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Crowded Gangasagar Mela As Bengal Tackles Over 30% Positivity Rate
Fri Jan 14 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
As Makar Sankranti celebrations commence, lakhs of devotees are seen taking part in the Gangasagar Mela in West Bengal's Sagar Island, even as Covid cases surge in the eastern stat...
Russia responds to US demands on military exercises
Fri Jan 14 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Moscow will continue to ignore American demands that it stops military exercises near the country’s border with Ukraine because nobody has the right to dictate what Russia can do i...
India reports over 2.64 lakh new Covid cases
Fri Jan 14 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India reported 2,64,202 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, ending at 9 am on Friday, marking a 6.7 per cent uptick since yesterday. With 1,09,345 recoveries , active cases ...
Johnson’s staff accused of more lockdown parties
Fri Jan 14 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Downing Street staff have been accused of holding two leaving parties in No 10 on the eve of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral....
9 Killed, 37 Injured In Bengal Train Accident, Railway Minister At Site
Fri Jan 14 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The death count in yesterday's train accident in north Bengal has climbed to nine and 37 people are in hospitals as officials said no more passengers are trapped in the derailed co...
North Korea hackers stole $400m of cryptocurrency in 2021
Fri Jan 14 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
North Korean hackers stole almost $400m (£291m) worth of digital assets in at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms last year, a report claims....
Acquitted in nun rape case by trial court, Franco Mulakkal says ‘praise the lord’
Fri Jan 14 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
An additional sessions court in Kottayam on Friday acquitted Bishop Franco Mulakkal in the sensational case pertaining to the rape of a catholic nun. Mulakkal had been the bishop o...
Virat Kohli Rages Into Stump Mic After Dean Elgar DRS Controversy On Day 3
Fri Jan 14 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Virat Kohli on Thursday unleashed his fury into the stump mic, expressing his anger over a DRS decision on Day 3 of the third and final Test at Newlands, Cape Town. ...
UP Polls: 7th BJP MLA, Mukesh Verma Quits Party
Thu Jan 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A seventh BJP MLA and backward caste leader Mukesh Verma quit the BJP today as exits continued for the third day from Uttar Pradesh's ruling party less than a month before election...
KFC faces boycott in China over meal toy promotion
Thu Jan 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A top Chinese consumer group has called for a boycott of a KFC meal promotion, saying it encourages food waste....
India records over 2.47 lakh new cases
Thu Jan 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India added more than 2.47 lakh new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, the highest single-day rise in the ongoing wave. With 84,825 recoveries and 380 deaths, active cases presently st...
US sanctions Russian firm over North Korea missiles
Thu Jan 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions against six North Koreans as well as one Russian national and a Russian company, accusing them of the “proliferation of weapons of ...
Congress Names 2017 UP Rape Victim's Mother As Poll Candidate
Thu Jan 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress has named the mother of 2017 Unnao rape victim as its candidate for next month's assembly election in Uttar Pradesh. ...
Salvadoran journalists’ phones hacked with Pegasus, report finds
Thu Jan 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The cell phones of nearly three dozen journalists and activists in El Salvador, several of whom were investigating alleged state corruption, have been hacked since mid-2020 and imp...
Prince Andrew to face civil sex assault case after US ruling
Thu Jan 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prince Andrew is to face a civil case in the US over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17....
Elon Musk Says Tesla Not In India Due To 'Challenges With The Government'
Thu Jan 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Elon Musk has wanted to sell Tesla Inc. cars in India as early as 2019. Three years later, the U.S. electric-vehicle pioneer isn't really much closer. ...
Boris Johnson to face MPs following revelations
Wed Jan 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Boris Johnson is to face MPs later at Prime Minister's Questions amid demands for him to say whether he attended a drinks event in the Downing Street garden during lockdown....
'Abduction' Drama Follows UP Minister, MLAs' Big BJP Exit Before Polls
Wed Jan 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A bed-ridden Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA - among five lawmakers who quit the ruling party yesterday ahead of elections next month - has issued a statement after his daughter alleged he h...
India reports 1,94,720 fresh Covid-19 cases
Wed Jan 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India recorded 1,94,720 fresh Covid-19 cases and 442 deaths in the 24 hours ending 8 am Wednesday. The active cases mounted to 9,55,319, the highest in 211 days. The daily positivi...
Djokovic addresses claims he misled Australian officials
Wed Jan 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Novak Djokovich has called an “error of judgment” his decision to attend an interview with a newspaper after testing positive for Covid-19, but dismissed a separate travel declarat...