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88 nurses from India arrives in UAE to fight COVID-19
Sun May 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The first batch of 88 ICU nurses from India to support the UAE’s ongoing efforts to fight Covid-19, with support from the Indian Consulate and UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...
Controversial lab studying bats in Wuhan ‘shut down in October’, mobile data shows
Sun May 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Analysis of mobile phone data showed that a controversial laboratory studying bats in the Chinese city of Wuhan shut down in October, it was claimed on Saturday night....
Russia mark 75th anniversary of Nazi defeat
Sat May 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Defying clouds in the sky and Covid-19 on the ground, Russia’s deadliest bombers, nimblest fighter jets and strongest transport aircraft flew over the capital in celebration of Sov...
UK to quarantine travellers for 14 days
Sat May 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The British government has told airlines it will introduce a 14-day quarantine period for most people arriving from abroad to try to avoid a second peak of the coronavirus pandemic...
Home Minister Amit Shah dismisses rumours about ill health
Sat May 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday dismissed rumours about his ill-health, saying that he is healthy and has been working as the country fights coronavirus crisis."I am comp...
COVID-19: Only severe patients to be tested before discharge
Sat May 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In India Coronavirus infected patients developing severe illness or having compromised immunity will have to test negative through RT-PCR test before being discharged by a hospital...
COVID-19: Cases climb to 59,662 in India
Sat May 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In India the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hou...
US Afghanistan envoy Khalilzad calls for direct talks between New Delhi and Taliban
Sat May 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Washington’s special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has called on New Delhi to directly engage with the Taliban, asking India to play a “more active” part in the Afghan peac...
Kim Jong-un sends VERBAL MESSAGE to China’s Xi
Fri May 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delivering another blow to subsiding death rumors, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has apparently reached out to his Chinese counterpart, praising Beijing’s battle against the Covi...
In Maharashtra 14 migrant workers crushed by train
Fri May 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In Aurangabad district of Maharashtra at least 14 migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks were crushed to death by a goods train on Friday morning, police said. Two other labourers...
COVID-19: In India death toll rises to 1,886
Fri May 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In India the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,886 and the number of cases climbed to 56,342 on Friday, registering an increase of 103 fatalities and 3,390 infections in the las...
COVID-19: WHO warns 190,000 could die in Africa
Fri May 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Across Africa as many as 190,000 people could die in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic if crucial containment measures fail, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns. The...
Restaurant businesses start shutting down in UAE
Fri May 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Restaurant businesses in the UAE are starting to put up ‘For Sale’ signs, with their owners realizing there is no escape from the destruction set off by the COVID-19 pandemic. As p...
Pakistan to lift lockdown from Saturday
Thu May 07 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pakistan's coronavirus lockdown will be lifted on Saturday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, despite the fact that the number of cases in the country is still accelerating. ...
Gas leak at factory in India kills 13, hundreds hospitalised
Thu May 07 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least 13 people have been killed by a massive gas leak at a chemical plant in southern India, with 800 others taken to hospital. The leak from the LG Polymers plant in the city ...
COVID-19 : In India, number of cases climb to 52,952
Thu May 07 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In India, the death toll due to COVID- rose to 1,783 while the number of cases climbed to 52,952 on Thursday, registering an increase of 89 deaths and 3,561 cases in the last 24 ho...
Vizag gas leak disturbing : Amit Shah
Thu May 07 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday described the gas leak at a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam as "disturbing" and said the central government is closely mo...
Russia overtakes Germany, France in Coronavirus cases
Thu May 07 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia’s coronavirus cases overtook France and Germany on Thursday to become the fifth highest number in the world after a record daily rise, and Moscow’s mayor said the real figur...
Hizbul Mujahideen Top Kashmir militant killed
Wed May 06 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Indian security forces have killed a prominent militant leader in Kashmir, officials say. Riyaz Naikoo had taken over command of Hizbul Mujahideen group, succeeding Burhan Wani who...
U.S. rearms to nullify China's missile supremacy
Wed May 06 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The United States has largely stood by in recent decades as China dramatically expanded its military firepower. Now, having shed the constraints of a Cold War-era arms control trea...