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India will play a major role in a Covid-19 vaccine
Mon Apr 27 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last fortnight that India and the US were working together to develop vaccines against the coronavirus. Pompeo's remark didn't ent...
03 militants killed in encounter in J&K
Mon Apr 27 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Monday, leaving three terrorists dead, a defence spokesman said....
South Korea says Kim Jong Un is 'alive and well'
Mon Apr 27 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
South Korea continued to pour water on mounting speculation about the health of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, telling CNN he is "alive and well."...
Top Israeli court to ban use of anti-terror tech on Coronavirus patients
Mon Apr 27 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Israel’s High Court of Justice has ruled that a domestic spy agency must stop tracking coronavirus patients with tech it would otherwise use on terrorists – but only pending a law ...
Covid-19: Julian Assange's extradition hearing postponed
Mon Apr 27 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange's US extradition hearing in London has been delayed, potentially till November, due to the coronavirus pandemic with his defense arguing it made...
Corona Virus: 2nd Delhi Hospital Sealed In 24 Hours
Sun Apr 26 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In 24 hours a second hospital in Delhi has been sealed after 44 staff including doctors were found infected with coronavirus, officials said. Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital in...
Covid-19: New York to allow tests in pharmacies
Sun Apr 26 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US state of New York, the epicentre of the country's Covid-19 outbreak, will allow pharmacies to carry out tests for the virus, the governor says. Andrew Cuomo said some 5,000 ...
Chardham yatra begins
Sun Apr 26 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
With the opening of the Gangotri and Yamunotri temples in Garhwal Himalayas the annual Chardham Yatra began on Saturday, but in absence of pilgrims owing to the coronavirus crisis....
In UP Pool testing should be encouraged: CM
Sun Apr 26 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said pool testing should be encouraged in the state to ensure that coronavirus is contained in the hotspots and containment z...
Train possibly belonging to Kim Jong Un spotted
Sun Apr 26 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
According to satellite images reviewed by a Washington-based North Korea monitoring project a special train possibly belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spotted this ...
No public gatherings in UP till June 30
Sat Apr 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
UP government will not allow any public gathering till June 30, well beyond the end of the current nationwide lockdown, officials said on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yog...
Covid-19: Trial of Gilead's potential Coronavirus treatment running ahead of schedule
Sat Apr 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A key U.S. government trial of Gilead Sciences Inc’s experimental coronavirus treatment may yield results as early as mid-May, according to the study’s lead investigator, after doc...
Small shops to reopen in India
Sat Apr 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Small local stores to reopen more than a month after the country went into lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. The ministry said only half of staff should work and they h...
Coronavirus cases climb to 24,506 in India
Sat Apr 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
According to the Union Health Ministry, the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 775 and the number of cases climbed to 24,506 in India on Saturday. The number of active COVID-19 cas...
Covid-19: Mortality rates drop sharply in India
Sat Apr 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid the coronavirus crisis parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in the number of deaths at a time when funeral parlours were bracing for a surge. ...
Saudi Arabia to abolish flogging : Supreme court
Sat Apr 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Saudi Arabia is to abolish flogging as a form of punishment, according to a legal document seen by media outlets. The directive from the Gulf kingdom's Supreme Court says flogging ...
US pulls bombers from Guam
Sat Apr 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The United States Air Force has no heavy bombers on Guam for the first time in 16 years. When five B-52s Stratofortresses left Andersen Air Force Base on the Pacific island on Apri...
First human trial of Coronavirus vaccine in Europe has begun
Sat Apr 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford. Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study. Half will rec...
Biggest Single Day Spike In India with 1,752 New COVID-19 Cases
Fri Apr 24 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In its biggest single-day spike India registered 1,752 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the total to 23,452. The number of deaths reached 723 with 37 more people dying from ...
Covid-19: Disinfectant firm issues warning after Trump comments
Fri Apr 24 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Reckitt Benckiser, a leading disinfectant producer has issued a strong warning not to use its products on the human body after US President Donald Trump suggested they could potent...