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Maharashtra minister tests positive for COVID-19
Fri Jun 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Maharashtra cabinet minister, who belongs to the NCP, has tested positive for COVID-19, sources said on Friday. The minister, who hails from the Marathwada region, had attended t...
Former AP minister, 5 others arrested in "ESI scam"
Fri Jun 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Senior TDP leader and former Andhra Pradesh Minister K Atchannaidu and five others were arrested on Friday by the Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths over their alleged involvement in t...
India records over 10,000 COVID-19 cases in single day
Fri Jun 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
For the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, India recorded over 10,000 new cases in a day taking the tally to 2,97,535, while the death toll rose to 8,498 with a record single-...
Kuwait to stop hiring foreign workers for oil sector
Thu Jun 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Kuwait will no longer hire expatriates for jobs in its oil sector as the OPEC member moves to reduce the number of foreigners in the country.Non-Kuwaiti nationals won't be hired at...
COVID crisis an opportunity: Modi
Thu Jun 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Insisting that the COVID-19 crisis should be turned into an opportunity to create an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said this is the time to make b...
Army personnel killed, civilian injured as Pak shells villages
Thu Jun 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
An Army personnel was killed and a civilian injured as the Pakistani Army heavily shelled villages and forward posts along the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts on Thursday, offi...
Pandoh Dam releases water, warning issued to tourists
Thu Jun 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Authorities on Thursday warmed people, especially tourists, against going to the Beas river as huge water was released from the Pandoh Dam in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district in v...
Trump brings back 2016 team
Wed Jun 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
As anyone who has ever heard him speak knows, President Donald Trump loves to relive 2016. He recycles old attack lines once aimed at Hillary Clinton. He recounts the drama of elec...
BJP busy in elections: Akhilesh Yadav
Wed Jun 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Linking rising unemployment to cases of suicide, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday charged that the BJP was busy focusing on elections and not interested in tackling the problem...
Goa allows people to skip COVID-19 test on arrival
Wed Jun 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Starting Thursday, those entering Goa will have the option of skipping the COVID-19 test, provided no symptoms were found in them during the screening at the entry points, Chief Mi...
In India number of recoveries exceed active Covid-19 cases for first time
Wed Jun 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The number of recovered COVID-19 patients has exceeded the total active cases in India for the first time on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. India reported ...
Delhi COVID-19 cases estimated to rise to 56K by end of next 2 weeks: Jain
Tue Jun 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The current doubling rate of COVID-19 here is 14 days so the national capital as per that estimation will see over 56,000 cases by the end of next two weeks, Delhi Health Minister ...
Rajasthan Government sets target of 40,000 tests daily
Tue Jun 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Rajasthan government has set a target of carrying out 40,000 COVID-19 tests daily as against the present capacity of 25,000 tests per day, Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on ...
India's Covid-19 count over 2.6 lakh
Tue Jun 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A record rise in COVID-19 cases in India for the seventh consecutive day has pushed the tally to over 2.6 lakh on Tuesday, with the daily nationwide spike in coronavirus cases inch...
New York City begins reopening
Tue Jun 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
After nearly three months of lockdown, New York City has entered the first phase of reopening, 100 days since it reported the first COVID-19 case. "This is a powerful day," said Ne...
'All eyes' on New York: Reopening tests city torn by crises
Mon Jun 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The city that never sleeps had a curfew for much of last week. Famous stores were boarded up after days of unrest. The lights are out on Broadway theaters, and the subway no longer...
Health Ministry drafts rules to help COVID-19 patients access new drugs
Mon Jun 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Seeking to facilitate availability of experimental drugs for severely-ill COVID-19 patients, the Union Health Ministry has issued a draft notification for "compassionate use" of an...
No imposition of total lockdown again: Goa minister
Mon Jun 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Monday said there was no question of imposing total lockdown again in the state in view of the spike in coronavirus cases....
Delhi CM Kejriwal goes into self-quarantine
Mon Jun 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has gone into self-quarantine and will get himself tested for COVID-19 on Tuesday, officials said on Monday. They said the chief minister was f...
Mumbai cops' order for action against fake news is legal: Maharashtra Govt
Sun Jun 07 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Justifying the Mumbai Police's order that stipulates criminal action against anyone spreading false and fake information on social media, the Maharashtra government told the Bomba...