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State of emergency declared in Kazakhstan
Wed Jan 05 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has declared a state of emergency in Almaty, as well as the Mangystau region of the country. ...
Congress Cancels All UP Rallies, Yogi Adityanath Cancels Noida Event
Wed Jan 05 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress on Wednesday postponed all political rallies and programmes in poll-bound states, including Uttar Pradesh, citing the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country and g...
India’s active Covid-19 cases cross 2 lakh
Wed Jan 05 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India’s Omicron tally on Wednesday stood at 2,135, of which 828 have recovered. Meanwhile, the active caseload of coronavirus infections crossed the 2-lakh mark....
PM Stuck On Flyover For 15-20 Minutes In Punjab
Wed Jan 05 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled a programme in Punjab after he was stuck on a flyover for around 20 minutes because of protesters, in what the government said was a major se...
Third arrest in connection with app hosting doctored photos
Wed Jan 05 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A team of cyber police officials from the Mumbai Crime Branch Wednesday arrested one more accused from Uttarakhand for allegedly posting obscene and derogatory content on an applic...
North Korea launches ballistic missile
Wed Jan 05 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea, South Korea's defence minister has said....
Asteroid the size of two Empire State Buildings approaching Earth
Wed Jan 05 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A massive asteroid from NASA’s ‘potentially hazardous’ list that is two and a half times the height of New York’s Empire State Building is set to pass Earth later this month....
"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...