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New research: Low-cost method for finding new variants of coronavirus
Thu Jun 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a technology for cost-effective surveillance of the global spread of new SARS-CoV-2 variants. The technique is presented in the ...
"Rahul Gandhi Should Join Hands With Sharad Pawar To Align All Opposition": Shiv Sena
Thu Jun 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Shiv Sena today said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should join hands with NCP chief Pawar to align all opposition parties together to take on the ruling BJP at the Centre. "(Rah...
The Local Kirana Store Becomes Amazon, Walmart's Passage To India
Thu Jun 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Measuring barely 200 square feet, Nagaraju Bhoganatham's tiny store in Bengaluru is packed to the rafters: Bulging burlap sacks of rice and lentils are heaped against overflowing t...
'Fake' Vaccine Probe After MP Mimi Chakraborty Gets Jab At Suspect Event
Thu Jun 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A man who allegedly pretended to be an IAS officer and supervised thousands of vaccinations in Kolkata was arrested on Wednesday after he was exposed reportedly when Trinamool Cong...
PM's Big Meeting On Jammu and Kashmir Today: What's At Stake
Thu Jun 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Nearly two years after Jammu and Kashmir lost its special status and was downgraded into two Union Territories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called political parties to discuss...
Nandigram case: Mamata Banerjee wants Justice Chanda to recuse, cites BJP link
Thu Jun 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appeared virtually in the hearing of her petition challenging the Nandigram Assembly poll result, in which her former protege a...
Sexual assault case: HC to hear Goa govt’s appeal against Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal on July 29
Thu Jun 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday adjourned till July 29 an appeal filed by the Goa government against the acquittal of journalist Tarun Tejpal in a 2013 rape case...
Sabotage, says engineer in complaint to Jammu cops: 14 patients in ward, hospital loses O2 supply for 8 mins
Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Fourteen Covid-19 patients at an isolation ward of Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital here had a miraculous escape last week when oxygen supply to them was switched off for ...
Members Of Saudi Hit Squad That Killed Jamal Khashoggi Were Trained In US: Report
Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Four members of the Saudi hit squad that killed US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 had received paramilitary training in the United States that had been approved by the St...
Tamil Nadu refuses ONGC permission to drill oil wells in two districts
Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Tamil Nadu government Tuesday said its Environment Impact Assessment Authority (TNSEIAA) has rejected ONGC’s application to drill and explore 10 oil wells in Ariyalur and five ...
China’s longest-serving ambassador to the US leaving post
Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Cui Tiankai announced on Tuesday through a farewell letter that he is leaving his position as China’s ambassador to the US just as the two nations are facing a “critical crossroads...
Covid: Sydney faces new restrictions as cluster grows
Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Sweeping new restrictions will be imposed across Sydney as Australia's largest city grapples with a fast-growing Covid outbreak....
Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi's Assets Worth Rs. 9,371 Crore Transferred To State-Run Banks
Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Assets worth Rs. 9,371 crore belonging to fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi have been transferred to state-run banks to realise the losses on account of t...
Delta Plus is now ‘variant of concern’, three states told to keep a watch
Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday categorised the Delta Plus variant of the novel coronavirus, so far detected in three states in the country, as a ‘variant of concern’ and dire...
US government ‘SEIZES’ website of Iran’s Press TV, multiple other media outlets
Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
US authorities have apparently seized the web domains of Iran’s international media outlets Press TV and Al-Alam, along with the Yemeni TV channel Al Masirah, run by the Houthi fac...
Cambodia charges environment activists with insulting the king
Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A court in Cambodia has charged three environmental activists with plotting against the government and insulting the king....
Will Participate In PM's Kashmir Meeting On Thursday: Gupkar Alliance
Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Jammu and Kashmir's Gupkar Alliance, led by veteran politician Farooq Abdullah, today said they will attend an all-party meeting this Thursday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi....
Centre starts action against West Bengal ex-chief secretary
Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three weeks after his retirement, the Centre has initiated major disciplinary proceedings against former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who now faces the prospec...
Philippines President Duterte threatens to jail those refusing Covid shots
Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Angered by the country’s low vaccination rate, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he may jail people who refuse to get the shot against coronavirus....
Second Supreme Court Judge Drops Out Of Bengal-Related Case
Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
One more Supreme Court Judge has dropped out of a case involving West Bengal. Justice Aniruddha Bose, who is from Kolkata, today withdrew from a case involving Chief Minister Mamat...