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Maharashtra Vaccine SOS, Stocks Only For 3 Days, Some Centres Had To Shut
Wed Apr 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Parts of Maharashtra may run out of Covid vaccines in three days and the Centre has been asked for more, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope told NDTV today as cities like Mumbai fla...
Delhi Woman Runs Over Elderly Couple, Claims She Was Distracted: Police
Wed Apr 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 79-year-old retired government official and his wife were run over by a car at Dwarka in western Delhi, police said on Tuesday....
1.15 Lakh Daily Covid Cases In India, Biggest Rise So Far
Wed Apr 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India recorded over 1.15 lakh new Covid cases in the last 24 hours for first time since the beginning of the pandemic, setting an unprecedented, grim record during the second wave....
Gangster-Turned-MLA Mukhtar Ansari Brought Back To UP Jail From Punjab
Wed Apr 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
After spending over two years in a Punjab prison, gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was brought back to Banda jail early on Wednesday morning....
7 Deaths Among UK AstraZeneca Jab Recipients After Blood Clots: Regulator
Wed Apr 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The UK medical regulator said Saturday that out of 30 people who suffered rare blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, seven have died. The British acknowledgem...
Delhi 10 pm To 5 am Night Curfew From Today. See Who Is Exempt
Tue Apr 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi today imposed a night curfew till April 30 to tackle a steep rise in Covid infections and a day after the country reported over 1 lakh cases in a single day. The "sudden incr...
US Move To Hit India, 5 Others For Taxing Internet-Based Companies
Tue Apr 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The U.S. is pressing ahead with plans to hit six nations that tax Internet-based companies with retaliatory tariffs that could total almost $1 billion annually....
Video: Official Beats Driver With Belt On Delhi Road, Passersby Hit Back
Tue Apr 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A dramatic clash broke out in south Delhi on Monday afternoon, between Delhi government's civil defence volunteers and passers-by, as the volunteers were carrying out a mask-checki...
96,982 Fresh Covid Cases In India Day After 1-Lakh Mark Was Breached
Tue Apr 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A single-day spike of 96,982 infections, a day after India breached the one-lakh mark in daily cases, has taken the India's coronavirus caseload to over 1.26 crore, data from the U...
Covid Mutants Multiply As Scientists Race To Track Shape-Shifting Virus
Tue Apr 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
When Bette Korber, a biologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, spotted the first significant mutation in the Covid-19 virus last spring, some scientists were skeptical. They did...
Preliminary CBI Probe In Ex-Mumbai Top Cop's Plea Against Minister: Court
Mon Apr 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Bombay High Court today ordered the CBI to carry out a preliminary probe within 15 days into former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh's allegations against Maharashtra Home M...
"INS Viraat Now Private Property": Supreme Court Hints At Lifting Stay On Its Dismantling
Mon Apr 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court today indicated that it may lift the stay on the dismantling of decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat. It had in February barred the process of pulling apart...
"If No Intel Failure, Then It Means..." Rahul Gandhi On Maoist Attack
Mon Apr 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The anti-Maoist operation in Chhattisgarh was "poorly designed and incompetently executed", said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, a day after a senior official denied "intelligence fa...
India Crosses 1-Lakh Mark In Daily COVID-19 Cases For First Time
Mon Apr 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With 1,03,558 fresh Covid cases, India has seen the biggest-ever daily surge, taking the tally to 1,25,89,067. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a high-level meet to revi...
Take Custody Of Gangster-Turned-Politician Mukhtar Ansari By April 8: Punjab To UP
Sun Apr 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Punjab's home department has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to take custody of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari from Rupnagar jail by April 8....
Jordan Prince Confined Amid Arrests Over Alleged Plot To Unseat King
Sun Apr 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Jordanian authorities on Saturday arrested as many as 20 people and sought to restrain the movement of a former crown prince amid what officials called a threat to the "security an...
"Micro Lockdowns, Travel Curbs Necessary To Stop Surge": AIIMS Chief
Sun Apr 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A new strategy is required to battle the Covid surge in the country that is fueled by laxity in maintaining safety measures and a mutant strain of the Covid, Dr Randeep Guleria - t...
PM Modi Chairs High-Level Meet Amid Surge In Coronavirus Cases
Sun Apr 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting today to review the Covid-related issues including the ongoing vaccination drive in the country as the infection is seeing a ...
After Bank Issue, Mumbai Bus Operator Pays Salary In Coins, Staff Protest
Sat Apr 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A banking issue with the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has left around 40,000 of its employees getting a sizable portion of their salaries...
7 Deaths In UK From Blood Clots Among Millions Who Got AstraZeneca Shot
Sat Apr 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The UK medical regulator said Saturday that out of 30 people who suffered blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, seven have died....