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Lockdown 'cleans up' river Ganga
Tue Apr 21 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
As per news report of BBC, the Ganges is one India's holiest and also most-polluted rivers. Millions live on its banks across several states. It's widely considered as a lifeline f...
Amid intense speculation Kim Jong-un illness rumours denied
Tue Apr 21 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seriously ill after heart surgery are not true, officials in South Korea have said....
Uddhav calls for action against communal twist to Palghar lynching
Mon Apr 20 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on Monday urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to take action against those giving communal colour to the lynching of three men by a mob in Palghar d...
Coronavirus: Cases Doubling Rate Slows To 7.5
Mon Apr 20 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The doubling rate of Coronavirus cases has slowed down, the government said today – going from 3.4 days before lockdown to 7.5 days. "Based on the last seven days, India's doubling...
MHA objects to Kerala government ‘diluting’ lockdown restrictions
Mon Apr 20 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Ministry of Home Affairs in the letter to the Kerala government today said the decision to reopen restaurants and book shops is in clear violation of the lockdown measures issu...
Coronavirus lockdown: What stays open in India and what stays shut
Mon Apr 20 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India has eased some restrictions imposed as part of a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Most of the new measures are targeted at easing pressure on farmin...
Covid-19: India’s cases rise to 17,265, death toll at 543
Mon Apr 20 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
On Monday morning the Union health ministry said, India’s coronavirus disease tally rose to 17,265 with 1553 new cases and 543 fatalities in the last 24 hours....
Woman in Ghaziabad tests positive for Covid-19 after giving birth
Sun Apr 19 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, a 25-year-old woman who gave birth to a boy at a private hospital in Nandgram on Thursday tested positive for Covid-19 a day later. The baby...
Goa minister confirms state is officially 'Covid-19' free
Sun Apr 19 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India recorded 507 deaths due to coronavirus, according to the data published on the health ministry website. The total number of Covid-19 infected people rose to 15,712 in the cou...
No Inter-State Travel For Migrant Workers: Centre
Sun Apr 19 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
As per news report of NDTV, No inter-state travel of migrant workers must be allowed after the centre implements its decision to open some economic activities in non-hotspot areas ...
ICMR reports a huge spike in infections
Sun Apr 19 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a major spike in COVID-19 cases, the Indian Council of Medical Research reported that a total of 16,365 individuals have now been confirmed positive in the country. On Saturday ...
Covid-19: No decision yet on easing or lifting flight restrictions
Sun Apr 19 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The government announced a halt to domestic flights on March 23, ordering commercial airlines to shut down domestic operations on top of an existing ban on international flights to...
No Relaxation of Lockdown In Delhi, Says CM Kejriwal
Sun Apr 19 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
As per news report of NDTV, Delhi government has decided not to permit any relaxation of the lockdown, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today, adding that the situation would be...
Worldwide coronavirus cases exceed 2.2 million
Sat Apr 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Globally more than 2.23 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus and 151,657 have died, according to a Reuters tally. ...
Covid-19: China outbreak city Wuhan raises death toll by 50%
Sat Apr 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Wuhan, where the coronavirus originated last year, has raised its official Covid-19 death toll by 50%, adding 1,290 fatalities....
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...