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"Russia Has Strategically Lost Already": UK Military Chief On Ukraine War
Fri Jun 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia has already "strategically lost" its war with Ukraine, suffering heavy losses and strengthening NATO, the UK's chief of defence staff said in an interview published on Frida...
Sri Lanka Announces Day Off As Fuel Runs Out, No New Supplies
Fri Jun 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Sri Lanka's economic activity is coming to a near standstill as the island nation, facing its worst financial crisis, runs out of fuel for transport and there's little signs of fre...
At Twitter Meet, Elon Musk's Comments Trigger Snark On Message Boards
Fri Jun 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Elon Musk, who met directly with Twitter Inc. employees for the first time since signing a $44 billion deal to acquire the social network, told staffers they shouldn't worry about ...
SC gives 3 days to UP govt to file reply on pleas alleging illegal demolition
Thu Jun 16 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government not to carry out unlawful demolitions and granted the state three days to demonstrate how the recent instances of ...
Violence In Bihar Over 'Agnipath' Scheme, Protests Spread To Other States
Thu Jun 16 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Protests against Agnipath, a radical recruitment plan for the armed forces, turned violent today as Army aspirants disrupted rail and road traffic in several parts of Bihar for the...
"Delhi Police Tore My Clothes": Shashi Tharoor Shares Woman MP's Video
Thu Jun 16 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid a row over the alleged manhandling of the Congress workers during Wednesday's protests in the national capital, senior party leader Shashi Tharoor shared a video of Congress M...
Delegations From China, Pakistan In Delhi For Key Anti-Terror Summit
Thu Jun 16 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delegations from China, Pakistan and other member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) are attending a meeting of the grouping being hosted by India that is expec...
Joe Biden Nominates Indian-American Security Expert To Top Pentagon Post
Thu Jun 16 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden has nominated security expert Radha Iyengar Plumb to the post of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, the latest Indian-America...
Wives Of Russian Soldiers Protest In Donbas, Demand Answers: Report
Thu Jun 16 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The wives of Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine's Donbas region organised a protest, seeking information about the whereabouts of their husbands. It has been more than 100 days s...
India Daily Covid Cases At 12,213, Cross 10,000 For 1st Time Since Late-Feb
Thu Jun 16 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India added 12,213 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, witnessing a 38.4 per cent jump from 8, 822 cases recorded yesterday. This is the first time since February 26 that th...
Camille Vasquez To Defend Johnny Depp In New Court Case Next Month
Thu Jun 16 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Actor Johnny Depp is set to be represented in court by attorney Camille Vasquez for a second time. Ms Vasquez attained celebrity status during Mr Depp's highly publicised defamatio...
Two militants killed in South Kashmir’s Shopian
Wed Jun 15 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, including one responsible for the killing of a bank manager from Rajasthan, have been gunned down in an overnight gunfight in South Kashmir’s S...
Russia extends US basketball star's detention again
Wed Jun 15 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
US basketball star Brittney Griner's detention in Russia has been extended again, Russian state media report....
Neeraj Chopra Sets New National Record
Wed Jun 15 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra set a new national record as he threw 89.30 metres at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland. ...
US allows energy transactions with sanctioned Russian banks
Wed Jun 15 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US Treasury Department on Tuesday issued a general license authorizing energy-related transactions with sanctioned Russian banks until December. ...
Pollution shortening lives by almost 10 years in Delhi, says study
Wed Jun 15 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Air pollution can shorten lives by almost 10 years in the Indian capital, Delhi, the world's most polluted city, says a report by a US research group....
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi sent to 7-day police remand
Wed Jun 15 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who has been named as an accused and conspirator in singer-politician Sidhu Moosewala’s murder case, was produced in the court of the chief judicial magi...
Dozens of new drugs proliferating in Europe
Wed Jun 15 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Illegal drug manufacturing is skyrocketing across Europe, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), which revealed in a report on Tuesday t...
5G Services Coming Soon
Wed Jun 15 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved a proposal of the Department of Telecommunications to conduct spectrum auction through which spectru...
"Agnipath", Government's Radical Armed Forces Recruitment Plan, Unveiled
Tue Jun 14 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The centre today unveiled the Agnipath scheme, a radical recruitment plan for armed forces aimed at cutting down salary and pension bills and freeing up funds for urgent procuremen...