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Joe Biden Will Expedite India Sanctions Waiver Over Russian Missile Deal
Wed Aug 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The recent India-specific CAATSA sanctions waiver by the US House of Representatives is the most consequential vote since the civilian nuclear deal, an influential Indian-American ...
China's Landmark #MeToo Case Against State TV Host Returns To Court: Report
Wed Aug 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A landmark sexual harassment case in China was set to return to court Wednesday after an earlier ruling dealt a blow to the country's fledgling #MeToo movement....
Elon Musk Sells $7 Billion Worth Of Tesla Shares: Report
Wed Aug 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Elon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion worth of Tesla shares, according to legal filings published Tuesday, amid a high-stakes legal battle with Twitter over a $44 billion buyout dea...
High Court grants bail to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia
Wed Aug 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday granted bail to senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who has been in jail over his alleged involvement in a...
Nitish Kumar Ends Alliance With BJP, Again
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Nitish Kumar has ended his alliance with the BJP in Bihar; he's set to meet the Governor this evening with Tejashwi Yadav, sources said....
China preparing for invasion: Taiwan
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
China is using its large-scale militarily exercises around Taiwan to prepare for an invasion of the self-governed island, Taipei’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed on Tuesday....
Cabinet expansion in Maharashtra
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
For Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, the Cabinet expansion exercise on Tuesday proved to be an exercise in managing expectations as the num...
Russia halts US inspections of nuclear arsenal
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia has told the US it has "temporarily" suspended on-site inspections of its strategic nuclear weapons, under an arms control treaty known as New START....
Noida Politician Shrikant Tyagi Arrested
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Noida politician Shrikant Tyagi, who was on the run after a video of him verbally abusing a woman went viral, was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police from Meerut today. ...
FBI raids Trump’s residence
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
FBI agents raided Donald Trump’s residence in Mar-A-Lago, Florida on Monday, in a move the former US president called “political persecution.” ...
Bellary Reddy wants to restart mining, Andhra tells SC ‘no objection’
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Andhra Pradesh government has told the Supreme Court it has no objection to resumption of iron ore mining in Bellary reserve forest where it was banned in 2010 over encroachmen...
12th Century idol stolen from temple found in US after 50 years
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A statue that was stolen in 1971 from a temple in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has been traced to New York, police say....
UN Chief Demands Access To Ukraine Nuclear Plant After New Russian Attack
Mon Aug 08 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for international inspectors to be given access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Ukraine and Russia traded accusations...
Nitish Kumar vs BJP Reaches Clear-And-Present-Danger Stage
Mon Aug 08 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The long-standing conflict between Nitish Kumar and the BJP has reached an off-the-charts scale. Sniping at each other is par for the course since they got together in 2017. But fo...
China Continues Military Drills Around Taiwan Day After Scheduled End
Mon Aug 08 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
China's military announced fresh military drills on Monday in the seas and airspace around Taiwan - a day after the scheduled end of its largest ever exercises to protest against l...
At Noida Society, Bulldozer Action Against Politician Who Abused Woman
Mon Aug 08 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bulldozers today rolled into Noida housing society and brought down illegal structures by a politician accused of abusing and assaulting a woman. Shrikant Tyagi, who says he is fro...
"His One-Liners Were Win-Liners": PM Modi Bids Vice President Farewell
Mon Aug 08 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi commended Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu's "diligent" work ethic in the Rajya Sabha today, as the upper house bid farewell to its Chairman. "He never ...
Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion This Week, Devendra Fadnavis May Get Home
Mon Aug 08 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The cabinet expansion in Maharashtra is likely to happen this week after a series of meetings to iron out pending issues that were holding up the move amid wrangling over the Home ...
Israel-Gaza: Ceasefire holds overnight after days of violence
Mon Aug 08 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants held overnight, following three days of violence. Isolated weapons fire from both sides in the minutes before and just after th...
Leandro Lo: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champion shot in São Paulo club
Mon Aug 08 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
One of Brazil's greatest Jiu Jitsu champions of all time, Leandro Lo, has been shot in the head in a nightclub in São Paulo. Lo, 33, was at a club when he was allegedly shot by an ...