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UK to add Covaxin to approved list from November 22
Tue Nov 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The move follows the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Emergency Use Listing for Covaxin, which is the second most used formulation in India....
Brahmins, Baniyas in pocket: BJP MP in-charge on need for tribal vote base
Tue Nov 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bypolls were held for three Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat of which BJP retained its Khandwa parlimentary seat. It also won two of the Assembly seats....
"My Ministers Don't Know Hindi": Mizoram Chief Minister To Amit Shah
Tue Nov 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Chief Minister Pu Zoramthanga has requested that Additional Chief Secretary JC Ramthanga be named the new chief secretary in place of Renu Sharma....
Chennai Rain News Live: Red alert issued till Nov 11; toll rises to 5
Tue Nov 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Chennai, Tamil Nadu Weather Warning: At least five people have died in rain-related incidents across the state, while 538 huts and four houses have been damaged, KKSSR Ramachandran...
Dengue Cases Piling Up, Outbreak Worst In Several Years: Delhi Hospital
Tue Nov 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi logged 1,171 dengue cases in the first six days of November, after reporting only 1,196 through the whole of October and just 217 in September, according to PTI...
Devendra Fadnavis's "Underworld Links Proof" Against Maharashtra Minister
Tue Nov 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Reiterating his earlier charge that Mr Malik has underworld links, the BJP leader, addressing a press conference, presented what he calls "proof" of the connection....
Taliban Members Are Now Governors, Police Chiefs In Afghanistan
Mon Nov 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Taliban appointed 44 of its members to key roles including provincial governors and police chiefs on Sunday, a key step in shoring up its governance as the country grapples wit...
Bandh In Village Of Fisherman Killed By Pak Maritime Security Personnel
Mon Nov 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Residents of Vadrai village in Maharashtra's Palghar district observed a bandh on Monday to protest the killing of a native fisherman by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA...
Energy Crisis In India, China That Helped Revive Coal Is Easing, For Now
Mon Nov 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
An energy crisis in two of Asia's key economies that caused power shortages and threatened slower growth is beginning to ease, though further risks remain. Supplies of coal, the ke...
"Only Mamata Banerjee Got It Spot On": Derek O'Brien On Demonetisation
Mon Nov 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Only Mamata Banerjee got it spot on, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien tweeted today on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sudden demonetisation move or ban on high-value currenc...
COP26: Fossil fuel industry has largest delegation at climate summit
Mon Nov 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
There are more delegates at COP26 associated with the fossil fuel industry than from any single country, analysis shared with the BBC shows. Campaigners led by Global Witness asses...
China Builds Missile Targets Shaped Like US Navy Ships In Desert: Report
Mon Nov 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
China's military has built mockups in the shape of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and other U.S. warships, possibly as training targets, in the desert of Xinjiang, satellite images b...
CRPF Constable Opens Fire With AK-47 In Chhattisgarh, 4 Colleagues Killed
Mon Nov 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Four CRPF personnel were killed and three others injured after their colleague opened fire at them in a camp of the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh''s Sukma district on Monday, ...
HC judge to monitor Lakhimpur Kheri probe till chargesheet is filed, says SC
Mon Nov 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Expressing displeasure of the status report filed by the Uttar Pradesh government on the October 3 Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the Supreme Court said that a judge of a different High...
Eye on state polls, PM Modi kicks off BJP’s national executive meeting
Sun Nov 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off the BJP’s national executive meeting on Sunday to discuss organisational matters as well as its strategy for the upcoming assembly polls in ...
Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survives assassination bid with drones
Sun Nov 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence early Sunday and officials said he was unharmed. The attack...
Wankhede part of plot to kidnap Aryan Khan: Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik
Sun Nov 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Sunday accused the NCB’s Mumbai Zonal Unit director Sameer Wankhede of being part of a larger plot to kidnap Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s so...
Tripura violence: After SC lawyers, 102 social media accounts face UAPA charge
Sun Nov 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three days after they charged four Supreme Court lawyers under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), police in Tripura have invoked the same stringent anti-terrorism law...
India, France agree to expand partnership in defence, security
Sun Nov 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India and France agreed to strengthen defence and security partnership by enhancing intelligence and information sharing, bolstering capabilities, expanding military drills and pur...
Elon Musk Leaves Fate Of His $21 Billion Tesla Stock On Twitter Poll
Sun Nov 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Saturday asked his 62.5 million followers on Twitter in a poll if he should sell 10 per cent of his Tesla stock....