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Boeing, Citi and Facebook stakes bought by Saudi Arabia wealth fund
Sat May 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Saudi Arabia's sovereign-wealth fund bought billions of dollars of stock as the global pandemic took root, reporting significant stakes on Friday in companies including BP Plc, Boe...
Trials for ‘Covid-19 Sniffer Dogs
Sat May 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Trials have begun in the UK to find out if dogs can be trained to detect Covid-19. If successful, the bio-detection canines could be used as a "non-invasive" way to identify people...
US: CDS offers guidelines for reopening safely
Fri May 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
With hundreds of millions of people still seeking advice on resuming their lives safely, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a scant six pages of recommendations ...
Hotel beaches open in Dubai
Fri May 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Private hotel beaches in Dubai are now open within the directives of Dubai Tourism. At this point in time, pools, spas, saunas, gyms, fitness and kids clubs are still closed....
Twitter to let employees work from home 'forever'
Fri May 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twitter has made it official to let its employees work from home forever if they chose to and they will be paid like a normal working day as they sit comfortably in the sofa in the...
To reach UP migrants stranded in Haryana cross Yamuna
Fri May 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Nearly 100 migrant workers crossed the Yamuna, which flows along UP-Haryana border on some stretches, and reached Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said on Friday....
COVID-19 cases climb to 81,970
Fri May 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In India the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,649 and the number of cases climbed to 81,970 on Friday, registering an increase of 100 deaths and 3,967 cases in the last 24 hour...
Due Date For IT Returns Extended To November 30
Wed May 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced relief for middle classes too today, offering a 25 per cent reduction in Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) for non-salaried sp...
Coronavirus sinks British economy
Wed May 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
UK gross domestic product (GDP) fell two percent in the first three month of the year, according to data from the Office for National Statistics, signaling the first direct impact ...
Twitter to let employees work from home 'forever'
Wed May 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twitter has made it official to let its employees work from home forever if they chose to and they will be paid like a normal working day as they sit comfortably in the sofa in the...
Second wave: China places second city on lockdown
Wed May 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two cities in northeastern China have imposed travel restrictions and gone into temporary lockdown amid a new cluster of coronavirus infections which have sparked fears of an impen...
Emirates to fly to 9 destinations
Wed May 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
From May 21, Emirates has announced its plan to operate scheduled flight services to nine destinations, the airline announced on Wednesday. The destinations are: London Heathrow Fr...
Covid-19: South Korea scrambles to contain nightclub outbreak
Mon May 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
South Korean officials scrambled on Monday to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, searching for thousands of people who may have been infected in a cluster of cases linked to night...
At least 19 killed, 15 injured on Iranian ship
Mon May 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least 19 Iranian sailors were killed and 15 injured in an incident during an exercise, the military has confirmed. Earlier unofficial reports said that an Iranian frigate accide...
Amid coronavirus pandemic Sunny Leone travels to LA with family
Mon May 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Sunny Leone revealed that she has travelled to Los Angeles with her family amid the pandemic. Leone, who has been residing in Mumbai since late 2000s, shared a picture with her dau...
COVID-19: In India cases climb to 67,152
Mon May 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In India the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,206 and the number of cases climbed to 67,152 on Monday, registering an increase of 97 deaths and a record jump of 4,213 cases in ...
Shanghai Disneyland reopens
Mon May 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Visitors in face masks streamed into Shanghai Disneyland as the theme park reopened Monday in a high-profile step toward reviving global tourism that was shut down by the coronavir...
COVID-19: Count reaches 62,939, deaths cross 2,000 mark
Sun May 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In India with 3277 new cases and 128 new fatalities, total case count of novel Coronavirus rose to 62,939 and total deaths getting past the 2,000 mark, the health ministry said on ...
Rs 411-crore loan defaulter flee country
Sun May 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three promoters of Ram Dev International, recently booked by the CBI for allegedly cheating a consortium of six banks to the tune of Rs 411 crore, have already fled the country bef...
Reservation for the beach this summer
Sun May 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
How about booking in advance just to get a spot on the sand at the beach? That's exactly what some beachgoers will have to do in Spain this summer, thanks to the coronavirus crisis...