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Caught On CCTV, Doctor Couple In Rajasthan Stopped, Shot Dead in Car
Sat May 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A doctor couple in Rajasthan's Bharatpur was shot dead in a car yesterday by two people riding a bike at a busy crossing in the city. The incident was captured in a chilling CCTV f...
Practice of bodies being dumped in rivers prevalent in UP, state official tells Centre
Sat May 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Uttar Pradesh government was aware that the practice of dumping dead bodies in rivers was prevalent in the state, even before the visuals of decomposed corpses floating in the ...
No fresh supply of 2,000 notes in FY21, 500 denomination highest in volume
Fri May 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The RBI on Thursday said there was no fresh supply of Rs 2,000 notes in 2020-21 as in the previous year. However, it increased the supply of Rs 20 notes from 13,390 lakh pieces in ...
2 Accused in Bengaluru Rape Case Shot In The Leg Trying To Escape: Police
Fri May 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two of the six people arrested in the Bengaluru rape and assault case were shot in the leg today when they allegedly tried to escape from the crime scene....
Twitter fears for freedom of expression in India
Fri May 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twitter has expressed concern over freedom of expression in India, days after police visited its offices....
Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai jailed again for pro-democracy protests
Fri May 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for participating in an unauthorised assembly in 2019....
Mehul Choksi held ‘fleeing’, lawyer contests not citizen, can’t be sent to India
Fri May 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A day after fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi was arrested in the island nation of Dominica, Gaston Browne, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, said he had requested Domi...
Madhya Pradesh Farmers Spend Night In Queue As Bank Reopens After Days
Fri May 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha queued up outside a bank through Wednesday night in order to withdraw money. The District Cooperative Bank had been closed for two weeks after ...
What Google's Sundar Pichai Said On India's New Digital Rules
Thu May 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Google is committed to complying with local laws and engages constructively with governments as they scrutinise and adopt regulatory frameworks to keep pace with the fast evolving ...
Working for earliest possible import of Pfizer vaccine: V K Paul
Thu May 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The head of India’s Covid-19 task force on Thursday said that Pfizer has “indicated vaccine availability” of its mRNA vaccine and that both the Indian government and the US firm ar...
Zydus Cadila Seeks Human Trial Approval For COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail
Thu May 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Zydus Cadila has sought regulatory approval for clinical trials of its antibody cocktail to treat mild COVID-19, as India grapples with a shortage of medicines and vaccines needed ...
Concerned About Employees In India, Intimidation Tactics, Says Twitter
Thu May 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twitter today broke its silence on new digital rules in the middle of its clash with the government over the "Congress toolkit" row and flagged concern over "the potential threat t...
Mehul Choksi arrested in Dominica, family says relieved he is safe
Thu May 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mehul Choksi’s arrest in Dominica has brought relief to the family, his lawyer Vijay Aggarwal said Thursday. Speaking to The Indian Express, Aggarwal said the family was relieved t...
Delhi HC directs Centre to ‘seriously’ consider import duty waiver on Amphotericin B
Thu May 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Centre to seriously consider waiving the duty being imposed on the import of Amphotericin B, the drug used for the treatment of Black Fung...
Policing, Spying, Security: New CBI Chief Subodh Jaiswal Has Done It All
Wed May 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
On January 8 this year, when he took charge of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Subodh Kumar Jaiswal planned to expand the paramilitary force's areas of expertise and ...
2.08 Lakh New Covid Cases In India, Highest Testing In A Day
Wed May 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India set a new record with the highest number of Covid tests conducted in the last 24 hours at 22.17 lakh. The country registered 2.08 lakh fresh coronavirus infections and 4,157 ...
Cyclone Yaas Hits North Odisha, Bengal On High Alert
Wed May 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Cyclone Yaas will cross the coast south of Odisha's Balasore, which is around 150 km south of Kolkata, within the next two hours, with winds up to 140 km per hour and gusts of 155 ...
China overtakes Germany as UK’s top import market
Wed May 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
China has overtaken Germany to become the UK's biggest single import market for the first time since records began....
Four Haryana-based criminals, who assaulted wrestler along with Sushil Kumar, arrested
Wed May 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Four Haryana-based criminals have been arrested in connection with the murder of 23-year-old former junior national wrestling champion, Sagar Dhankhar. Police said they all came to...
WhatsApp moves Delhi HC against traceability clause, says it is unconstitutional
Wed May 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Faced with a deadline to comply with the Indian government’s new rules for social media intermediaries, which needs them to make provisions for “identification of the first origina...