial woman of color’: CIA goes full woke in widely mocked promo video
Mon May 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A recruitment ad for the Central Intelligence Agency featuring a smorgasbord of woke buzzwords has been ruthlessly mocked on social media, with many accusing the spy agency of usin...
Government Sets Deadline For PM's New House Amid Covid
Mon May 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A new Prime Minister's residence is to be built by December 2022 as part of the Central Vista project which has received an environmental all-clear in the middle of a raging pandem...
Oxygen Concentrators Lying With Customs, High Court Demands Details
Mon May 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to provide details of oxygen concentrators that are lying with the customs department pending clearance, by 3 pm today. Amid the terrible ...
Mamata likely to retain Bengal as trends show TMC leading
Sun May 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mamata Banerjee is likely to return as the Chief Minister for the third consecutive term with the TMC leading in over 200 seats, while the BJP’s lead has slipped to 88 seats, as pe...
Receiving threats… can’t comment on Kumbh or polls: Adar to UK daily
Sun May 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In an interview to a London newspaper, Adar Poonawalla, head of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII), has complained of receiving threats from po...
Congress, govt spar over foreign missions’ oxygen SOS to IYC
Sun May 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A war of words erupted between the government and Congress on Sunday involving two foreign missions in Delhi over supply of oxygen cylinders by the Youth Congress to these embassie...
Haryana Under Lockdown From Tomorrow For A Week: Minister Anil Vij
Sun May 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Haryana government has placed the state under a week-long complete lockdown starting tomorrow to curb the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the country. The ...
"Don't Hoard Oxygen": Government To Embassies Amid Row Over SOS
Sun May 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Foreign missions should not hoard oxygen and other essential supplies, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Sunday, as at least two of them turned to the opposition Congress fo...
Scientific Advisers Say Centre Ignored Warning Of Surge: Report
Sun May 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A forum of scientific advisers set up by the government warned officials in early March of a new and more contagious variant of the coronavirus taking hold in the country, five sci...
Super Victory For Trinamool; DMK Wins; Left In Kerala; BJP In Assam
Sun May 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mamata Banerjee looks set to win a third term in Bengal, the DMK is heading for victory in Tamil Nadu, the BJP is leading in Assam and the LDF in Kerala in the counting of votes fo...
Delhi Hospital Says Doctor Among 8 Dead After It Ran Out Of Oxygen
Sat May 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Eight people, including a doctor, died at Delhi's Batra Hospital on Saturday after the facility ran out of medical oxygen - for the second time in the space of a week - at 11.45 am...
US Bans Travel From Covid-Hit India. See Who Are Exempted
Sat May 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Certain categories of students, academics, journalists and individuals have been exempted from the India travel ban announced by President Joe Biden, the US State Department said....
Woman Dies In Car Outside Noida Hospital, Gasping, Unable To Find Bed
Sat May 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As India reels under a deadly second wave of coronavirus, countless cases of unspeakable tragedies have emerged from across the country....
Australians Arriving From Covid-Hit India Could Face 5 Years' Jail, Fine
Sat May 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Australian residents and citizens who have been in India within 14 days of the date they plan to return home will be banned from entering Australia as of Monday and those who disob...