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India reports over 2.86 lakh new cases; positivity rate jumps to 19.5%
Thu Jan 27 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India saw a marginal rise in fresh cases, reporting over 2.86 lakh (2,86,364) in the last 24 hours, ending at 9 am on Thursday. With around 3.06 lakh (3,06,357) recoveries, the num...
Padma Bhushan: Jairam swipe at Ghulam Nabi Azad widens rift in Congress
Thu Jan 27 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
THE BJP government’s decision to confer Padma Bhushan on veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has once again brought to the fore the divide in the grand old party. While the pa...
"Ask Congress Why": Ex Party Chief In Uttarakhand Joins BJP Before Polls
Thu Jan 27 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A former Uttarakhand Congress chief, expelled by the party yesterday, joined the BJP today just days before the February 14 election in the state. Kishore Upadhyay, expelled for "a...
Tata Sons Chairman Likely To Meet PM Ahead Of Air India Handover: Sources
Thu Jan 27 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
In October last year, the government had sold Air India to Talace Private Limited -- a subsidiary of the Tata group's holding company -- for ₹ 18,000 crore. After that, a Letter of...
Case Against Google's Sundar Pichai In Mumbai After Filmmaker Complaint
Thu Jan 27 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A case has been registered against Google CEO Sundar Pichai and five others from the tech giant over the alleged copyright infringement of a Bollywood movie on YouTube....
Kazakhstan’s longtime leader is gone, but still seemingly everywhere
Thu Jan 27 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
For three decades, Nursultan Nazarbayev was seemingly everywhere in Kazakhstan, the country he ruled with an autocrat’s clenched fist. The capital’s airport was named after him, as...
Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut Deletes Tweet After BJP MP Calls It 'Unmanly'
Tue Jan 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
hivSena MP Sanjay Raut deleted a tweet this morning after BJP MP Poonam Mahajan's acrid response to it, in the middle of bitter sparring between their parties....
Freebies "Serious Issue": Supreme Court Notice To Centre, Election Body
Tue Jan 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre and the Election Commission regarding guidelines on "freebies" promised by political parties before elections. Calling it a "ser...
8 Dead, 50 Injured In Stampede After Football Match At Africa Stadium
Tue Jan 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Eight people were killed and about 50 injured in a crush outside a Cameroonian football stadium Monday ahead of an Africa Cup of Nations match.Crowds attempted to enter through a s...
Watch: "Stupid Son Of A B****" - Biden Caught On Hot Mic Mocking Reporter
Tue Jan 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden was caught on a live microphone Monday calling a Fox News journalist a "stupid son of a bitch" on the sidelines of a White House photo op.As journalists were...
UK’s Boris Johnson faces another lockdown party allegation as he fights for job
Tue Jan 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Britain’s Boris Johnson was fighting to shore up his premiership on Monday after his office said his birthday in 2020 was marked by a gathering in Downing Street, adding fuel to an...
India reports less than 3 lakh new Covid-19 cases; positivity rate at 15.52%
Tue Jan 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India Tuesday reported 2,55,874 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours down from 3,06,064 infections a day before, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data. T...
Maharashtra BJP MLA's Son Among 7 Medical Students Killed In Car Accident
Tue Jan 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Seven medical students, including BJP MLA Vijay Rahangdale's son AvishkarRahangdale, died after their car fell off a bridge in Maharashtra on Monday night.The students were on thei...
Congress's RPN Singh Quits, Says "New Chapter" Amid Reports Of Move To BJP
Tue Jan 25 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former Union Minister RPN Singh quit the Congress today and teased a "new chapter in his political journey" amid reports that he will switch to the BJP ahead of next month's Uttar ...
Biden weighs deploying thousands of troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics
Mon Jan 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
President Joe Biden is considering deploying several thousand US troops, as well as warships and aircraft, to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, an expansion of America...
AAP Gets Notice Over Covid Rules Violation In Bhagwant Mann's Campaign
Mon Jan 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Election Commission of India today sent a notice to Aam Aadmi Party Chief Ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann for violating protocols regarding Covid-19 that were issued by it ...
3.06 Lakh New Covid Cases In India, Positivity Up From 17.78% To 20.75%
Mon Jan 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India reported over three lakh new COVID-19 infections for the fifth straight day even though the caseload over the last 24 hours was eight per cent lower than a day before, data r...
Akhilesh Yadav's Party vs BJP On Opinion Polls Ahead Of UP Elections
Mon Jan 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Samajwadi Party has urged the Election Commission to stop the opinion polls from being aired on some news channels with immediate effect. In a letter to the Chief Election Comm...
China Accused Of Interference After Australia PM's WeChat Account Vanishes
Mon Jan 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's WeChat account has disappeared, prompting accusations of Chinese "interference" from senior members of his government Monday. Morrison's ...
China Sends 2nd Largest Incursion Of Warplanes Into Taiwan Defence Zone
Mon Jan 24 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
China sent 39 warplanes -- mostly fighter jets -- into Taiwan's air defence zone on Sunday, the island's government said, in the second-largest daily incursion on record....