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2.34 Lakh Fresh Covid Cases, Positivity Rises From 13.39% To 14.50%
Sun Jan 30 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's daily Covid curve showed marginal improvement as the country reported 2.34 lakh cases today, taking the total tally to 4.10 crore. The active cases now comprise 4.59 per ce...
New Zealand PM Isolating, Journalist Case Highlights Tough Covid Curbs
Sun Jan 30 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stayed in self-isolation on Sunday, as the country recorded 103 new COVID-19 infections and its tough border controls were highlighted by ...
‘Treason’: Opposition leaders attack Govt after report claims it bought Pegasus spyware
Sat Jan 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Opposition parties attacked the Centre on Saturday, a day after a report in the The New York Times revealed the Indian government had bought Israeli spyware Pegasus in 2017 as part...
Russian attack would be 'horrific', US warns
Sat Jan 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Top US General Mark Milley has said that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be "horrific" and would lead to a significant number of casualties....
'Big Misuse, State And Party Lines Blurred': Akhilesh Yadav's Ally On UP
Sat Jan 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary has raised concerns over what he claimed is the blurring of lines between the state and party, which he said can't be the same, alluding to...
Russia moves blood supplies near Ukrainian border
Sat Jan 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Citing “three US officials,” Reuters reported that Russia was allegedly moving blood supplies and other medical materials near Ukraine. ...
8 booked after Dalit youth ‘assaulted, made to drink urine’ in Rajasthan
Sat Jan 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 25-year-old Dalit man was allegedly assaulted and forced to drink urine in Rajasthan’s Churu district earlier this week. ...
Ukraine won’t get any US combat troops, Pentagon says
Sat Jan 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told reporters that President Joe Biden “does not intend to put troops into Ukraine for combat operations." However, Austin said that every possib...
Women's Panel Notice To SBI Over "Unfit" Pregnant Women Guidelines
Sat Jan 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to State Bank of India for stopping women who are over three-month pregnant from joining work. ...
Gurgaon: Two arrested for ‘illegally terminating pregnancies’
Sat Jan 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
New Delhi, 29 January 2022 As per news report of The Indian Express, one of the accused had been posing as a doctor. Four such quacks have been arrested in the last three days. The...
Biden warns Russia may invade next month
Fri Jan 28 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden has warned there is a "distinct possibility" Russia might invade Ukraine next month, the White House says....
Air India Transaction "Extremely Challenging": Scindia
Fri Jan 28 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The sale of Air India to Tata group was an "extremely difficult and challenging transaction", Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told NDTV today, a day after the salt-to-...
China cautions US over standoff with Russia
Fri Jan 28 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia’s concerns about safety on the European continent cannot be pushed aside by the US and warrant genuine consideration, China has warned, amid a tense stand-off between Washin...
Google to invest up to $1 billion in Bharti Airtel
Fri Jan 28 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Alphabet Inc’s Google will invest up to $1 billion in Bharti Airtel in a move that could help bolster the Indian telecom operator’s digital offerings, the companies said on Friday....
India's S-400 Missile Deal "Shines Spotlight On Russia's Destabilising Role": US
Fri Jan 28 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia selling S-400 missile defense system to India "shines a spotlight on the destabilising role" that Moscow is playing in the region and potentially beyond as well, the United ...
US bans telecom giant China Unicom over spying concerns
Fri Jan 28 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
China Unicom has become the latest Chinese telecoms giant to be banned from the US over "significant" national security and espionage concerns....
India reports over 2.51 lakh new Covid cases
Fri Jan 28 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India reported more than 2.51 lakh (2,51,209) new coronavirus cases and 627 deaths in the last 24 hours, ending at 9 am on Friday. ...
Supreme Court cancels suspension of 12 Maharashtra BJP MLAs
Fri Jan 28 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Maharashtra assembly's resolution to suspend 12 BJP MLAs for a year for alleged unruly behaviour has been set aside by the Supreme Court....
US Rejects Russia's 'Bar Ukraine From NATO' Demand As Talks See New Life
Thu Jan 27 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The United States on Wednesday rejected Russia's key demand to bar Ukraine from NATO and said it believed Moscow was ready to invade but offered what it called a new "diplomatic pa...
Bihar protests enter 3rd day, UP suspends 6 cops for student crackdown
Thu Jan 27 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The protest against the Ministry of Railways’ recruitment process have been centred around Bihar and poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, which account for a bulk of the candidates who appear...