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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....
Covid Vaccines For Children Below 12 In US May Be Available By November: Report
Mon Sep 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid surging Delta variant cases in the US, COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 12 years could be available by the end of next month, a media report has said....
North Korea Missile Test Poses "Threat" To Neighbours, US Warns
Mon Sep 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The United States military said Sunday missile tests conducted by North Korea over the weekend posed 'threats' to the country's neighbors and beyond....
After Vijay Rupani Shock Exit, Key BJP Meet Today To Discuss Successor
Sun Sep 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A day after the exit of Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and his cabinet, the state BJP legislators are meeting today to discuss his successor. Mr Rupani stepped down yesterday...
India, Australia Call For "Broad-Based, Inclusive Goverment" In Afghanistan
Sun Sep 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India and Australia have called for a "broad-based and inclusive" government in Afghanistan to ensure long-term peace and stability in the war-torn country, signalling their clear ...
No tie-up for UP polls, says BSP gen secy; backs Opposition unity but on own terms
Sun Sep 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
BSP national general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra asserted Saturday that the party would stick by its decision to fight the 2022 Assembly elections alone, citing its “bitter exp...
At Pro-Taliban protest, a symbol of America’s lost influence: Faces obscured by veils
Sun Sep 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hundreds of women, many wearing full-length robes, their faces obscured by black veils, filled the auditorium of a university in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday holding signs — man...
Chirag Paswan Tweets Letter From PM On Father's Death Anniversary Event
Sun Sep 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned a heartfelt letter on the first death anniversary of Ram Vilas Paswan, his former cabinet colleague and a powerful Dalit leader from Bihar. ...
Covid Death Certificate Rules Out After Supreme Court's "3rd Wave" Rebuke
Sun Sep 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The government has informed the Supreme Court that the Health Ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have come out with guidelines for issuing an "official docu...
FBI Memo Hints At Saudi Arabia's Involvement With 9/11 Attack Hijackers
Sun Sep 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Biden administration declassified an FBI memo Saturday that fortified suspicions of official Saudi involvement with the hijackers in the September 11, 2001 attacks, but it fell...
What BJP Leader Said On Bengal Bypoll Contest Against Mamata Banerjee
Sun Sep 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bharatiya Janata Party's Bhabanipur bypoll candidate Priyanka Tibrewal on Saturday alleged that the elections would not be conducted with transparency as the ruling Trinamool Congr...
DIGIPUB and Editors Guild condemns IT ‘surveys’ at Newsclick, Newslaundry
Sat Sep 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The DIGIPUB News India Foundation on Saturday condemned the I-T Raids at the media organizations News Click and News Laundry offices on Friday....
US halts all evacuation flights from Afghanistan after limited measles outbreak
Sat Sep 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The United States has halted all evacuation flights from Afghanistan after discovering a limited measles outbreak among refugees arriving in the country. The decision was made on t...
Farmers Call Off Protest In Haryana After IAS Official Sent On Leave
Sat Sep 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A week-long stalemate between farmers and the BJP government in Haryana was finally resolved today as demonstrators called off their protest over IAS officer Ayush Sinha's controve...