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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...
"Humanitarian Work Affected": Oxfam India On Foreign Funding Licence Loss
Sun Jan 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The government's decision to refuse renewal of its FCRA licence - needed to receive funding from abroad - will severely affect ongoing humanitarian and social work in 16 states, Ox...
CDS chopper crash: Probe report in January, unintentional error likely cause
Sun Jan 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The probe into last month’s helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu that killed the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, and 13 others is close to being complete and...
US military focusing on ISIS cell behind attack at Kabul Airport
Sun Jan 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Four months after an Islamic State suicide bomber killed scores of people, including 13 American service members, outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, US and foreign intellig...
3 People Missing, Nearly 1,000 Homes Destroyed In US Colorado Wildfires
Sun Jan 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three people are missing after a wildfire tore through several Colorado towns, quickly destroying nearly 1,000 homes as part of the latest in a string of US natural disasters. "We'...
Economically Weaker Section Quota Rules Will Change Next Year: Centre
Sun Jan 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Existing criteria to identify EWS (Economically Weaker Section) reservation beneficiaries for admission to medical courses across the country will be retained for this academic yea...
12 Dead, 14 Injured In Stampede At Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine In J&K
Sat Jan 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twelve pilgrims have died and over a dozen injured in a stampede at Jammu and Kashmir's Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. The stampede was triggered by a "minor altercation among some youn...
Several feared dead after landslide in Haryana’s mining zone
Sat Jan 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Several mining workers are reportedly trapped while some are feared dead following a landslide at the Dadam mining zone in Tosham block of Haryana’s Bhiwani district. While the dis...
1,431 Omicron Cases, Most In Maharashtra (454); Covid Cases Up 35% Today
Sat Jan 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The number of cases of fast-spreading Omicron variant has risen to 1,431 in India, with Maharashtra reporting the most number of infections. The country also witnessed a 35 per cen...
After Navjot Sidhu's "Wet Pants" Jibe, Punjab Chief Minister Says...
Sat Jan 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The question of who frightens whom into soiling their pants - police or criminals - is now the subject of a surreal back-and-forth between Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi an...
Over 12,000 NGOs, Including Oxfam And Jamia, Lose Foreign Funding Licence
Sat Jan 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
FCRA licences - required to be able to receive funding from abroad - of over 6,000 NGOs and other organisations expired overnight, the Home Ministry said Saturday morning, days aft...
China "Should Stop Spread Of Military Adventurism": Taiwan President
Sat Jan 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Taiwan's president on Saturday urged China to curb its "military adventurism", with tensions between the two sides at their highest level in years. Beijing has ramped up military a...
China Mines Social Media Data For Info On Foreign Targets: Report
Sat Jan 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
China is mining Western social media to equip its military and police with information on foreign targets, according to a new report by The Washington Post. This revelation was mad...
GST On Zomato, Swiggy, Ola, Uber From Today As Government Widens Tax Base
Sat Jan 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Food aggregators like Swiggy and Zomato will have to collect and deposit tax at 5 per cent rate starting today, a move which will widen the tax base as food vendors who are current...