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Angry scenes at Haiti airport as deported migrants arrive
Thu Sep 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Angry scenes broke out at Haiti's main airport after migrants were deported to the country from the US....
Suspected Chinese hack targets Indian media, government: report
Thu Sep 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A US-based private cybersecurity company said Wednesday it has uncovered evidence that an Indian media conglomerate, a police department and the agency responsible for the country’...
Supreme Court rejects Centre’s plea to allow women in NDA exam from 2022
Wed Sep 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Centre’s plea to allow women to sit for the National Defence Academy (NDA) exams from next year, saying it doesn’t want women to be deni...
Earthquake shakes Melbourne and southeast Australia
Wed Sep 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake has rattled southeast Australia, damaging buildings in the city of Melbourne....
Was Threatened Over "Morphed Image With Woman", Seer Narendra Giri Wrote
Wed Sep 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Narendra Giri, a top religious leader who allegedly died by suicide on Monday, was under pressure over what he called a "morphed image with a woman", according to a note the police...
Haitian migrants being released into US
Wed Sep 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Large numbers of Haitian asylum-seekers who’ve arrived in the US in recent weeks are being released into the country, officials told the Associated Press, after the Biden administr...
Bihar’s flagship scheme gave tap water to poor
Wed Sep 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bihar’s showpiece scheme to ensure drinking water for the poor through taps right at their homes, Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal, launched by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar exactly five years ag...
Missing blogger Gabby Petito confirmed dead
Wed Sep 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The FBI has confirmed that a body found inside a Wyoming national park on Sunday belongs to the missing "van life" blogger Gabby Petito....
Problem Isn't Covishield But India's Vaccine Certificate, Says UK
Wed Sep 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Covishield has been included on the UK's revised list of approved vaccines after a furious India warned of "reciprocal measures", but double-vaccinated Indians still have to quaran...
New fissure opens as La Palma volcano continues to erupt
Wed Sep 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A new volcanic fissure has emerged on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma, producing more lava and prompting evacuations. While there have been no deaths or injuries, the ongoing...
Chaos in Australia as construction workers violently protest vaccine mandate
Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A violent protest against mandatory Covid-19 vaccination erupted outside of a Melbourne trade union office on Monday, after it was announced that construction workers would have to...
‘Bribes’ to govt officials: Amazon probes law firms, in-house counsel
Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In what could potentially set off a probe under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), online retailer Amazon is conducting an internal investigation into a whistleblower com...
Trudeau stays in power but Liberals fall short of majority
Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party has narrowly won Canada's election, but it failed to secure a majority....
"Culprit Won't Be Spared": Yogi Adityanath On Seer's Death
Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A day after Narendra Giri, the head of a top religious body - Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad - allegedly died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, his closest disciple has bee...
UK MoD shared more than 250 Afghan interpreters' details on email
Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has launched an investigation into a data breach involving the email addresses of dozens of Afghan interpreters who worked for British forces....
Raj Kundra walks out of Mumbai jail after bail
Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Businessman Raj Kundra on Tuesday walked out of a Mumbai jail, a day after a magistrate court in Mumbai granted bail to the key accused in a pornographic films case in which he was...
Havana Syndrome: Mystery Illness Affecting US Officials Across The World
Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Central Intelligence Agency official who accompanied CIA Director William Burns to India earlier this month suffered symptoms consistent with the so-called Havana Syndrome, a mys...
‘Dead lizard’ in noon meal, 17 Anganwadi children hospitalised in Cuddalore
Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Seventeen Anganwadi children have been hospitalised after consuming a noon meal that allegedly had a dead lizard in it at Boothamkattikambalimedu in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district...
CARS24 raises $450 million funding
Mon Sep 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
CARS24 on Monday said it has raised $450 million (about Rs 3,321.3 crore) in funding from DST Global, Falcon Edge, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and others, helping the pre-owned vehicles...
"Stabbed In The Back" France Vents Over Submarines
Mon Sep 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Choosing a full-fledged confrontation with the United States due to the loss of a mega-contract for submarines for Australia, France is making a risky bet and other nations are not...