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Coronavirus: 991 fresh cases, 43 deaths in last 24 hours
Sat Apr 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India has reported 14,378 Covid-19 cases, out of which 11,906 were active cases while 1,992 people had been discharged, according to the ministry of health. The death toll in the c...
COVID-19: Tamil Nadu outlier but on an average, 69% cases in each state from just 3 districts
Sat Apr 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In India, more than three weeks into the national lockdown, an average of 69 per cent almost seven of 10 of all active Covid cases in a state are concentrated in just three of its ...
21 Navy Sailors In Mumbai Test COVID-19 +ve
Sat Apr 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In Mumbai 21 sailors of the Indian Navy have been tested positive for coronavirus. The sailors have been quarantined at a naval hospital in the city. This is the first set of coron...
RBI cuts reverse repo rate by 25 basis points
Fri Apr 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Reserve Bank of India has announced several steps in a move to ease financial stress and to maintain adequate liquidity in the system. This include targeted long term repo ope...
Covid-19: Google blocking 18m scam emails every day
Fri Apr 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Scammers are sending 18 million hoax emails about Covid-19 to Gmail users every day, according to Google. The tech giant says the pandemic has led to an explosion of phishing attac...
COIVD-19 Doubling Rate Down To 6.2 Days From 3 Days Before Lockdown
Fri Apr 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In India the doubling rate of COIVD-19 cases has dropped from 6.2 days over the past week, as compared to three days before the lockdown was imposed last month, the government said...
Covid-19 outbreak: RBI monitoring situation
Fri Apr 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India’s coronavirus cases have risen to 13,387 including 437 deaths, according to the health ministry figures released on Friday morning. In another development, the consignment of...
Tablighi Jamaat chief with culpable homicide after coronavirus surge
Fri Apr 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
As per news report of Reuters, the headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat group in a cramped corner of New Delhi were sealed and thousands of followers, including some from Indonesia,...
Coronavirus testing ramped up, 5 lakh kits arrive from China
Fri Apr 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The first consignment of 5 lakh rapid COVID-19 testing kits has arrived from China. With four days to go for conditional easing of restrictions in specific areas, testing has been ...
In India, Government offices to reopen with senior staff from April 20
Wed Apr 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In India, all central ministries and departments and their subordinate offices will start functioning from April 20 with 100 per cent attendance of officials in the rank of Deputy ...
Some Industries in Rural Areas, E-Commerce can start on April 20
Wed Apr 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
As per news report of NDTV, some industries in rural areas, e-commerce, IT and farming will be allowed after April 20, the government said today in new guidelines a day after Prime...
Coronavirus: Over 1,400 new cases in 24 hours, count crosses 10,000 mark
Wed Apr 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
As per news report of Indian Express, till now, the highest single-day jump was 918 cases on April 12, which was followed by 905 COVID-19 cases on April 13. The last three days hav...
US to halt funding to WHO, says Trump
Wed Apr 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
United states President Donald Trump says he has instructed his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organization. He said the WHO had "failed in its basic duty" in i...
Uddhav Thackeray Warns Rumour-Mongers
Wed Apr 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has said the gathering by migrant labourers in Bandra took place because of people spreading rumours. ...
In India, Corona death count reaches 339, cases soar to 10,363
Tue Apr 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In India, the death toll due to coronavirus infection rose to 339 while the number of cases soared to 10,363 on Tuesday, said the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active ...
Prime Minister Modi extended Lockdown till May 3
Tue Apr 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Today Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the current lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus till May 3 and said any decision on easing restrictions in parts of the countr...
In Mumbai 5,600 booked for violating COVID-19 lockdown
Tue Apr 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In Maharashtra, Mumbai police has registered at least 3,131 offences and charged 5,600 people for allegedly violating prohibitory orders during the COVID-19 lockdown since March 20...
China approves coronavirus vaccine trials, tightens Russia border checks
Tue Apr 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
China has approved early-stage human tests of two experimental vaccines to combat the new coronavirus as the country where the virus was first detected battles to contain imported ...
In India Several Union Ministers, officials return to work at Ministries
Mon Apr 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Many Union Ministers and senior officers returned to their offices here on Monday. Most of the Ministers and officials have been following the government’s work-from-home protocols...
Prime Minister to address Nation at 10 am Tomorrow
Mon Apr 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
PM Modi will address the nation tomorrow at 10 am on the coronavirus lockdown, after requests from states to extend it. ...