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Goa court acquits journalist Tarun Tejpal in 2013 rape case
Fri May 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A sessions court on Tuesday acquitted former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal of all charges in a sexual assault case....
Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire comes into effect
Fri May 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come into effect.The ceasefire began early on Friday, bringing to an end 11 days of fighti...
"Aerosols Can Travel 10 Metres": Government's New Pointers On Covid
Thu May 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Use of proper ventilation can prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Union government's principal scientific adviser K VijayRaghavan's office said in a set of "easy to follow" guid...
ICMR approves Mylab’s Covid-19 self-testing kit CoviSelf
Thu May 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday approved the self-use Rapid Antigen Test for Covid-19 developed by Mylab Discovery Solutions. The test is developed in In...
Cyclone Tauktae: Chief Engineer says 14 life rafts had holes, Captain ignored warnings
Thu May 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Everyone on board barge P305 could have been saved had many of the life rafts not had punctures and the Captain taken the cyclone warnings seriously, its Chief Engineer Rahman Shai...
Covid-19: Australia in talks with airlines on vaccine passports
Thu May 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Australian government has opened talks with international airlines on digital vaccine passports for people who have been inoculated against Covid-19....
Coronavirus Vaccines Have Spawned 9 New Billionaires: Campaign Group
Thu May 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Profits from Covid-19 jabs have helped at least nine people become billionaires, a campaign group said Thursday, calling for an end to pharmaceutical corporations' "monopoly contro...
Qantas accelerates cost cuts as $1.5bn loss looms
Thu May 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Qantas has announced new cost-cutting measures to help it deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic....
Barabanki mosque demolition: Sunni Waqf Board to move HC, seek mosque restoration
Wed May 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A day after the district administration in Barabanki demolished a mosque, claiming it to be an “illegal structure”, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board Tuesday issued a stat...
Arvind Kejriwal Doesn't Speak For India: Government As Singapore Objects
Wed May 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Singapore had summoned the Indian envoy and conveyed "strong objection" to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's tweet on a "Singapore variant", the government said today, adding ...
Woman Journalist Arrested, Jailed In Dhaka Amid Widespread Protests
Wed May 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A journalist in Bangladesh known for her investigative reports and recent exposes on corruption in matters relating to the Covid crisis in the country, has been sent to jail after ...
Fake job offers in UAE leave over 300 Indian nurses stranded
Wed May 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A large group of nurses from Kerala, who arrived here on visit visas on the pretext of working in vaccination centres, are now stranded in Emirates across the UAE....
Israel-Gaza: Netanyahu says militants 'set back by years'
Wed May 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Israel's nine-day bombardment of Gaza has "set Hamas back by many years", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said....
India reports 4529 deaths, highest so far
Wed May 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India reported 4529 deaths on Tuesday, the highest so far in a day. Maharashtra reported over 1,300 deaths, nearly half of which were more than a week old. Karnataka reported 525 d...
Myanmar activists say more than 800 killed by security forces since coup
Tue May 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
More than 800 people have been killed by Myanmar’s security forces since a wave of protests broke out across the country after the military seized power in a coup in February, an a...
UP BJP MLA: Better not to speak or will face sedition charge
Tue May 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In another instance of the ruling party’s leaders raising questions on the state government’s handling of the Covid situation, Rakesh Rathore, the BJP MLA from Sitapur (Sadar), sai...
IDF shells Lebanon after claiming rockets were launched toward Israeli territory
Tue May 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Israeli military said it fired artillery shells into Lebanon in response to several rockets allegedly fired from across the border. Tel Aviv claimed none of the projectiles rea...
India Records Highest One-Day Covid Deaths
Tue May 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India saw another grim record with 4,329 Covid patients dying in the last 24 hours even as daily cases dropped to 2.63 lakh. This is the second consecutive day that the country rep...
Cyclone Tauktae weakens to ‘Very Severe’ storm
Tue May 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Extremely Severe Cyclone Tauktae, which hit the Gujarat coast last evening, has weakened into a ‘Very Severe’ category even as it rages through southern Gujarat on Tuesday morn...
Tension In Haryana District After 27-Year-Old Kidnapped, Beaten To Death
Tue May 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Tension has reigned in Haryana's Nuh district since Sunday after a 27-year-old gym instructor's body was found hours after his kidnapping by people mostly from his own village. The...