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China Hardening Its Position Along LAC With India: US Defence Secretary
Sat Jun 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
China is continuing to harden its position along the Line of Actual Control with India, US Defence Secretary Lloyd James Austin said today, stressing that America stands by its fri...
India To Push For Permanent Food Security Solution At World Trade Meet
Sat Jun 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India will press for a permanent solution to the issue of public stock holding of grains for food security programmes and strongly protect the interests of farmers and fishermen at...
North Korea Appoints Veteran Diplomat As First Female Foreign Minister
Sat Jun 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
North Korea has appointed veteran diplomat Choe Son-hui as its first female foreign minister, state media reported Saturday, as Pyongyang pushes ahead with a blitz of sanctions-bus...
No Ambulance, Madhya Pradesh Man Carries 4-Year-Old Son's Body In Arms
Fri Jun 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A family in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh had to carry the dead body of a four-year-old girl on their shoulders as authorities allegedly did not provide a hearse to them to...
Japan reopens to tourists - but with strict rules
Fri Jun 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Japan has been largely closed to foreign visitors since 2020, as it implemented some of the world's toughest Covid-19 restrictions. And even now, as it opens its borders to tourist...
Putin points to boomerang effect of sanctions
Fri Jun 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Western attempts to isolate and punish Russia have backfired on their creators, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday....
Curfew imposed, internet suspended in J&K’s Kishtwar and Bhaderwah
Fri Jun 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Curfew was clamped in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district and Bhaderwah town in adjoining Doda district, and prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (...
Massive Protests In Delhi, UP's Saharanpur Over Remarks Against Prophet
Fri Jun 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Huge protests flared in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur on Friday over remarks by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and her former colleague Naveen Kumar Jindal who are ...
Syria accuses Israel of air-raid
Fri Jun 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Israeli warplanes have struck sites south of the Damascus, triggering the country’s air defenses for the second time since Monday evening, local media reported, noting that the all...
Ukrainian casualties: Kyiv losing up to 200 troops a day - Zelensky aide
Fri Jun 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A senior Ukrainian presidential aide has told the BBC that between 100 and 200 Ukrainian troops are being killed on the front line every day....
MLA daughter ‘misbehaves’ with traffic cops for imposing fine
Fri Jun 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Karnataka BJP MLA Aravind Limbavali’s daughter Renuka Limbavali was on Thursday accused of misbehaving with the traffic police after they fined her for overspeeding in Bengaluru ci...
Battle For Severodonetsk To Decide Fate Of Donbas: Ukraine's Zelensky
Thu Jun 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The battle for the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is brutal and will determine the fate of the Donbas region, said the country's president, as Russian troops lay waste to the city...
Money laundering case: Satyendar Jain sent to ED custody till June 13
Thu Jun 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Delhi court on Thursday extended the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED’s) custody of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain till June 13, in connection with a money laundering c...
China infra build-up in area bordering India is alarming: US General
Thu Jun 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Calling Beijing’s behaviour “insidious” and “destablising”, a senior US General said Wednesday that China’s infrastructure development along its Western Theatre Command, which is r...
Delhi Police Case Over Hate On Social Media Includes Journalist Saba Naqvi
Thu Jun 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi Police said on Wednesday that it has registered a case against some people who are allegedly spreading messages of hate, inciting various groups and creating situations w...
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's Brother Resigns From Parliament
Thu Jun 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The brother of Sri Lanka's president and the country's former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa said on Thursday that he had resigned from parliament, the second from the influentia...
In Resorts And Planes, MLAs On Move Ahead Of Rajya Sabha Polls
Thu Jun 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Resort politics is back in full swing as parties herd their flock to deter horse-trading ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Haryana tomorr...
Shiv Sena MP To Meet Families Of Kashmiri Pandits Killed In Recent Attacks
Thu Jun 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Thursday will visit Jammu and Kashmir to meet the families of Kashmiri Pandits who were recently killed by terrorists....
WHO Chief Warns Of Monkeypox Risk In Non-Endemic Countries
Thu Jun 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid a surge in Monkeypox infections, director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged affected countries to identify all cases and contacts to c...
RBI Hikes Rates, Loans To Get Costlier; Inflation Above Target
Wed Jun 08 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Reserve Bank of India raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points on Wednesday, taking the repo rate to 4.9 per cent, and raised its inflation projection for the current fi...