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AAI to procure 198 body scanners for 63 airports
Sun Jul 19 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided to procure 198 body scanners for 63 Indian airports that will replace the existing door frame metal detectors and hand-held scanne...
India's COVID-19 tally climbs to 10,77,618
Sun Jul 19 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India saw a record single- day jump of?38,902 COVID-19?cases?pushing its tally to 10,77,618?on Sunday, while the total number of recoveries increased to 6,77,422, according to the ...
Were phones of politicians tapped in Rajasthan? BJP asks and demands CBI probe
Sat Jul 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The BJP on Saturday asked if the Congress government in Rajasthan resorted to "unconstitutional" methods to tap phones of politicians and demanded a CBI probe into what it called a...
34,884 fresh cases push India's COVID-19 tally to 10,38,716
Sat Jul 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
With 34,884 people testing positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 caseload surged to 10,38,716 while 6,53,750 patients have recovered from the disease so f...
Rajnath Singh offers prayers at Amarnath cave shrine
Sat Jul 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday visited the holy cave of Amarnath and offered prayers. Singh spent about an hour at the temple complex there. The Amarnath cave is consid...
3 militants killed in encounter with security forces in J-K
Sat Jul 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. Acting on specific information about the presenc...
Biden says he's had intel briefings, warns of vote meddling
Sat Jul 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Joe Biden said Friday night that he's begun receiving intelligence briefings as he warned that Russia, China and other adversaries were attempting to undermine the upcoming U.S. el...
BSF arrested Indian national attempting to cross LOC to meet his Girlfriend
Fri Jul 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
On 16th July’ 2020 BSF troops apprehended a young Indian National, namely Siddiqui Mohamad Zishan about 1.5 Kms short of Indo-Pak international border when he was attempting to cro...
CBI launches preliminary enquiry in Defence recruitment scam
Fri Jul 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Nearly two years after the Defence ministry wrote to the CBI seeking investigation into a recruitment scandal, the agency has finally launched a preliminary enquiry. The Department...
Two militants killed in encounter in J-K
Fri Jul 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operatio...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrives in Leh
Fri Jul 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Leh on Friday on a day-long visit to carry out a comprehensive review of the security scenario in the region in wake of the border row wit...
Zydus Cadila gets nod from Mexican authority for clinical trials of COVID-19 therapy
Fri Jul 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Drug firm Zydus Cadila on Friday said it has received approval from Mexico's regulatory authority Cofepris to conduct clinical trials in the Latin American country with its biologi...
Record single-day surge of nearly 35k COVID cases
Fri Jul 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
With a record single day surge of 34,956 cases, India's COVID-19 tally zoomed past ten lakh on Friday, just three days after it crossed the nine-lakh mark, according to the Union H...
Biden, Gates, other Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam
Thu Jul 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies Wednesday in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The ruse included bo...
India records over 30,000 COVID-19 cases in single day
Thu Jul 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
COVID-19 cases in India crossed the 30,000 mark in a single day for the first time pushing the tally to 9,68,876 on Thursday, while the death toll climbed to 24,915 with 606 people...
Odisha starts plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 patients
Thu Jul 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Odisha government on Thursday commenced plasma therapy for the treatment of COVID- 19 patients at a hospital in Cuttack, an official said. The procedure was conducted on a 48-y...
Gujarat woman cop who took on minister's son says she has resigned
Thu Jul 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Woman police constable Sunita Yadav, who had a confrontation with a minister's son over lockdown violation which led to his arrest here in Gujarat, claimed she has resigned from se...
Asian markets mostly higher on hopes for coronavirus vaccine
Thu Jul 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Wednesday as investors were encouraged by news that an experimental COVID-19 vaccine under development by Moderna and the US National Institute...
Banning TikTok takes a big espionage tool away from China: US NSA
Wed Jul 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
China will lose "a big tool" of espionage and surveillance if America and some western European countries ban Chinese apps like TikTok as done by India, US National Security Adviso...
Single-day spike of 29,429 COVID-19 cases in India
Wed Jul 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India registered a record single-day jump of 29,429 COVID-19 cases pushing its tally to 9,36,181 on Wednesday, while the death toll climbed to 24,309 with 582 new fatalities, accor...