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Delhi Police ASI on duty outside US Embassy killed
Delhi Police ASI on duty outside US Embassy killed

Sat Jul 04 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

A 51-year-old assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Delhi Police was killed on Friday when a speeding car hit him before ramming into a wall near the US Embassy here, officials said. Th...

In highest single-day spike, nearly 23k test positive for COVID
In highest single-day spike, nearly 23k test positive for COVID

Sat Jul 04 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

With 22,771 people testing positive for coronavirus in the highest single-day spike so far, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to?6,48,315 on Saturday, while the death toll rose to 18,...

More financial sector mergers likely in Saudi Arabia, GCC
More financial sector mergers likely in Saudi Arabia, GCC

Sat Jul 04 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

The offer from National Commercial Bank (NCB), Saudi Arabia’s largest lender by assets to acquire rival Samba Financial Group is likely to trigger a wave of mergers and acquisition...

China under Xi stepped up 'aggressive' foreign policy towards India
China under Xi stepped up 'aggressive' foreign policy towards India

Fri Jul 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

China under President Xi Jinping has stepped up its "aggressive" foreign policy toward India and "resisted" efforts to clarify the Line of Actual Control that prevented a lasting p...

Rajasthan govt transfers over 100 IAS officers
Rajasthan govt transfers over 100 IAS officers

Fri Jul 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Rajasthan government has appointed Rajeeva Swarup as the new chief secretary replacing D B Gupta and transferred over 100 IAS officers. The g...

8 UP police personnel killed in encounter with criminals
8 UP police personnel killed in encounter with criminals

Fri Jul 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

At least eight Uttar Pradesh police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police, were killed in an encounter with criminals in Kanpur, officials said on Friday. The enco...

PM reaches Ladakh on surprise visit
PM reaches Ladakh on surprise visit

Fri Jul 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Days after a violent face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in East Ladakh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reached Leh where he interacted with personnel of the Army, A...

Highway robber killed in encounter in Aligarh
Highway robber killed in encounter in Aligarh

Fri Jul 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

A criminal involved in a dozen highway robberies was killed near Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh in an encounter with the Special Task Force (STF) and the local police...

58 medical workers die fighting coronavirus in Pakistan
58 medical workers die fighting coronavirus in Pakistan

Thu Jul 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Pakistan has lost 58 healthcare providers, including 42 doctors, to coronavirus while they were on a mission to save lives. Medical professionals who lost their battle with COVID-1...

New Zealand's health minister resigns after virus blunders
New Zealand's health minister resigns after virus blunders

Thu Jul 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

New Zealand's health minister resigned Thursday following a series of personal blunders during the coronavirus pandemic. David Clark had earlier described himself as an idiot for b...

Assam lab isolates COVID-19 virus
Assam lab isolates COVID-19 virus

Thu Jul 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

The Regional Medical Research Centre in Assam's Dibrugarh has become the fourth laboratory in the country to successfully isolate SARS-CoV-2 virus that can be used for the producti...

MCOCA slapped on 10 accused in armed dacoity case
MCOCA slapped on 10 accused in armed dacoity case

Thu Jul 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

The police have charged 10 accused in an armed dacoity case under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act in Palghar district, an official said on Thursday. The ac...

COVID-19 cases push India's tally above 6 lakh
COVID-19 cases push India's tally above 6 lakh

Thu Jul 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

India's COVID-19 tally zoomed past six lakh cases on Thursday with a single-day increase of 19,148 cases, just five days after it crossed the five-lakh mark, while the death toll ...

DHL temporarily suspends Chinese import shipments to India
DHL temporarily suspends Chinese import shipments to India

Wed Jul 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

German logistics company DHL said on Wednesday it has temporarily suspended picking up import shipments from China to India, after border tensions between the countries led to clea...

Covid-19: Australia to lock down 300,000 in Melbourne suburbs
Covid-19: Australia to lock down 300,000 in Melbourne suburbs

Wed Jul 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Authorities will lock down more than 300,000 people in suburbs north of Melbourne for a month from late on Wednesday to contain the risk of infection after two weeks of double-dig...

Coronavirus: 15 inmates of Bengal prison test positive
Coronavirus: 15 inmates of Bengal prison test positive

Wed Jul 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Fifteen inmates of a prison in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Wednesday. The infected inmates of the Baruipur Central...

Trump faces pressure over Russia bounties to kill US troops
Trump faces pressure over Russia bounties to kill US troops

Wed Jul 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday came under growing pressure to respond to allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan, with Democrats d...

Mla tests positive for coronavirus in Goa
Mla tests positive for coronavirus in Goa

Wed Jul 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

A BJP MLA from Goa has tested positive for coronavirus, a senior state health official said on Wednesday. The legislator was admitted to Margao-based ESI Hospital, a specially desi...

Covid-19: Human trial of India vaccine in July
Covid-19: Human trial of India vaccine in July

Tue Jun 30 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Volunteers in India will be immunised with a new locally made coronavirus vaccine in July. An unspecified number of people will have the vaccine, as part of a trial by Hyderabad-ba...

Security outside Taj hotel in Mumbai beefed up
Security outside Taj hotel in Mumbai beefed up

Tue Jun 30 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk

Police have beefed up security outside the Taj hotel in south Mumbai after the Karachi Stock Exchange terror attack, a senior official said on Tuesday. The iconic hotel in Colaba a...