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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...
22 Prisoners Injured As Barrack Wall Collapses In Madhya Pradesh Jail
Sat Jul 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twenty-two prisoners were injured, one of them grievously, after a wall of a barrack in Bhind district jail of Madhya Pradesh collapsed early on Saturday, an official said. The wal...
Navies Of India, Indonesia Undertake Coordinated Patrol In Indian Ocean
Sat Jul 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
An Indian Naval Ship on Friday began a two-day coordinated patrol with an Indonesian Navy vessel in the Indian Ocean region, in an exercise that highlights a high degree of mutual ...
"Delta Is A Warning": WHO Sounds Alarm As China Sees Big Covid Surge In Months
Sat Jul 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mushrooming outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant prompted China and Australia to impose stricter Covid-19 restrictions on Saturday as the WHO urged the world to quickly...
Russia blames software glitch after space station briefly thrown out of control
Sat Jul 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A software glitch, and possible lapse in human attention, were to blame for throwing the International Space Station out of control, but work was proceeding to activate a newly att...
Lovlina Borgohain puts Baromukhia on India’s Olympics map
Fri Jul 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In February this year, 23-year-old boxer Lovlina Borgohain made a two-day trip to her village Baromukhia in Golaghat district in Assam from Army Sports Institute, Pune, where she w...
Chief Justice Says Plea Seeking Pegasus Probe May Be Heard Next Week
Fri Jul 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The request for a special investigation into the Pegasus scandal involving allegations that opposition politicians, journalists and others were targets of Israeli spyware, will be ...
Covid in Sydney: Military deployed to help enforce lockdown
Fri Jul 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Australia has deployed hundreds of soldiers to Sydney to help enforce a Covid lockdown....
Taliban Admit Killing The Comic Beaten, Hands Tied, In Viral Video
Fri Jul 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Taliban on Thursday said they had killed an Afghan police officer, better known for posting humourous videos online, after clips emerged on social media showing him being beate...
New virus outbreak worst after Wuhan, says China state media
Fri Jul 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Covid outbreak first discovered in the Chinese city of Nanjing has spread to five provinces and Beijing, with state media calling it the "most extensive contagion after Wuhan"....
Saudi Arabia to open for tourist visa holders starting August 1
Fri Jul 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As per news report of The Indian Express, Saudi Arabia’s Tourism Ministry will re-allow entry for tourist visa holders starting Aug. 1, it said in a statement....
"Just A Minute Before Bout...": Mary Kom Questions Change Of Ring Dress At Tokyo Olympics
Fri Jul 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mary Kom, legendary India boxer, took to Twitter to question why she was asked to change her ring dress "just a minute before her pre-quarters" bout against Colombia's Ingrit Valen...
Delhi Assembly seeks removal of new top cop: He will start a ‘reign of terror’
Fri Jul 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi Assembly Thursday adopted a private member resolution opposing the appointment of Rakesh Asthana as the Commissioner of Delhi Police, with the ruling AAP saying there wer...
CCTV Of Jharkhand Judge's Murder Spurs Outrage, Raised In Supreme Court
Thu Jul 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The death of a judge in Jharkhand on Wednesday in what was initially believed to be a hit-and-run has taken a chilling turn with security footage of the incident leading to a murde...