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Health ministry flags Covid-19 concerns in 6 states, virus spreading rapidly
Fri Jan 21 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Highlighting that as many as 515 districts across the country have reported more than 5 percent positivity rate in the last one week, the health ministry Thursday said the third wa...
"Merging, Not Extinguishing" Flame At India Gate For Soldiers: Centre
Fri Jan 21 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Amar Jawan Jyoti or the "eternal flame" for soldiers at India Gate will be put out after 50 years and merged with the torch at the National War Memorial in a ceremony today. ...
Urgent US-Russia talks in Geneva as invasion fears grow
Fri Jan 21 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are to hold talks in Geneva later amid mounting fears that Russia could be about to invade Ukraine....
2022 T20 World Cup: India, Pakistan to lock horns in their opening encounter
Fri Jan 21 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Australia will begin the defence of their Twenty20 World Cup title against New Zealand in Sydney on October 22 in a re-run of last year’s final. ...
3 Arrested Over Clubhouse Hate Chats
Fri Jan 21 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mumbai police have arrested three persons from Haryana in connection with the chat on Clubhouse app, in which obscene comments were allegedly made against Muslim women, an official...
Samsung pulls ad with drag queen after backlash
Fri Jan 21 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Samsung has pulled an ad showing a Muslim mother expressing support for her drag queen son in Singapore, after backlash from the Muslim community....
Pakistan Pilot Refuses To Fly After Emergency Landing As His Shift Had Ended
Fri Jan 21 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilot refused to fly any further after making an emergency landing on Sunday, saying that his shift had ended. ...
Biden believes Putin will 'move in' on Ukraine
Thu Jan 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden has said he thinks his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will "move in" on Ukraine but does not want "full-blown war"....
Goa: Son Of Ex Chief Minister M Parrikar Draws A Line
Thu Jan 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The BJP today announced its first lot of candidates for Goa with a big omission - Utpal Parrikar, the son of former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. ...
JNU teachers body wants committee on sexual harassment back
Thu Jan 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
After a PhD student alleged that a motorist tried to molest her inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus Monday night, the teachers association (JNUTA) has demanded the ...
China ‘warns off’ US destroyer
Thu Jan 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Chinese military said naval and aerial assets were deployed on Tuesday in response to a so-called freedom of navigation mission conducted by the guided-missile destroyer USS Be...
"Wearing Hijab Is Indiscipline": Karnataka Minister
Thu Jan 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The nearly three-week-long stand-off between a government college in Karnataka's Udupi district and a handful of Muslim students who want to wear a hijab during classes escalated T...
Tonga: First foreign aid planes arrive
Thu Jan 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The first foreign aid planes have arrived in Tonga, bearing much-needed supplies for the Pacific nation which was left devastated by a volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami on S...
Pregnant Forest Staff Pulled By Hair, Kicked In Maharashtra Shocker
Thu Jan 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A pregnant forest ranger was grabbed by the hair, pushed to the ground and kicked, allegedly by a former sarpanch and his wife in Maharashtra's Satara district, after a dispute ove...
Israel Signs $3.4 Billion Submarines Deal
Thu Jan 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Israel has agreed with Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems to develop and produce three advanced submarines for the Israeli Navy in a deal worth 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion), Israel's De...
Covid-19: Slight uptick in India’s daily cases
Wed Jan 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India recorded 2,82,970 new Covid-19 cases and 441 related deaths in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Wednesday, data updated by the Union Ministry of Health showed. ...
Akhilesh Yadav's Cheeky Retort To BJP
Wed Jan 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Akhilesh Yadav, reacting to his relative Aparna Yadav switching to the BJP today, said he hoped she "carries our ideology to the BJP"....
Massive blast shuts down major oil pipeline
Wed Jan 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Turkish state-run petroleum firm has cut off the flow of oil from the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline following a mysterious explosion and the resulting blaze, with the aftermath reported...
Crime syndicate enjoying 5-star hospitality in Pakistan: Indian envoy at UN
Wed Jan 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The crime syndicate responsible for the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts are enjoying 5-star hospitality in Pakistan and given state protection, Indian envoy at the UN has said, in a veiled...
Ukraine: Blinken flies to Europe amid Russia invasion fears
Wed Jan 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travelled to Europe on Wednesday amid mounting fears that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be imminent....