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SC appoints 5-member panel headed to probe PM security breach
Wed Jan 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court Wednesday appointed an inquiry committee under its former judge Justice Indu Malhotra to probe the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to ...
Chief Minister Channi's Hint For Congress After Navjot Sidhu's Warning
Wed Jan 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress may have kept any decision on a Chief Minister candidate in Punjab at bay ahead of elections but its two top faces, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Con...
An Open Letter To YouTube CEO From The World’s Fact-checkers
Wed Jan 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
As per news report of Newschecker.in, Fact checkers around the world wrote an open letter to Youtube CEO. The letter states…...
North Korea says Kim Jong-un oversaw third hypersonic missile test
Wed Jan 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
North Korea says it has conducted another hypersonic missile test, under the watch of its leader Kim Jong-un....
US breaks Covid-19 hospitalisation record at over 1.3 lakh
Tue Jan 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Covid-19 hospitalisations in the United States reached a record high on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as a surge in infections caused by the highly contagious Omicron varia...
Millions More Locked Down In China, Beijing On High Alert
Tue Jan 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Five million residents of a central Chinese city were confined to their homes Tuesday while another megacity shuttered all non-essential businesses, as the country battles a spate ...
Top US central banker resigns amid trading scandal
Tue Jan 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Federal Reserve Board vice chair Richard Clarida has announced he will step down two weeks before his term is set to expire. His recently amended 2020 financial disclosures raised ...
Tata group to replace Vivo as IPL title sponsor
Tue Jan 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
One of India’s largest business conglomerates, the Tata Group, is all set to replace Chinese mobile manufacturer Vivo as the Indian Premier League’s title sponsor from this year, t...
"Concerned By China's Attempt To Intimidate": US On Border Row With India
Tue Jan 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US is concerned by China's attempt to "intimidate" its neighbours, including India, as Washington believes that Beijing's behaviour in the region and around the world could be ...
Russia warns US of possible military response
Tue Jan 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov warned his American counterparts on Monday that some form of military response to the US stationing advanced weapons in Europe could...
India reported 1,68,063 new Covid-19 cases
Tue Jan 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India on Tuesday reported 1,68,063 new Covid-19 cases and 277 related deaths even as the country’s active count mounted to 8,21,446, data from the Union Ministry of Health showed. ...
Uttar Pradesh Minister, 3 BJP Leaders Quit
Tue Jan 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a big jolt to the BJP and Yogi Adityanath just before the Uttar Pradesh election, senior leader Swami Prasad Maurya today quit as minister and joined rival Samajwadi Party of Ak...
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Jailed For 4 Years For Walkie-Talkie Possession
Mon Jan 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Myanmar junta court on Monday convicted Aung San Suu Kyi of three criminal charges, sentencing her to four years in prison in the latest in a slew of cases against the ousted civ...
Panel headed by retired judge to probe PM security lapse in Punjab
Mon Jan 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar claimed that a senior BJP leader met him at his residence, whom he offered to contest on his party’s ticket in the Uttar Pra...
Active cases cross 7-lakh; precautionary doses for 60+, frontline workers from today
Mon Jan 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India on Monday recorded 1,79,723 fresh Covid-19 cases, pushing the active caseload to 7,23,619. The daily positivity rate stood at 13.29 per cent, while 146 deaths were recorded i...
Punjab Polls: Rajewal rules out alliance with AAP, explores poll pact with Chaduni
Mon Jan 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The two political outfits formed by farmer leaders to contest the forthcoming Punjab Assembly elections Sunday initiated talks for entering a pre-poll alliance. The decision of bo...
Assembly elections 2022: Model code in, PM photo out of jab certificate
Mon Jan 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
With the model code of conduct coming into effect in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur, the Union Health Ministry has decided to “exclude” the picture of Prime Mi...
BharatPe Founder Says Kotak Botched Up IPO, Bank Raises "Abusive Call"
Mon Jan 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
he co-founder of payments firm BharatPe has sent a legal notice to Kotak Mahindra Bank in a dispute over shares of FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd, which owns the e-tailer Nykaa, whose...
China's New Challenge Amid "Responsible" Kazakhstan Unrest: Energy Crisis
Mon Jan 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Foreign ministers from oil-rich Gulf states arrived in Beijing on Monday for a five-day visit as turmoil in neighbouring Kazakhstan raises concerns about China's energy security. T...
Iran Minister Says Nuclear Talks On "Right Track"; On Deadline Says...
Mon Jan 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Talks between Tehran and world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear accord are approaching a "good agreement" but reaching one soon depends on the other parties, Iran's foreign minister...