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North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into East Sea
Wed Sep 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles across its east coast, South Korea's military has confirmed....
"Mystery Fever" Kills 8 Children In 10 Days In Haryana Village
Wed Sep 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A "mystery fever" has killed eight children in the past 10 days in Chilli, a small village in Haryana's Palwal district. At least 44 other people, 35 of whom are minors, have repor...
Won’t reopen 2018 decision on grant of reservation in promotion to SC, ST: Supreme Court
Wed Sep 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court has orally observed that it will not reopen the issues settled by it in its 2018 judgment on the reservation in promotions in government jobs for Scheduled Castes...
#MeToo: China court dismisses landmark sex harassment case
Wed Sep 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Beijing court has thrown out a landmark sexual harassment case brought against one of the country's most famous TV hosts....
Cabinet Clears Rs. 26,000 Crore Scheme For Auto Sector To Boost Production
Wed Sep 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The government today cleared approximately Rs. 26,000 crore worth new production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the auto sector, to boost the production of electric vehicles and...
Taliban leaders in bust-up at presidential palace, sources say
Wed Sep 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A major row broke out between leaders of the Taliban just days after they set up a new government in Afghanistan, senior Taliban officials told the BBC....
Pak Involved In "Harbouring Members Of Taliban": US Secretary Of State
Tue Sep 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The United States will be looking at its relationship with Pakistan in the coming weeks, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, to formulate what role Washington woul...
Explained: Political binaries that came to inform Indian politics after 9/11
Tue Sep 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
One hundred and seventeen Indian nationals or persons of Indian origin were killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In the years that followed, the long shadow of th...
Afghanistan on agenda, S Jaishankar set to visit Tajikistan for SCO meet
Tue Sep 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is expected to travel to Tajikistan this week to attend a key meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on the situation in Afgh...
No beating around the bush, did Govt use Pegasus illegally: Supreme Court
Tue Sep 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Telling the Centre to stop “beating around the bush” on why it does not want to file an additional affidavit into allegations of unauthorised surveillance using the Pegasus softwar...
Another bureaucratic reshuffle in Chhattisgarh, over 100 officers transferred
Tue Sep 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid the political turmoil within the ruling Congress, the Chhattisgarh government Sunday issued transfer orders for 20 IAS, 2 IPS and more than 90 state administrative service off...
Biden To Host PM, Other Quad Leaders At First In-Person Summit Next Week
Tue Sep 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden will host a first in-person summit of leaders of the "Quad" countries - Australia, India, Japan and the United States - next week, the White House said on Mo...
UP Woman's Desperate Move For Cousin, 11, Who Died Of Dengue Hours Later
Tue Sep 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
On Monday evening, as her 11-year-old sister waged a losing battle against dengue at a government-run hospital in western Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad, where authorities face an outbr...
Rethink exclusion of patient suicides from Covid death data: SC to Centre
Tue Sep 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court Monday asked the Centre to reconsider its decision to not treat death by suicide of a person infected with Covid-19 as deaths occurring due to coronavirus. ...
BJP Surprise Pick Bhupendra Patel's Oath As Gujarat Chief Minister Today
Mon Sep 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Senior BJP leader Bhupendra Patel will be sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat today after the shock exit of Vijay Rupani and his entire cabinet in a reboot a year before ...
Pegasus row: ‘Won’t file detailed affidavit’, Centre tells SC, cites national security
Mon Sep 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it doesn’t wish to file a detailed affidavit regarding the Pegasus snooping row, stating that “terror organisations better not know...
Afghanistan : First foreign commercial flight since Taliban takeover lands in Kabul
Mon Sep 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a first since the Taliban’s takeover, a foreign commercial flight landed in Kabul Monday. According to Reuters, a Pakistan International Airlines flight touched down at the Kabu...
India acknowledges: Taliban hold ‘positions of power and authority’
Mon Sep 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In its first clear and official reference to the Taliban as a state actor, India acknowledged in a joint statement with Australia Sunday that the group holds “positions of power an...
Jet Flights Resume In Q1 2022, Shorter International Flights In 2nd Half
Mon Sep 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Jet Airways is all set to resume domestic operations with its first flight from New Delhi to Mumbai by Quarter 1 of 2022, while its international flights will be operational by the...
"Was Offered Money To Join BJP" In 2019: Karnataka MLA Who Left Congress
Mon Sep 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
BJP MLA Shrimant Balasaheb Patil on Sunday said he was offered money to leave Congress and join BJP before the toppling of the Congress-JDS government in Karnataka....