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Nigerian army chief Ibrahim Attahiru killed in air crash
Sat May 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Nigeria's army chief, Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, has been killed in a plane crash in the north-western state of Kaduna, officials say....
Andhra Pradesh to send Nellore ayurveda practitioner’s ‘Covid drug’ to ICMR for efficacy test
Sat May 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday ordered scientific tests on an ayurveda medicine that is being distributed by an ayurveda practitioner in the port tow...
Air India cyber-attack: Data of millions of customers compromised
Sat May 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's national airline Air India has said a cyber-attack on its data servers affected about 4.5 million customers around the world....
In Big U-Turn, Government's 70% RT-PCR Test Goal Becomes 40%
Fri May 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
RT-PCR tests - widely believed to be the most accurate method to detect COVID-19 - will be cut to 40 per cent of total tests by the end of next month, far from Prime Minister Naren...
Up To 300% More Antibodies When Second Dose Delayed, Says Study
Fri May 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Faced with a limited supply of shots and anxious populations waiting their turn, more countries are turning to an initially controversial strategy that's now been vindicated by sci...
Black fungus: Call to declare epidemic in Indian states
Fri May 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's states should declare an epidemic following a rise in deadly "black fungus" cases, the country's health authorities has said....
MiG-21 fighter jet crashes in Punjab’s Moga, IAF’s pilot dead
Fri May 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
An Indian Air Force pilot was killed in a MiG-21 fighter jet crash at Langeana village of Punjab’s Moga district in the wee hours of Friday. The pilot has been identified as IAF MC...
Goa court acquits journalist Tarun Tejpal in 2013 rape case
Fri May 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A sessions court on Tuesday acquitted former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal of all charges in a sexual assault case....
Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire comes into effect
Fri May 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come into effect.The ceasefire began early on Friday, bringing to an end 11 days of fighti...
"Aerosols Can Travel 10 Metres": Government's New Pointers On Covid
Thu May 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Use of proper ventilation can prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Union government's principal scientific adviser K VijayRaghavan's office said in a set of "easy to follow" guid...
ICMR approves Mylab’s Covid-19 self-testing kit CoviSelf
Thu May 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday approved the self-use Rapid Antigen Test for Covid-19 developed by Mylab Discovery Solutions. The test is developed in In...
Cyclone Tauktae: Chief Engineer says 14 life rafts had holes, Captain ignored warnings
Thu May 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Everyone on board barge P305 could have been saved had many of the life rafts not had punctures and the Captain taken the cyclone warnings seriously, its Chief Engineer Rahman Shai...
Covid-19: Australia in talks with airlines on vaccine passports
Thu May 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Australian government has opened talks with international airlines on digital vaccine passports for people who have been inoculated against Covid-19....
Coronavirus Vaccines Have Spawned 9 New Billionaires: Campaign Group
Thu May 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Profits from Covid-19 jabs have helped at least nine people become billionaires, a campaign group said Thursday, calling for an end to pharmaceutical corporations' "monopoly contro...
Qantas accelerates cost cuts as $1.5bn loss looms
Thu May 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Qantas has announced new cost-cutting measures to help it deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic....
Barabanki mosque demolition: Sunni Waqf Board to move HC, seek mosque restoration
Wed May 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A day after the district administration in Barabanki demolished a mosque, claiming it to be an “illegal structure”, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board Tuesday issued a stat...
Arvind Kejriwal Doesn't Speak For India: Government As Singapore Objects
Wed May 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Singapore had summoned the Indian envoy and conveyed "strong objection" to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's tweet on a "Singapore variant", the government said today, adding ...
Woman Journalist Arrested, Jailed In Dhaka Amid Widespread Protests
Wed May 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A journalist in Bangladesh known for her investigative reports and recent exposes on corruption in matters relating to the Covid crisis in the country, has been sent to jail after ...
Fake job offers in UAE leave over 300 Indian nurses stranded
Wed May 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A large group of nurses from Kerala, who arrived here on visit visas on the pretext of working in vaccination centres, are now stranded in Emirates across the UAE....
Israel-Gaza: Netanyahu says militants 'set back by years'
Wed May 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Israel's nine-day bombardment of Gaza has "set Hamas back by many years", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said....