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BJP's 'Jan Vishwas Yatra' In UP Begins Today, Top Leaders To Participate
Sun Dec 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls next year, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to take out 'Jan Vishwas Yatra' from six places in the state from Sunday. ...
3 Farmers Found Dead In Bengal, Families Allege Suicide Over Crop Failure
Sun Dec 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three farmers have been found dead in West Bengal's rice bowl Purba Bardhaman district in the last two days, police said on Sunday. The dead farmers' families claimed that they hav...
"Won't Give Niche To Americans": Russia Ready For Space Tourism "Fight"
Sun Dec 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
After a decade-long hiatus, Russia is relaunching an ambitious bid for dominion over the world's budding space tourism industry, jostling with zealous billionaires, the United Stat...
Apple Seeks Dismissal Of India Antitrust Case, Says Market Share Tiny: Report
Sun Dec 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Apple Inc has asked India's antitrust watchdog to throw out a case alleging abuse of market power in the apps market, saying it is too small a player in India where Google is domin...
UP Election 2022: More BJP fears defeat, more Opposition leaders will get raided, says Akhilesh
Sat Dec 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hitting out at the BJP, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the I-T department raids at the residences of his close aides on Saturday were the result of the ruling BJP f...
Tensions In Karnataka's Belagavi Amid Border Dispute With Maharashtra
Sat Dec 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Large gatherings have been banned in Belagavi as the border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra touched its latest flashpoint after a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in Bengalu...
Rahul Gandhi To Target Centre In His Former Lok Sabha Constituency Amethi
Sat Dec 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will lead a footmarch this morning against the government and the rising inflation in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, his former Lok Sabha constituency. Priyanka ...
New Drug Identified May Help Effectively Treat COVID-19 Pneumonia: Lancet Study
Sat Dec 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A newly identified drug may be used to effectively treat some patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia, according to a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journ...
Meetings, cars, videos and invoking Khattar: How a group disrupts namaz in Gurgaon
Sat Dec 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Strategy sessions through the week, cars and motorcycles to rush them around, and videos after every ‘victory’ — protesting against namaz at public places in Gurgaon now for severa...
FM pulls up infra ministries for ‘sluggish’ capex, says public spending key to recovery
Sat Dec 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With pre-budget meetings already underway, Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has pulled up infrastructure ministries for their “sluggish performance” on capital expenditure...
India Successfully Testfires Nuclear Capable Strategic Agni Prime Missile
Sat Dec 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a significant development, India successfully testfired the nuclear-capable strategic Agni Prime missile off the coast of Odisha with the capability to hit targets between 1,000...
18 Students Found Covid Positive In School Near Mumbai, Mass Testing On
Sat Dec 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Eighteen students have tested positive for coronavirus in a school in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai after a student was found infected with the virus. Following this, a mass testing ha...
Rape remark: Congress calls it ‘unacceptable’; BJP, NCW slam Karnataka MLA
Fri Dec 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress on Friday ‘disapproved’ of the “exchange of highly objectionable and insensitive banter” between senior leader K R Ramesh Kumar and Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishwes...
US curbs Chinese drone maker DJI, other firms it accuses of aiding rights abuses
Fri Dec 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US government put investment and export restrictions on dozens of Chinese companies on Thursday, including top drone maker DJI, accusing them of complicity in the oppression of...
Pegasus snooping row: SC stays West Bengal’s Lokur panel probe
Fri Dec 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court Friday stayed all further proceedings of the panel constituted by the West Bengal government under former apex court judge Justice M B Lokur to probe Pegasus snoo...
Protests Over Nagaland Deaths Escalate, Huge Demonstration In Kohima
Fri Dec 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Furious protests over the killing of 14 civilians in Nagaland's remote Mon district earlier this month - during and after an Army counter-insurgency op that went horrifically wrong...
Reducing Government Stake In Banks: The Steps PM Modi Is Reviewing
Fri Dec 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The government is considering changes that would make it easier to lower its stake in state-run banks, a key step in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to unclog credit flow to th...
10 New Omicron Cases In Delhi Day After Sharpest Covid Spike In 4 Months
Fri Dec 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Ten new Omicron cases were logged in Delhi this morning a day after the city saw the sharpest daily spike in coronavirus cases in nearly four months with 85 fresh infections. Acros...
Hong Kong's 'Patriots Only' Polls Cuts Number Of Directly Elected Seats
Fri Dec 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hong Kong's political elite will pick new city lawmakers on Sunday under Beijing's "patriots only" rules that drastically reduce the number of directly elected seats and control wh...
ISIS Has 66 Known Indian-Origin Fighters: US Report On Terrorism
Fri Dec 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
There were 66 known Indian-origin fighters affiliated with the global terrorist group ISIS, the latest US State Department report on terrorism has said as it commended India's coun...