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Philippines President Congratulates His Critic Nobel Prize Winner Ressa
Mon Oct 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's office on Monday congratulated journalist Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it "a victory for a Filipina" for which it ...
China-Taiwan tensions: We will not bow to Beijing pressure, says leader
Sun Oct 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
President Tsai Ing-wen says Taiwan will not bow to pressure from China and will continue its democratic way of life, as tensions over the island continue....
Power Minister Holds Meeting As Delhi, Other States Flag Coal Shortage
Sun Oct 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid the possibility of a power blackout in the national capital, the officials of Delhi's Power Ministry, BSES and Tata power reached the residence of Union Power Minister RK Sing...
Sebastian Kurz: Austrian leader resigns amid corruption inquiry
Sun Oct 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has stepped down, after pressure triggered by a corruption scandal. He has proposed Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg as his replacement....
Minister's Son Arrested After Vague Alibi Info, Say Sources
Sun Oct 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish, accused of running over farmers in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested on Saturday after being questioned for over 12 hours in Lakhimpur Kheri. The...
Sans govt support, high costs & staff management of Air India to test Tata
Sun Oct 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
For the Tata Group, which successfully runs businesses ranging from retail and software to steel and automobiles, extending its track record to Air India as well may take more than...
13th Round Of India-China Military Talks Today, Focus On Hot Springs
Sun Oct 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The 13th round of high-level military talks between India and China to take forward the disengagement process in remaining friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in...
Woman Carried Drugs In Sanitary Pad In Drugs-On-Cruise Case, Says Agency
Sun Oct 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A woman, who is an accused in the Mumbai cruise ship drugs case, had carried drugs to the ship by concealing it in a sanitary napkin, revealed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on...
Raids Across Jammu And Kashmir Over Probe Linked To ISIS, Another Case
Sun Oct 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday carried out searches at 16 places in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with two cases-- 'ISIS-Voice of Hind' case and the 'Bathindi ...
Minister's Son, Escorted By Many Cops, Appears In Farmers' Killing Probe
Sat Oct 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish, accused of running over farmers in Uttar Pradesh, today arrived for questioning in Lakhimpur Kheri, escorted by dozens of cops and was take...
Coimbatore police file plea for custody of IAF man accused of rape
Sat Oct 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Coimbatore city police filed a petition for the custody of an IAF personnel accused in a rape case. ...
Deadly attack hits Kunduz mosque during Friday prayers
Sat Oct 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A suicide bomb attack on a mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz has killed at least 50 people, officials say, in the deadliest assault since US forces left....
Son of former Afghan defense minister buys $20 million Beverly Hills mansion
Sat Oct 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US government spent $85 billion on the Afghan military, only to see it surrender to the Taliban without a fight. Now the son of a former defense minister is spending millions t...
Petrol, Diesel Prices At All-Time Highs
Sat Oct 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Petrol and diesel prices touched new record highs on Saturday, October 9, as rates were hiked for the fifth straight day. ...
Rape & torture in Russia’s prisons laid bare by thousands of leaked videos
Sat Oct 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A chilling archive of footage purportedly showing the abuse of inmates in Russian prison colonies has already sparked a probe and cost several officers their jobs. The group behind...
Nobel Peace Prize: Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov share award
Sat Oct 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fights to defend freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia....
Air India Sold To Tatas For Rs.18,000 Crore
Sat Oct 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Tata Sons Pvt. was selected as the winning bidder for India's flag carrier, ending decades of attempts to privatize a money-losing and debt-laden airline, and potentially ending ye...
Facebook to act on illegal sale of Amazon rainforest
Sat Oct 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Facebook says it will begin clamping down on the illegal sale of protected areas of the Amazon rainforest on its site....
Indian, Chinese patrols face-off in Tawang ahead of Corps Commander talks
Fri Oct 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Ahead of the next round of Corps Commander level talks between India and China, which are supposed to take place in eastern Ladakh, there was a minor altercation between Indian and...
Pandora Papers: Post-Ranbaxy, Singh brothers, now in jail, opened 2 offshore firms
Fri Oct 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In January 2009, just six months after the family sold its 34.8 per cent stake in Ranbaxy Laboratories to Japanese pharma major Daiichi Sankyo for around $2.4 billion, Malvinder Si...