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Covid: India's super-rich pay over Dh500,000 for private jets to UK
Mon Apr 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India’s uber-wealthy paid an estimated 100,000 pounds (Dh511,000) for private jets to fly them to the UK before a travel ban was implemented on passengers from the country....
Supplying Oxygen To 800 Hospitals, Only Delhi Complaining: INOX In Court
Mon Apr 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Oxygen supplier INOX today told Delhi High Court that it is "supplying oxygen to 800 hospitals across the country and only the ones in Delhi" are complaining. This, Inox said, is h...
India Covid crisis: 14 countries that have imposed travel bans, suspensions
Mon Apr 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With India buckling under a deadly second wave of the coronavirus crisis and hospitals in the country running out of beds and oxygen supplies, countries across the world have annou...
Indian hospitals turn away patients in COVID-19 ‘tsunami’
Sun Apr 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India’s coronavirus infections rose by 346,786 overnight, the health ministry said on Saturday, setting a new world record for the third consecutive day, as overwhelmed hospitals i...
"Centre Supporting States In Fight Against Covid": PM On "Mann Ki Baat"
Sun Apr 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Centre is "fighting with all its might to support states in fight against coronavirus". As per news report of NDTV, speaking in his month...
US promises ‘additional support’ for Indian Covid-19 crisis amid calls to release unused vaccine doses to hardest-hit nations
Sun Apr 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
After repeatedly ducking queries about whether the US will lift a ban on the export of raw vaccine materials to India, the White House has vowed more support, but was vague on deta...
Iraq Covid hospital fire: At least 23 dead after 'oxygen tank explodes'
Sun Apr 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least 23 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in the capital of Iraq, Baghdad.As per news report of bbc.com, dozens of others were injur...
India Covid: Patients dying without oxygen amid Delhi surge
Sun Apr 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
For a fourth day in a row, India has set an unwelcome world record for the number of new coronavirus infections: a further 349,691 cases in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, with ano...
US lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Sat Apr 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
US health regulators have lifted an 11-day pause on the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 jab, but will add a warning label about the potential for extremely rare blood clots....
“Collective West is living in fantasy land”: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
Sat Apr 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Western countries are living in a grim “fantasy land” they’ve created through years of anti-Russian propaganda, the outspoken Maria Zakharova told RT DE, with any initiative by Mos...
India’s daily coronavirus cases climb to new world record as hospitals buckle
Sat Apr 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India’s coronavirus infections rose by 346,786 overnight, the health ministry said on Saturday, setting a new world record for the third consecutive day, as overwhelmed hospitals i...
ITC To Import 24 Oxygen Tanks As India Battles Deadly Covid Crisis
Sat Apr 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
wo dozen oxygen transport tanks will be airlifted to India to increase transport capacity from production sites to hospitals battling critical shortages amid a frightening wave of ...
8 Killed In Avalanche After Uttarakhand Glacier Burst, 384 Rescued
Sat Apr 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Eight bodies have been recovered and 384 people rescued by the Army today after a glacier broke triggering an avalanche close to the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand on Friday, off...
"It Is Clarified That...": On Vaccine Price Criticism, Centre's Tweet
Sat Apr 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Facing criticism over a new vaccine policy that could have people paying far more for a Covid shot, the government today put out a clarification. It said that vaccines procured by ...
25 Covid Patients Dead At Delhi Hospital Due To Low Oxygen Pressure
Sat Apr 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twenty-five people died last night at the Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi due to shortage of medical oxygen, a top official at the hospital said today, highlighting the worsening s...
"25 Sickest Patients Have Died": After Ganga Ram Hospital SOS, 2 Versions
Fri Apr 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twenty-five "sickest patients" have died in the last 24 hours at Sir Ganga Ram hospital in Delhi, a statement from the hospital said this morning, revealing a worsening Covid crisi...
Indian coronavirus cases surge as health system staggers
Fri Apr 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India reported the world's highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for a second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it struggles with a health system overwhelmed by pa...
In UK's "Largest Divorce" Case, Son Ordered To Pay $100 Million To Mom
Fri Apr 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The son at the center of the U.K.'s largest divorce lost a London court ruling over his role in hiding assets from his mother with a judge calling him "a dishonest individual who w...
Arvind Kejriwal's Office "Regrets" Televised Appeal To PM Amid Row
Fri Apr 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the Chief Minister of the 10 states worst hit by the deadly second wave of Covid today, on a day India touched a new record of 3.32 lakh Covid...
Multiple rockets land near Baghdad International Airport, US-led coalition base, triggering alarms – reports
Fri Apr 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Multiple rockets reportedly fell near Baghdad International Airport. As per news report of rt.com, there have also been reports of air-raid sirens going off inside Camp Victory, wh...