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SC refuses to intervene in Karnataka HC order on increased oxygen quota to state
Fri May 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Karnataka High Court’s order asking the central government to increase the state’s daily quota of liquid medical oxygen fr...
Covid: Concern increases over India variant in UK
Fri May 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Public health experts have recommended one version of the Indian coronavirus variant be made a "variant of concern" in the UK, the BBC has been told....
"Don't Force Us To...": Supreme Court To Centre On Delhi Oxygen Supply
Fri May 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The central government has to supply 700 metric tonnes of medical oxygen to Delhi every day till further orders, the Supreme Court said this morning, as top hospitals in the nation...
India Covid aid: Is emergency relief reaching those in need?
Fri May 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As India's devastating Covid-19 crisis mounted last month, countries around the world began sending emergency medical supplies to help stem the surge....
"Try Listening, Too": Jharkhand Chief Minister To PM After Phone Call
Fri May 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a phone-call with him on the Covid situation in his state has drawn sharp and varied reactions....
India adds over 4.14 lakh fresh Covid cases, 3,915 casualties in a day
Fri May 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With a record 4,14,188 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,14,91,598, while the active cases crossed the 36-lakh ...
India Asks State Banks To Withdraw Cash Abroad So Cairn Cannot Seize It
Fri May 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India has asked state-run banks to withdraw funds from their foreign currency accounts abroad, two government officials and a banker said, as New Delhi fears Cairn Energy may try t...
4.12 Lakh Fresh Cases, 3,980 Deaths: India's Worst Covid Numbers Yet
Thu May 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Up to 3,980 people died of Covid in India the past 24 hours, the highest in a day so far, pushing total fatalities to 2,30,168.The country also set a new grim record in its daily C...
Prince blamed for shooting one of Europe's biggest bears
Thu May 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Environmental campaigners suspect a Liechtenstein prince shot dead probably the biggest bear alive in the EU on a hunting expedition in Romania in March. They say Prince Emanuel vo...
Coronavirus: How India descended into Covid-19 chaos
Thu May 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
On Monday, a senior official from India's federal government told journalists that there was no shortage of oxygen in Delhi or anywhere else in the country. As he spoke, several sm...
Big Pharma group up in arms after Biden signals support for profit-threatening patent waiver on Covid vaccines
Thu May 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
An international body representing a who’s-who of Big Pharma firms has rejected a US-backed proposal to lift intellectual property rights for coronavirus vaccines, insisting the mo...
India's Competition Regulator Orders Antitrust Probe Into Tata Motors' Commercial Vehicle Business
Thu May 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered an antitrust investigation against the commercial vehicle business of Tata Motors Limited. As per news report of NDTV, there a...
Covid, Crime, Terrorism: US Reissues Travel Advisory On India
Thu May 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US has reissued its travel advisory on India, urging its citizens not to travel to the country due to an unprecedented surge in the COVID-19 cases there....
Ajit Singh, Former Union Minister And RLD Chief, Dies Of COVID-19
Thu May 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Ajit Singh, Union Minister in several governments and one of India's senior most politicians, died on Thursday at 82. The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief had been battling Covid, his...
I Know What It Takes to Defeat Narendra Modi
Thu May 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
KOLKATA, India — I am a member of the Indian Parliament, and on Sunday, the political party I belong to, the All India Trinamool Congress, defeated the party of Prime Minister Nare...
India posts record daily COVID-19 deaths, one in four globally last week
Wed May 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India accounted for nearly half of the COVID-19 cases reported worldwide last week, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, as the country’s coronavirus deaths rose by a r...
Covid: Reused nose swab scam busted in Indonesia airport
Wed May 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Several employees of a pharmaceutical company have been arrested in Indonesia for allegedly washing and reselling used Covid nasal swab test kits. Up to 9,000 passengers at an airp...
COVID scare at G7 meeting after Indian delegates test positive
Wed May 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting in London was hit by a COVID-19 scare on Wednesday when India's foreign minister and his entire team said they were self-isolating aft...
Covid cases at Everest base camp raise fears of serious outbreak
Wed May 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mountaineers and authorities at Everest base camp in Nepal have told the BBC they are seeing rising numbers of climbers with Covid-19 symptoms and rising numbers of positive tests,...
Wrestler beaten to death outside Delhi stadium, police probe role of Olympic medalist
Wed May 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 24-year-old wrestler was allegedly beaten to death, and his two friends were physically assaulted outside Chhatrasal stadium in North-West Delhi’s Model Town area on late Tuesday...