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20 People Arrested, Case Against 150 Others Over Attack On Hindu Temple In Pakistan
Sat Aug 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Police in Pakistan's Punjab province on Saturday said have arrest 20 people and have filed a case against 150 others for their alleged involvement in an attack on a Hindu temple in...
Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid vaccine gets approval for emergency use in India
Sat Aug 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Johnson & Johnson’s single dose coronavirus vaccine on Saturday was granted Emergency Use Authorisation, making it the fourth vaccine to be approved by the Indian government. ...
Israel is ready to strike Iran, says Defense minister
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Israel’s defense minister has said the country’s armed forces are ready to strike Iran should it become necessary, as tensions rise further after an Iran-linked attack on an Israel...
In Huge Battle With Reliance, Amazon's Big Win In Supreme Court
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a big win for Amazon, the Supreme Court today said Reliance cannot go ahead with its $3.4 billion deal to buy Future Group's retail assets. The Supreme Court said a Singapore ar...
Indian women lose hockey medal but win hearts
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Indian women's hockey team made history by qualifying for their first Olympic semi-final - they lost to Great Britain in a nip and tuck battle on Friday. But the journey has no...
J&K: Security forces seize arms and ammunition from Samba
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Security forces on Friday seized a packet containing arms and ammunition from a nullah near the international border in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir....
Apple to scan iPhones for child sex abuse images
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Apple has announced details of a system to find child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on US customers' devices....
Former MLA’s grandson held, niece suspected to have joined IS
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Following NIA raids, the grandson of the late Congress MLA B M Idinabba was arrested from Ullal in Mangaluru on Wednesday. Ammar Abdul Rahman, 35, was picked up in connection with ...
Mirabai Chanu's Treat For Truckers Who Helped Her Travel For Training
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mirabai Chanu, who won India its first medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, did not have it easy growing up. Her village, Nongpok Kakching, was more than 25 km from the Sports Acad...
Delhi Court denies bail to nurse caught ‘assaulting infant’ on CCTV footage
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Delhi court has denied bail to a nurse employed at a private hospital after police alleged she was caught on CCTV beating a two-month-old child, who sustained injuries and a frac...
India’s long medal wait in hockey ends after pulsating win in bronze playoff
Thu Aug 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 41-year wait finally ended when the Indian men’s hockey team secured an Olympic medal by beating Germany 5-4 in a pulsating encounter in Tokyo on Thursday....
Allegations serious if media reports are correct: Supreme Court on Pegasus row
Thu Aug 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court, while hearing a clutch of petitions, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India, seeking a special probe into the Pegasus spyware scandal involving alle...
Prashant Kishor quits as Principal Advisor to Capt Amarinder Singh
Thu Aug 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Political strategist Prashant Kishor has resigned as Principal Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ahead of the 2022 state Assembly election. He was appointed Principa...
Myanmar Envoy Alerts UN To Alleged "Massacre" By Military Junta
Thu Aug 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations, who has refused to leave his post despite being fired after the February coup, has alerted the world body to a "reported massacre" by th...
Worry Over Land Laws Mark 2nd Anniversary Of Article 370 Scrapping
Thu Aug 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Disquiet and cynicism marks the second anniversary of the scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, even as the administration lists its achievements - mostly implementation...
Under India’s Presidency, UNSC will meet Friday to discuss situation in Afghanistan
Thu Aug 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The UN Security Council, under the Presidency of India, will meet on Friday to discuss the worsening security situation in Afghanistan....
Assam, Mizoram Ministers To Meet Today, Border Crisis Solution On Agenda
Thu Aug 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Assam and Mizoram will initiate talks for the first time today since last week's clash over a border issue that left six Assam policemen dead and over 45 injured. Around 10 people ...
Free Health Insurance For Children Orphaned Due To Covid: Anurag Thakur
Thu Aug 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the government has decided to give free health insurance of ₹ 5 lakh to children up to the age of 18 years, who were orphaned due to the pandemi...
1.12 times in Kerala to 2.86 times in Madhya Pradesh: April-May death surge looms over Covid death count
Wed Aug 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
How many people died of Covid during the brutal second wave in April and May? That question is key to not only understanding the scale of the unprecedented health tragedy but also ...
Rahul Gandhi meets family of 9-year-old girl allegedly raped, killed and forcibly cremated
Wed Aug 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As protests seeking justice for the 9-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly raped, killed and forcibly cremated on Sunday, continued in South West Delhi, Congress leader Rahul Gand...