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Russia's Sputnik V Orders Cancelled By Indian Hospitals
Wed Sep 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Some of India's private hospitals have cancelled orders for Russia's Sputnik V vaccine as they struggle to sell COVID-19 shots amid surging supplies of free doses of other vaccines...
Ruckus inside Delhi’s Mandoli jail
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Around 51 jail inmates went on a “rampage” in Mandoli jail on Monday evening, deliberately injuring themselves, the jail staff claimed....
Pyongyang launches ‘unidentified projectile’
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
North Korea has fired an unidentified munition off its east coast, according to Japanese and South Korean military sources cited in local media, just as Pyongyang’s envoy took the ...
Bypoll That Mamata Banerjee Will Contest Won't Be Cancelled: High Court
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Bhabanipur bypoll, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is a contestant, won't be cancelled, the Calcutta High Court ruled today, dismissing a plea against the byp...
Army put on standby to ease UK fuel crisis
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Army is ready to help ease fuel supply problems after a fourth day of long queues and pump closures....
US Denies "Prisoner Swap" In Top Huawei Executive, 2 Canadians' Release
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The White House on Monday said a near-simultaneous release of a top Huawei executive and two Canadians detained shortly after her arrest was not a prisoner swap, but that their cas...
Female Afghan judges hunted by the murderers they convicted
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
They were the trailblazers of women's rights in Afghanistan. They were the staunch defenders of the law, seeking justice for their country's most marginalised. But now, more than 2...
Probe Ordered Against Senior UP Bureaucrat Over "Conversion" Allegations
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered an inquiry by a SIT, or Special Investigation Team, from state police against senior IAS officer Mohammad Iftikharuddin, after videos were ...
Show-cause notice against Javed Akthar for comparing RSS to Taliban
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Thane court has issued a show-cause notice to poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar on a complaint by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member over the former “drawing parallel” between t...
Farmers block highways, rail tracks
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
To mark one year since they were passed, farmer organisations have called a “Bharat Bandh” today against the three contentious farm laws. The bandh began at 6 am and will continue ...
The #MeToo icon China is trying to silence
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Xianzi sounds exhausted. "Sorry. I've been crying the last half hour," she tells the BBC over the phone from Beijing....
Health ID For Every Indian, Digitally Secure Records: PM
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Every Indian will now get a digital health ID, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today as he launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission....
CIA was ready to wage gun battle in London
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Under Obama, the CIA wanted to define Julian Assange and other journalists as “information brokers” in order to ramp up their spying on them. And during the Trump era, it prepared ...
Capital may lose over 5,000 trees for Delhi-Saharanpur highway project
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi’s green cover may have to take a beating, this time to facilitate a highway project. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has submitted a proposal to clear 14.08 h...
Power outages hit homes in northeast China
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Residents in northeast China are experiencing unannounced power cuts, as an electricity shortage which initially hit factories spreads to homes....
"Who Will Get Ventilator" - Tough Choices In Parts Of US Ravaged By Delta
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Parts of the U.S. health system "are in dire straits," as the spread of the Covid-19 delta variant forces some states to prepare for rationed medical care, Rochelle Walensky, head ...
‘Don’t worry about contempt of court, CM in charge of cops’: Biplab Deb’s exhortation to officials goes viral
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twenty-four hours after Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb asked civil service officials and executives to work for the people without “worrying about contempt of court” and s...
15 Ministers In New Punjab Cabinet Under Chief Minister Charanjit Channi
Sun Sep 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Punjab's new Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi today added six new faces to his cabinet and dropped some from his predecessor's team. The new ministerial team has 15 members in...
Yogi Adityanath Expands His Cabinet Today Ahead Of Polls
Sun Sep 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A crucial expansion of the Uttar Pradesh cabinet will take place at 5.30 pm, with as many as 10 new faces expected to be inducted into Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's team. ...
"Jealous": Mamata Banerjee's Swipe After Centre's 'No' To Rome Meeting
Sun Sep 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday accused the centre of jealousy after the Ministry of External Affairs refused permission for her to travel to Italy for an all-faith...