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Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan tests positive for Covid in Japan
Mon Jun 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A member of Uganda's Olympic squad has become the first to test positive for Covid-19 on arrival in Japan for the competition due to start on 23 July....
Autonomous institute objected but Centre pushed it to help Ramdev get school board
Mon Jun 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Centre overruled objections from an autonomous institute, and changed a crucial agenda item in its council meeting records, to push the bid by Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogpeeth ...
Second wave: 60% addition to bad loans from MSMEs
Mon Jun 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The second wave of Covid has thwarted the recovery process underway across sectors, with the lockdowns in states and the spread of disease overwhelmingly impacting the MSME and ser...
Emergency shutdown reported at Iranian nuclear plant
Mon Jun 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant has been shut down, and will remain offline for “three to four days,” state TV reported. The shutdown is the first in the plant’s 10 years of ope...
None can change neighbours…can coexist, in interest of all: Taliban
Sun Jun 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan ahead of the September 11 deadline set by US President Joe Biden, and India’s policy on the rapidly changing ground situa...
Navjot Sidhu's Wife Slams Punjab Government Over Jobs To MLAs' Sons
Sun Jun 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former legislator Navjot Kaur Sidhu on Saturday criticised the Punjab government's decision of giving government jobs to sons of two ruling party legislators, saying only merit sho...
Sebi puts on pause Rs 4,000-cr Carlyle, PNB Housing deal
Sun Jun 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a letter issued to PNB Housing Finance (PNBHF) late Friday evening, the capital markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), has effectively put on pause it...
"Absolutely Not": Pak On Allowing Military Bases To US, Says Report
Sun Jun 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has made it clear that the country would "absolutely not" permit any of its bases or use of its territory to the United States for any kind of ac...
Four snails & 90 clams could be killed in upcoming hypersonic missile test, US Air Force warns
Sun Jun 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US Air Force has warned that a much-anticipated test of its new air-launched hypersonic missile could kill four snails and 90 clams. No such precise estimates were offered for ...
India, Pak NSAs to be at SCO meeting amid fragile LoC peace, Afghan flux
Sun Jun 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Four months after India and Pakistan decided to adhere to the ceasefire pact along the Line of Control (LoC), National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is likely to be in the same room ...
Iran election: Israel voices 'grave concern' over Ebrahim Raisi
Sun Jun 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Israel has said the international community should have grave concerns about the election of Iran's new president-elect, Ebrahim Raisi....
Can't Pay 4 Lakh Compensation For Covid Victims: Centre To Supreme Court
Sun Jun 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Families of Covid victims cannot be paid a compensation of Rs.4 lakh as it applies to natural disasters only, the government told the Supreme Court today adding that states cannot ...
WTC Final: New Zealand Hit Back As India Lose Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill Before Lunch
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill shared a 62-run partnership before both departed in quick succession just before Lunch to bring New Zealand back in the game....
Milkha Singh: India's 'Flying Sikh' dies from Covid
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
One of India's greatest athletes, Milkha Singh, has died from Covid-related complications, aged 91....
Indians’ funds in Swiss banks: Govt seeks details from Swiss authorities
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The finance ministry on Saturday asserted that Indian customer deposits in Swiss banks have fallen since 2019, but said it is seeking details from Swiss authorities on the relevant...
Former Bureaucrat AK Sharma Made UP BJP Vice President
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former bureaucrat AK Sharma, known to be among Prime Minister Narendra Modi's close aides, has been made the BJP's vice president in Uttar Pradesh, where assembly elections will be...
Centre calls all-party meet on J&K delimitation
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In what could be a renewed — and more substantive — push to the political process in Jammu and Kashmir after the District Development Council (DDC) elections, the Central governmen...
‘Expiry date too close’: Palestinian Authority scraps deal for Israel to swap 1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Doses of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine pledged by Israel were already too close to their expiration date when deliveries started on Friday, the Palestinian Authority (PA) said, cancelling...
Iran election: Hardliner Raisi set to become president
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi is set to be Iran's next president after winning most of the votes counted so far....
JNUSU office bearers get proctorial notices for allegedly violating Covid-19 norms
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration has sent proctorial notices to several students, including students’ union office bearers, for allegedly violating Covid protoc...