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"Not In Good Taste": In Amazon Case, Enforcement Directorate Rebuked
Wed Jan 05 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reprimanded the Enforcement Directorate for insisting that a top Amazon executive - a resident of Mumbai and the mother of a two-year-old child - ...
Stampede-Like Scene At A Congress Marathon In UP, Masks Missing
Tue Jan 04 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A marathon organised by a Congress leader in Uttar Pradesh as part of the party's "ladki hun, lad sakti hun (women can fight)" election campaign came close to a stampede of sorts t...
Israeli military to roll out all-women combat platoon
Tue Jan 04 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is reportedly creating a new women-only combat unit for religious female soldiers who want to serve on the frontlines but have “modesty” concerns ab...
Elizabeth Holmes, Once A Silicon Valley Star, Guilty In Theranos Fraud Trial
Tue Jan 04 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Fallen US biotech star Elizabeth Holmes was convicted on Monday of defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos, in a high-profile case seen as an indictment of Silic...
DDMA decides to impose a weekend curfew in Delhi
Tue Jan 04 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Tuesday decided to impose a weekend curfew in Delhi, starting from this week. ...
Assange offered asylum just across US border
Tue Jan 04 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he sought a pardon for Julian Assange under the Trump administration but was ignored, while reiterating an asylum proposal he fir...
Canadian families win compensation over jet downed by Iran
Tue Jan 04 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Canadian court has awarded C$107m (£62m; $84m), plus interest, to the families of six people who died when a plane was downed near Tehran in 2020....
India’s Covid-19 cases see a single-day spike of 37,379
Tue Jan 04 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India’s tally for the new coronavirus variant, Omicron, on Tuesday reached 1,892, according to the Union Ministry of Health. ...
"Join Duty Immediately": Delhi's AIIMS Faculty's Winter Break Cancelled
Tue Jan 04 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
All medical staff at India's top health institute and hospital AIIMS in Delhi have been told to return to work immediately as COVID-19 cases continue to risk and the threat of Omic...
Vaccination for teenagers kickstarts; India reports 33,750 fresh Covid-19 cases
Mon Jan 03 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Cities across the country kickstarted the Covid vaccination for teenagers, aged between 15 to 18 years, on Monday. The Union Health Ministry had announced that Bharat Biotech’s Cov...
China Flag Unfurled In Galwan Wasn't Close To Area Of Clash: Army Sources
Mon Jan 03 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Army sources have told NDTV that a video from an official Chinese media handle on twitter, which shows a Chinese flag being unfurled in Galwan valley, does not violate the demilita...
Meghalaya Governor Meets PM Modi On Farm Laws, Says He Was "Arrogant"
Mon Jan 03 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
When Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik went to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the farmers' issue recently, he says he ended up fighting with the PM, who was "very ar...
"Omicron Spreads Fast But Is Weak, Like Viral Fever": Yogi Adityanath
Mon Jan 03 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Omicron variant is spreading fast but causes "very mild disease like viral fever", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today, urging people not to panic amid repo...
Aam Aadmi Party Announces 5 More Candidates For Punjab Assembly Polls
Mon Jan 03 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced five more candidates for the Punjab assembly polls. According to the party's seventh list of candidates, Lalli Majithia has been given...
US Will "Respond Decisively" If Russia Invades: Joe Biden To Ukraine President
Mon Jan 03 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden on Sunday reassured his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that Washington "will respond decisively" if Russia moves to invade its pro-Western neighbor...
AT&T, Verizon CEOs Reject US Request For 5G Deployment Delay
Mon Jan 03 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The chief executives of AT&T and Verizon Communications rejected a request to delay the planned Jan. 5 introduction of new 5G wireless service over aviation safety concerns but off...
Storms, Omicron Saw 6,000 US Flights Cancelled In One Weekend
Mon Jan 03 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Airlines greeted the New Year with more than 6,600 weekend cancellations in the U.S., closing out a bumpy holiday season as a winter storm swept eastward and carriers dealt with st...
Covid Cases Rising, But Don't Panic, Hospitalisation Low: Arvind Kejriwal
Sun Jan 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Do not panic. This was the major focus of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's address today as the national capital saw a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases. The city has also report...
"Bulli Bai Creator Blocked": Minister; Sena MP Says More Action Needed
Sun Jan 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
After fury over Muslim women being 'auctioned' by right-wing extremists - for the second time in less than a year - IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tweeted a terse two lines late Satu...
1,525 Omicron Cases, Most In Maharashtra (460); Covid Cases Up 21% Today
Sun Jan 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
About 1,525 people in India have contracted the Omicron variant since the first case was reported in November, the Health Ministry said. Maharashtra and Delhi continue to be the wo...