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At IIT Madras, 32 More Test Positive, 111 Covid Cases So Far
At IIT Madras, 32 More Test Positive, 111 Covid Cases So Far

Tue Apr 26 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

With 32 fresh cases of Covid-19, the total number of students infected with coronavirus has climbed to 111 at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), the Tamil Nadu hea...

France's Emmanuel Macron Wins Second Term, Defeats Far-Right Leader
France's Emmanuel Macron Wins Second Term, Defeats Far-Right Leader

Mon Apr 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

French President Emmanuel Macron won re-election on Sunday, convincingly defeating his rival Marine Le Pen and prompting a wave of relief in Europe that the far-right had been kept...

Tit-For-Tat Hanuman Chalisa Offer For PM Modi After Uddhav Thackeray
Tit-For-Tat Hanuman Chalisa Offer For PM Modi After Uddhav Thackeray

Mon Apr 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

A leader from Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has hit out at the BJP, shooting off a stinging letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking permission to read th...

Ukraine Proposes Russia Talks Near Last Stronghold In Strategic Port City
Ukraine Proposes Russia Talks Near Last Stronghold In Strategic Port City

Mon Apr 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

Ukraine has invited Russia to talks near the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, where Ukrainian fighters and civilians are holding out in a city largely under Moscow's control, Kyiv said ...

EU Chief To Seek Closer Military, Trade Ties During India Visit: Official
EU Chief To Seek Closer Military, Trade Ties During India Visit: Official

Mon Apr 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

The European Union's chief executive will seek to increase sales of European military equipment to India and relaunch talks on a free trade deal when she meets Prime Minister Naren...

Yea Or Nay To Prashant Kishor? Congress Meet Today After KCR Surprise
Yea Or Nay To Prashant Kishor? Congress Meet Today After KCR Surprise

Mon Apr 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

The Congress high command will hold a crucial meeting today to decide on whether it will accept poll strategist Prashant Kishor's proposal to revamp the grand old party ahead of th...

US Diplomats To "Return This Week", Top Visiting Officials Told Zelensky
US Diplomats To "Return This Week", Top Visiting Officials Told Zelensky

Mon Apr 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

Washington's top diplomat and defense secretary both visited Kyiv on Sunday, and used the first official US visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded two months ago to announce a gradu...

"Won't Tolerate Invasions": Taliban On Alleged Pak Airstrikes
"Won't Tolerate Invasions": Taliban On Alleged Pak Airstrikes

Mon Apr 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

Afghanistan's acting defence minister said on Sunday that the Taliban administration would not tolerate "invasions" from its neighours after protesting against airstrikes it says w...

168 Killed In Sunday Clashes In Restive Sudan Region
168 Killed In Sunday Clashes In Restive Sudan Region

Mon Apr 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

Clashes between rival groups in Sudan's Darfur killed at least 168 people on Sunday, an aid group said, in the latest bout of deadly violence to hit the restive region....

Putin, Pak Prime Minister Express Desire To Strengthen Cooperation: Report
Putin, Pak Prime Minister Express Desire To Strengthen Cooperation: Report

Sun Apr 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have quietly exchanged letters expressing desire to strengthen cooperation between the two countri...

Top US Diplomats To Visit Kyiv Today, Ukraine Says Will Seek Heavy Weapons
Top US Diplomats To Visit Kyiv Today, Ukraine Says Will Seek Heavy Weapons

Sun Apr 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine hoped to secure heavy weapons at talks with the US secretaries of state and defence in Kyiv on Sunday, supplies that he said were vital f...

MP, MLA Couple Sent To 14-Day Custody After Uddhav Thackeray Face-Off
MP, MLA Couple Sent To 14-Day Custody After Uddhav Thackeray Face-Off

Sun Apr 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

A Mumbai court on Sunday rejected the city police's demand for the custody of independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana and remanded the couple in 14-day judicial c...

Murder Accused Son Of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Returns To Jail
Murder Accused Son Of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Returns To Jail

Sun Apr 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

unior Union Home Minister Ajay Mishra's son, accused in a murder case, today surrendered at a local court in Uttar Pradesh. He has been sent back to the Lakhimpur prison. The Supre...

In PM's 1st J&K Rally In 3 Years, ₹ 20,000 Crore In Projects
In PM's 1st J&K Rally In 3 Years, ₹ 20,000 Crore In Projects

Sun Apr 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened multiple projects worth over ₹ 20,000 crore in Jammu and Kashmir including the Banihal-Qazigund tunnel and two hydroelectric projects -- during ...

India's Oil Import Bill Jumped Nearly 100% To $119 Billion In FY22
India's Oil Import Bill Jumped Nearly 100% To $119 Billion In FY22

Sun Apr 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

India's crude oil import bill nearly doubled to $119 billion in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, as energy prices soared globally following the return of demand and war in U...

Prashant Kishor's Sleepover At KCR's Ahead Of Congress Decision
Prashant Kishor's Sleepover At KCR's Ahead Of Congress Decision

Sun Apr 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor is camping at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's official residence in Hyderabad since Saturday morning, setting off a new round of spec...

India Suspends Tourist Visas For Chinese Citizens As Payback: Report
India Suspends Tourist Visas For Chinese Citizens As Payback: Report

Sun Apr 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

India has suspended tourist visas issued to Chinese nationals, global airlines body International Air Transport Association (IATA) has told its member carriers....

I&B ministry pulls up TV channels for coverage of Delhi violence, Ukraine war
I&B ministry pulls up TV channels for coverage of Delhi violence, Ukraine war

Sat Apr 23 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

Issuing a strongly-worded advisory on Saturday, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting pulled up satellite TV channels for their coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war and the re...

India Logs 2,527 New COVID-19 Cases, 33 Covid Deaths In 24 Hours: Centre
India Logs 2,527 New COVID-19 Cases, 33 Covid Deaths In 24 Hours: Centre

Sat Apr 23 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

With 2,527 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of cases rose to 4,30,54,952, while active cases have increased to 15,079, according to Union health...

Sena Growls As 'Hanuman Chalisa' Row Knocks On Uddhav Thackeray's Door
Sena Growls As 'Hanuman Chalisa' Row Knocks On Uddhav Thackeray's Door

Sat Apr 23 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk

Shiv Sena workers gathered in large numbers outside the apartment of Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana in Mumbai this morning, and shouted slogans after the co...