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Tokyo Olympics : India Stun Australia, In Women's Hockey Semifinals For 1st Time
Mon Aug 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Indian women's hockey team scripted history on Monday by qualifying for the Olympic Games semifinals for the first time, beating three-time champions Australia by a solitary go...
Assam-Mizoram : Himanta directs Assam Police to withdraw FIR against Mizoram MP
Mon Aug 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
For the first time since the clashes along the Assam-Mizoram border almost a week ago, Chief Ministers of the two states sought to dial down the tensions between their people and s...
Forecaster who predicted India’s Covid peak sees new wave coming: Report
Mon Aug 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India is likely to see a rise in Covid-19 infections building into a new — though smaller — virus wave that may peak in October, according to a mathematical model by researchers wh...
"Passing Laws Or Making Papri Chaat?": Derek O'Brien's Swipe At Centre
Mon Aug 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Trinamool MP Derek O'Brien has slammed the government for rushing bills through Parliament "at an average time of under seven minutes per bill", sarcastically asking if it was "mak...
Probe finds calls between Sena leader Sanjay Rathod, woman who died by suicide
Mon Aug 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pune Police investigating the suicide of 22-year-old Pooja Chavan are learned to have found the recordings of “several calls” between her and a man purported to be former Maharasht...
Pak "Watchful" As India Assumes UN Security Council Presidency For August
Mon Aug 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As India assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the month of August, Pakistan's envoy to the UN Munir Akram said they will be "watchful" ...
AAP's Chief Ministerial Face For Punjab Polls To Be Announced Soon: Party Leader
Mon Aug 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s chief ministerial face for 2022 Punjab Assembly polls will be announced soon, said party's Punjab unit chief and MP Bhagwant Mann on Sunday. Mr Mann's remar...
Millions Under COVID-19 Lockdown As China Battles Delta Variant Outbreak
Mon Aug 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Millions of people were confined to their homes in China Monday as the country tried to contain its largest coronavirus outbreak in months with mass testing and travel curbs. China...
Supreme Court to hear petitions demanding probe into Pegasus row on Thursday
Sun Aug 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court will be hearing a clutch of petitions seeking a special investigation into the Pegasus scandal involving allegations that opposition politicians, journalists and ...
Fresh Negotiations Between Assam, Mizoram After Talks With Amit Shah
Sun Aug 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The boundary dispute with Assam will be resolved amicably through dialogue, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga said today after a telephonic discussion with Home Minister Amit Shah...
India Assumes UN Security Council Presidency For August, Thanks France
Sun Aug 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India today assumed the rotating Presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of August. It has several important items on its agenda for the world body's functi...
India reports 41,831 Covid-19 cases, daily infections remain over 40,000 for 5th consecutive day
Sun Aug 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India reported 41,831 new Covid-19 cases and 541 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. The daily case count has remained over 40,000 for th...
Court upholds CBI’s probe that ruled out foul play in Unnao rape survivor’s accident
Sun Aug 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Delhi court has upheld the investigation conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that had ruled out any foul play in the Unnao rape survivor’s accident in 2019. In...
All Flights From Kandahar Airport Cancelled After Rocket Strikes
Sun Aug 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least three rockets struck Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan overnight, an official told AFP on Sunday, as the Taliban pressed on with their sweeping offensive across the...
US Senate Convenes Rare Weekend Session Over $1 Trillion Infrastructure Deal
Sun Aug 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Senate in a rare Saturday session worked on a bill that would spend $1 trillion on roads, rail lines and other infrastructure, as lawmakers from both parties sought to advance Pres...
AIIMS Chief On "Super-Spreader Events", Booster Doses And Vaccines
Sun Aug 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The pandemic is not yet over, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria reminded on Saturday as he spoke to NDTV about the link between the spike in fresh Covid cases in the hill states of Ut...
Tensions rise as Mizoram names CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in violence FIR
Sat Jul 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The border dispute between Assam and Mizoram has turned into a full-blown crisis when Assam summoned six officials of Mizoram’s Kolasib district and sent police after the state’s l...
As Opposition digs in heels on Pegasus, govt may curtail House session
Sat Jul 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With the Pegasus row disrupting Parliament for the ninth straight day, sources said on Friday that the government is “seriously considering the curtailment of the Monsoon Session”....
Raids Across J&K Over Drone Attack At Jammu Airbase, Another Terror Case
Sat Jul 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Raids are being carried out across Jammu and Kashmir at 14 locations over investigations linked to two cases. The raids come weeks after an attack on an Indian military facility at...
India records 41,649 new Covid cases; active cases rise for 4th day
Sat Jul 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India recorded 41,649 coronavirus cases and 593 fatalities in the last 24 hours ending at 8 am on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry’s latest update. With this, the c...