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Joe Biden's Top Medical Adviser Advises Total Lockdown In India For Few Weeks: Report
Sat May 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Top US epidemiologist Anthony Fauci has suggested a complete lockdown for a few weeks in India as an immediate step to contain the spread of COVID-19 as its deadly second wave show...
India coronavirus: Over-18s vaccination drive hit by shortages
Sat May 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India has become the first country to report more than 400,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, as its nationwide vaccine drive launches amid a supply crisis....
At Over Rs. 1.41 Lakh Crore, GST Collection In April Sets All-Time High Record
Sat May 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The gross goods and services tax (GST) revenue collected in the month of April 2021 stood at an all-time high record of Rs. 1.41 lakh crore, said the Ministry of Finance in a state...
White House reviewing allegation of ‘energy attack’ in Washington, DC reportedly similar to past ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases
Fri Apr 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The White House has said it is evaluating a report about a possible energy attack nearby that left one National Security Council official sick with side effects similar to the ‘Hav...
No Clampdown On Info, Supreme Court Warns In Big Covid Hearing
Fri Apr 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
No state should clamp down on information if citizens communicate their grievances on social media, the Supreme Court said today amid Covid surge, stressing that the court will "tr...
After Court's "Booked For Murder" Remark, Election Commission Pushes Back
Fri Apr 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Election Commission today requested the Madras High Court to restrain the media from reporting on oral observations, days after the court's sharp remarks on "murder charges" on...
Counter ‘one-sided’ world media narrative on govt’s pandemic ‘failure’, Jaishankar tells Indian diplomats
Fri Apr 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a virtual meeting with Indian ambassadors and high commissioners posted across the world, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday conveyed the message that the “one-s...
CM Adityanath’s experiment to check COVID spread in UP with help of bureaucracy ‘failed’: BJP MLA
Fri Apr 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Bairia constituency Surendra Singh on Friday criticised the state government’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, saying Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath...
Supersoldiers & AI generals? Top Space Force scientist says Pentagon must adopt ‘human augmentation’ tech to beat out adversaries
Thu Apr 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The gradual merger of man and machine is not only inevitable, but “imperative” in the Pentagon’s drive to outdo US adversaries, the Space Force’s top scientist said, hailing a new ...
Didn't Ask Facebook To Drop #ResignModi, Report "Mischievous": Government
Thu Apr 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Wall Street Journal report that alleged that the temporary blocking of the hashtag #ResignModi was an attempt to curb public dissent is "misleading" and "mischievous", the govern...
Top ULFA-I militant killed in encounter in Assam’s Bongaigaon district, one of his aides arrested: Police
Thu Apr 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A top militant of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) — self-styled commander Dwipen Saud — was killed during an encounter with security forces in Bongaigaon district...
Indian Billionaires Hunker Down In Safety Bubbles As Covid Rages On
Thu Apr 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Some of India's richest people are forming bubbles with their families and staff, while others are leaving for homes outside of major cities as a virus resurgence overwhelms the co...
Counting the Covid dead in the capital: on paper, at the pyre, and in between
Thu Apr 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The harrowing images playing out from cities and towns across the country show mourners lined up outside crematoriums, rows of funeral pyres burning with hardly a break, last-rites...
Reporter Quits Over "Incorrect" Kamala Harris Story: "Ordered To Write"
Thu Apr 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A longtime New York Post reporter said she has resigned after being "ordered" to write a false story that claimed undocumented minors were being welcomed to the United States with ...
"We Don't Have Vaccines": Delhi Ahead Of Big 18+ Inoculation Drive
Thu Apr 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two days ahead of phase III of the national Covid vaccination drive, which will include all adults, the Delhi government today said the city had run out of doses. The administratio...
25,000 devotees, over 1,000 seers mark last shahi snan
Wed Apr 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three days before the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar comes to an end, around 1,350 seers from various akharas and 25,000 devotees bathed in Brahmkund at Har Ki Pauri during the last shahi ...
HOLS BOOST Brits to find out in 2 WEEKS which holiday destinations will make ‘green list’ – with vaccine passports on NHS Covid app
Wed Apr 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
BRITAIN'S vaccine passport scheme will use the NHS app, Grant Shapps confirmed today, as he pledged to unveil the green list of holiday destinations within the next two weeks....
GIVE ME A BREAK! BBC told pundit Reanne Evans to LEAVE studio after her snooker star ex said she was a ‘distraction’
Wed Apr 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
BBC chiefs told pundit Reanne Evans to leave a studio after her snooker player ex claimed she was a “distraction”. The women’s world snooker champ was set to broadcast live from th...
Coronavirus India Updates: Daily death count crosses 3,000-mark for the first time
Wed Apr 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India, in the last 24 hours, recorded 3,60,960 fresh Covid-19 cases and 3,293 deaths, which is the highest in the country so far. With today’s numbers, the total number of coronavi...
Move Jailed Kerala Journalist To Delhi For Treatment: Supreme Court To UP
Wed Apr 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Jailed Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan will be be shifted to AIIMS or any Delhi government hospital for treatment, the Supreme Court said today. After recovering, he can be sent ...