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Frightening Pics Of Tugboat In Rough Seas Before It Was Sunk By Cyclone
Tue May 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Only two of 13 people on board tugboat Varaprada - which sank off the coast of Maharashtra as Cyclone Taukate hit on the evening of May 17 - survived...
'Toolkit' Row: 2 Congress Leaders Get Delhi Police Notice To Join Probe
Tue May 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Toolkit row: Rajiv Gowda and Rohan Gupta, who filed a complaint against Sambit Patra accusing him of sharing a faked "Congress toolkit", have been asked by the police to join the i...
Facebook Says "Aim To Comply" As New Digital Rules Deadline Ends Today
Tue May 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
"We aim to comply with the provisions of the IT rules and continue to discuss a few of the issues which need more engagement with the government," a Facebook spokesperson said....
Second Cyclone In 10 Days To Slam Into India Amid Covid Misery
Tue May 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Cyclone Yaas, equivalent to a category 3 hurricane, will cause heavy rains in West Bengal and Odisha, with wind speeds as high as 185 kilometers per hour, says the weather departme...
"Am Confessing...": Belarus Blogger Arrested From Diverted Plane In Video
Tue May 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a video posted online, the detained blogger, Roman Protasevich, 26, said he was in good health, being held in a pretrial detention facility in Minsk....
Arrested Wrestler Sushil Kumar Had Murder Filmed To Spread Fear: Cops
Mon May 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, arrested in a murder case, had a video of the incident recorded to terrorise the wrestling circuit in the city, the police said on Sunday, as it rec...
India’s Covid-19 death toll crosses 3-lakh mark
Mon May 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India’s Covid-19 death toll went passed the 3-lakh mark on Monday after 4,454 people died due to the virus in the last 24 hours. This makes India only the third country after the U...
India "Late To The Table" In Buying Vaccines: Top Virologist
Mon May 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India delayed the process of bulk-buying vaccines unlike several other nations and may now have few options available in the international market. "Aren't we a little late to the t...
Oxford secretly used cell phone data to track millions as part of government-ordered vaccination study – media
Mon May 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The UK government has admitted it used phone data to analyse people’s movement patterns without their knowledge as part of a vaccination study, a new report claims. Officials are s...
Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak disclosed: Report
Mon May 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care in November 2019, months before China disclosed the Covid-19 pandemic, the Wall Street Journal...
Western powers voice outrage as Belarus accused of hijacking plan
Mon May 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Western countries have expressed outrage at the forced diversion of a plane carrying a Belarusian activist on an internal EU flight on Sunday.EU leaders are due to discuss their re...
"Persistent Headache, Swelling In Covid Survivors Signs Of Black Fungus": AIIMS Chief
Sun May 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
If you are recovering from COVID-19 and can't get rid of that persistent headache or that swelling on one side of the face, immediately speak to a doctor and get tested for Black F...
Ramdev Draws Doctors' Fury, Legal Trouble Over "Allopathy Is Stupid" Video
Sun May 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Yoga guru Ramdev, the face of one of India's biggest consumer goods and alternative medicine empires, has been asked to apologise by the Indian Medical Association for ostensibly s...
Guide: Over 100 virus cases on Everest despite Nepal denials
Sun May 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, an expert mountaineering guide said, giving the first comprehensive estimate amid offi...
Covid: India tells social media firms to remove 'India variant' from content
Sun May 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Indian government has instructed social media companies to remove any content that refers to the "Indian variant" of Covid-19....
Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar arrested by Delhi Police in murder case
Sun May 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar was arrested from Delhi on Sunday in connection with the murder of 23-year-old former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankhar. He ...
Mount Nyiragongo: DR Congo plans to evacuate city as volcano erupts
Sun May 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The government in the Democratic Republic of Congo has launched an evacuation plan for the eastern city of Goma after a large volcano erupted....
"Would Rather Die": Jailed Activist Stan Swamy On Mumbai Hospital Treatment
Sat May 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case, told the Bombay High Court on Friday that his health has deteriorated steadily since his arrest, but ...
UP Teen "Thrashed" By Police For Violating Curfew, Dies; Cops Suspended
Sat May 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two police constables in Uttar Pradesh 's Unnao district have been suspended and a case has been registered against them after a 17-year-old boy died on Friday after being allegedl...
Threaten to intensify stir: Farm leaders write to PM to resume talks
Sat May 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the umbrella body of farmer unions protesting against the Centre’s three agricultural laws at Delhi borders now for almost six months, Friday wrote ...