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Russia school shooting: Children and teacher killed in Kazan
Tue May 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Children and a teacher have been killed in a shooting at a school in the Russian city of Kazan.Reports over the number of deaths varied, but officials said at least seven children ...
Deadly 'Black Fungus' In Covid Patients In India
Tue May 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The government has told doctors to look out for signs of mucormycosis or "black fungus" in COVID-19 patients as hospitals report a rise in cases of the rare but potentially fatal i...
Union Labour Minister complains to U.P. CM on COVID-19 response
Mon May 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar flagged concerns over the COVID-19 response in Uttar Pradesh in a letter to...
Iraqi protesters reportedly set Iranian consulate on fire amid fury over assassination of activist
Mon May 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Protesters have set the Iraqi city of Karbala ablaze following the killing of prominent activist Ihab al-Wazni. The demonstrators have accused Iran-backed militias of his assassina...
Asked to rethink vaccine policy, Centre to SC: trust us, no need for court to interfere
Mon May 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Centre on Sunday told the Supreme Court that its vaccination policy had been framed to ensure equitable distribution, with the limited availability of vaccines, vulnerability,...
US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack
Mon May 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US government issued emergency legislation on Sunday after the largest fuel pipeline in the US was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack....
India records more than 3.66 lakh new cases, over 3,700 deaths on May 10, 2021
Mon May 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India recorded 3,66,317 new COVID-19 cases until 11.37 p.m. on May 10. As many as 3,747 new deaths were also registered. The country has so far reported a total of 2,26,62,410 case...
WHO's Top Scientist On Factors Behind India's Covid Explosion
Sun May 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Soumya Swaminathan warned that "the epidemiological features that we see in India today do indicate that it's an extremely rapidly spreading variant"....
Delhi lockdown extended by another week; metro services to remain suspended
Sun May 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi first announced a week-long lockdown this year on April 19. It has been extended every Sunday since, as cases and positivity rate refused to dip....
China says Long March 5B rocket BURNED UP over Indian Ocean near Maldives
Sun May 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The out-of-control Long March 5B rocket that so fascinated the Western media re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean and burned up, the Chinese space engineering agency...
COVID-19 Virus Airborne, Can Spread Beyond 6 Feet: Top US Medical Body
Sun May 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The risk for infection decreases with increasing distance from the source and increasing time after exhalation, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Kabul attack: Blasts near school leave more than 50 dead
Sun May 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Blasts close to a secondary school in the Afghan capital Kabul have left at least 50 people dead and more than 100 injured, officials say....
PM Dials 4 Chief Ministers To Discuss Covid Situation In Their States
Sat May 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke with four Chief Ministers in separate phone calls and discussed the coronavirus situation in their states, government sources said. He dial...
Tried To Capture Bengal, Nearly Destroyed India: Mamata Banerjee On Modi Government
Sat May 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today that the COVID-19 crisis in the country was the result of the Centre "not doing any work" in the last six months as Union ministers and le...
COVID-19 surge | Supreme Court orders immediate de-congestion of prisons
Sat May 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court has turned a humanitarian eye on the over four-lakh prison population inside overcrowded jails even as the second wave of the pandemic continues its devastating r...
Active caseload thrice last year’s peak, a lone doctor struggles to cope with flood of patients in Saharanpur
Sat May 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The patient is weak and gasping for breath, Dr V K Sharma can barely hear him speak. But he puts his hand on the patient’s chest, checks the makeshift saline drip on a rickety pole...
Al-Aqsa mosque: Dozens hurt in Jerusalem clashes
Sat May 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least 163 Palestinians and six Israeli police officers have been hurt in clashes in Jerusalem, Palestinian medics and Israeli police say....
Indian expat spends $55,000 to fly with family on private jet from Kerala to UAE
Sat May 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
An Indian businessman has spent around $55,000 (Dh202,290) to fly with his family, including his newly married daughter and her husband, from India to the UAE on a private jet due ...
Cryptocurrency investors should be prepared to lose all their money – Bank of England
Sat May 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Digital currencies “have no intrinsic value,” according to Bank of England (BOE) Governor Andrew Bailey. He warned that people who invest in crypto should be prepared to lose all t...
Covid hits rural India: cases and deaths quadruple
Sat May 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A disconcerting feature of the second wave of Covid-19 is the surge in cases in rural India. Compared with the first peak in September last year, the number of cases in India’s hin...