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40,953 Fresh Covid Cases, Biggest Single-Day Spike In Nearly 4 Months
Sat Mar 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India has added 40,953 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours - highest daily-rise since November 29 - amid a worrying surge across the country that has prompted some stat...
Indian Crypto Investors Metapurse Explain Why They Spent $69 Million on an NFT
Fri Mar 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Metapurse, a crypto-exclusive fund, recently bought ‘Everydays - The First 5000 Days' – a jpeg file – by an artist who goes by the pseudonym Beeple for $69.3 million (roughly Rs. 5...
Covid Norms Violated As Huge Crowds Gather Amid Tamil Nadu Poll Campaign
Fri Mar 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Large-scale violations of government-mandated coronavirus guidelines continue in Tamil Nadu ahead of the state elections even as authorities have directed political parties to ensu...
Nearly 40,000 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In India In New High This Year
Fri Mar 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid a worrying surge in coronavirus cases, India recorded yet another spike of nearly 40,000 fresh infections in the last 24 hours - highest daily-rise since November 29 - as gove...
'What About Pulwama?' Sena Questions NIA Probe Into Ambani Security Scare
Fri Mar 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two days after Param Bir Singh was replaced as Mumbai Police Chief over the handling of the Mukesh Ambani security scare, Maharashtra's ruling Shiv Sena has raised questions on the...
Tell India Russia S-400 Deal Sanctionable, US Senator To Defense Secretary
Fri Mar 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was urged by a senior senator to convey Washington's opposition to India's proposed purchase of Russian air defence systems as he headed to New De...
BHU Students Oppose Proposal To Appoint Nita Ambani As Visiting Faculty
Thu Mar 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A proposal to appoint Reliance Industries Executive Director Nita Ambani as a visiting professor at the prestigious Banaras Hindu University has led to protests at the campus. Arou...
6 Asian Women Among 8 Shot Dead At Three US Spas, Suspect Arrested
Thu Mar 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string of attacks on Atlanta-area 8day spas on Tuesday, and a man suspected of carrying out all of the shootin...
Assets Worth Rs.32 Crore Of TV Channels Seized In TRP Case
Thu Mar 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday attached assets worth about Rs.32 crore of some Maharashtra-based television channels in connection with its money laundering probe in...
India's Daily Covid Cases Surge To 35,871, Highest Since Early December
Thu Mar 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With a huge spike of 35,871 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily rise since early December, India continues to see a surge in Covid caseload. The governm...
As Biden Says "Killer" Putin Will "Pay A Price", Russia Recalls Envoy
Thu Mar 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia called its US ambassador back to Moscow for consultations on Wednesday after Joe Biden described Vladimir Putin as a "killer" who would "pay a price" for election meddling, ...
BHU Students Oppose Proposal To Appoint Nita Ambani As Visiting Faculty
Wed Mar 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A proposal to appoint Reliance Industries Executive Director Nita Ambani as a visiting professor at the prestigious Banaras Hindu University has led to protests at the campus. Arou...
6 Asian Women Among 8 Shot Dead At Three US Spas, Suspect Arrested
Wed Mar 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string of attacks on Atlanta-area day spas on Tuesday, and a man suspected of carrying out all of the shooting...
Vedanta's Anil Agarwal Raises Open Offer Price For India Unit To Rs. 235 A Share
Wed Mar 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Anil Agarwal, billionaire founder of the Vedanta Group, has pledged his stake in a cash-rich Indian unit to help sweeten terms for a takeover attempt that's key to his debt-repayme...
BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma Found Dead At Delhi Home, Suicide Suspected
Wed Mar 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh, Ram Swaroop Sharma, was found dead at his residence in Delhi today, the police said, adding they are investigating whether it was a case of suicide....
Ambani Bomb Scare: Key Recoveries From A Mercedes, Cop Allegedly Drove It
Wed Mar 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The National Investigation Agency, which is probing the recovery of an explosives-laden Scorpio SUV near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in Mumbai last month, has seized a ...
Ambani Bomb Scare: Mumbai Cop 'Seized' Own Housing Society's CCTV Footage
Tue Mar 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Suspended Mumbai policeman Sachin Vaze, arrested for his suspected role in the placement of an explosives-laden car outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence, is found to hav...
Maharashtra "In Beginning Of 2nd Covid Wave", "Limited Effort" Flagged
Tue Mar 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra is "in the beginning of a second wave of Covid", the centre has said in a letter to the Uddhav Thackeray-led government, urging the state to focus on containment strate...
No Stop On Covishield: Government Sources As Nations Suspend AztraZeneca
Tue Mar 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
There is no question of stopping AstraZeneca's vaccine against coronavirus as of now, sources in the Union Health Ministry said amid blood clot fears that prompted several European...
Swiss Probe If Late Saudi King's $100 Million "Thank You" Gift Broke Law
Tue Mar 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Swiss prosecutor is probing whether the late Saudi king broke any laws when he transferred $100 million to a fund controlled by fellow royal Juan Carlos I of Spain in 2008....