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China's Didi App Facing Record Fine, Weeks After US Listing: Report
Fri Jul 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Chinese regulators could hit ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing with a more severe punishment than Alibaba's record fine, just weeks after its contentious New York initial public offe...
3 Different COVID-19 Strains Detected Among 75 Patients In Mizoram: Report
Fri Jul 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least three different COVID-19 strains have been detected among 75 patients from Mizoram whose samples were randomly selected and sent for whole genome sequencing, a health offi...
Ant-Backed Zomato's Stunning Markets Debut Sets Pace For Paytm, Oyo, Ola
Fri Jul 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Shares of food delivery firm Zomato Ltd nearly doubled on Friday in a stellar first listing of a local unicorn in India, setting the pace for a slew of such debuts by internet-base...
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, Navjot Singh Sidhu hit reset button over a cup of tea
Fri Jul 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and newly appointed state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu met at the Punjab Bhawan during a ‘tea party’ on Friday. Their meeting, coming aft...
Why India will enter 21st at the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony
Fri Jul 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
At the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, India will be 21st out of 205 contingents in the Parade of Nations. The United Arab Emirates will be among the first 10 entrants, while Aust...
IED-laden drone shot down near LOC in Jammu and Kashmir
Fri Jul 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A drone carrying around 5 kilograms of improvised explosive device (IED) was shot down early on Friday by Kashmir Police in Akhnoor’s Gurah Pattan area near the Line of Control. Th...
Judicial inquiry into Stan Swamy’s death yet to be initiated: State in Bombay HC
Fri Jul 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court on Friday that a judicial magisterial inquiry into the death of Father Stan Swamy is yet to be initiated. Swamy, who was a...
"Please Leave The House": Trinamool MP Who Snatched Paper Suspended
Fri Jul 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Dr Santanu Sen was today suspended from the House for the remaining part of the monsoon session for snatching IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's s...
Competition Commission Accuses Amazon Of Hiding Facts In Future Group Deal
Thu Jul 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The country's antitrust regulator has accused Amazon.com Inc of concealing facts and making false submissions when it sought approval for a 2019 investment in a Future Group unit, ...
Andhra Family Locks Itself In For 15 Months Fearing Death From Covid
Thu Jul 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Andhra Pradesh police on Wednesday rescued a family, who confined themselves to a tent house for almost 15 months in Andhra Pradesh's Kadali village in fear of getting infected by ...
China flood terror as train carriage submerged
Thu Jul 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As floodwater crashed through a busy subway station in China on Tuesday, desperate passengers tried to flee while others were swept helplessly off platforms....
"Agencies Do Their Job, No Interference": Government On Media Tax Raids
Thu Jul 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Media group Dainik Bhaskar and an Uttar Pradesh-based news channel were raided by Income Tax teams across India this morning over allegations of tax evasion. ...
Iran launches first oil terminal in Gulf of Oman to bypass Strait of Hormuz
Thu Jul 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Iran has opened its first oil terminal in the Gulf of Oman and referenced the “failure” of US sanctions to deter its progress. It will allow oil exports to bypass the Strait of Hor...
Protesting peasant leaders say they suspect govt snooping on them
Thu Jul 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Farmer leaders who protested against the Centre’s contentious agri laws Thursday said they suspect that they were being snooped on by the government through Israeli software Pegasu...
Trinamool MP Snatches Pegasus Statement From IT Minister, Tears It
Thu Jul 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
High drama continued in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for the third straight day of the monsoon session today as opposition MPs staged protests over a range of issues, includi...
Pegasus: Princess Latifa and Princess Haya numbers 'among leaks'
Thu Jul 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Phone numbers used by two Dubai princesses have reportedly been found as part of an investigation into the phone hacking spyware known as Pegasus....
Khattar accuses Congress of hatching Pegasus controversy
Wed Jul 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Wednesday targeted Congress and The Wire for trying to derail the proceedings of the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament by floating th...
Australia, Under Lockdown, Sees Jump In Covid Cases
Wed Jul 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Australia's two largest states reported sharp increases in new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a blow to hopes that lockdown orders would be lifted with more than half the country's p...
‘You have only your ex to blame’: Maryam Sharif, Jemima Goldsmith Twitter battle after Imran Khan’s remark
Wed Jul 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pakistani Muslim League (Nawaz) vice-president Maryam Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former wife Jemima Goldsmith were engaged in a Twitter battle over Marya...
No Oxygen Deaths? Opposition Takes On Centre
Wed Jul 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
No data was provided by states on deaths due to oxygen shortage - this statement by the Centre has led to a huge political backlash. At the peak of second Covid wave, the struggle ...