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30 Sadhus At Kumbh Mela In Haridwar Test Postive For Covid
Fri Apr 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
30 sadhus participating in the mega Kumbh Mela at Uttarakhand's Haridwar have tested positive for COVID-19, including Mahant Narendra Giri, the leader of the All India Akhada Paris...
Weekend Curfew In Delhi; Malls, Gyms Shut, Home Delivery For Restaurants
Thu Apr 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi will shut down on weekends from Friday to "break the chain of transmission" as it tackles a steep rise in Covid cases, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced today. During ...
Choosing The Next Dalai Lama And The Fight Involving India, US, China
Thu Apr 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama-the spiritual leader of Tibetans, who lives in exile in India-turns 86 in July. The choice of his successor is shaping up to be a struggle betwee...
Supreme Court Hearing Deferred Twice After Judge Says Staff Covid +ve
Thu Apr 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Supreme Court hearing via video conference was deferred twice today after one of the judges said that several of his staff members at home had tested positive for COVID-19. The S...
Double Mutant Strain In 10 States, Delhi Has UK Variant Too: Sources
Thu Apr 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Strains of the Covid virus in India with "double mutations" have been found in patients in 10 states and this could be responsible for rising infections and a faster spread in thes...
Joe Biden Faces Tangle Of Sanctions In Talks With Iran
Thu Apr 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Reviving the Iran nuclear deal would seem like a simple task for US President Joe Biden. Iran wants him to lift sanctions in exchange for Tehran's return to compliance. But as Iran...
'Well Done Modi Ji... Listening To Sound Advice': Congress On CBSE Exams
Wed Apr 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
CBSE exams cancelled, postponed: The decision was taken amid growing demands of cancelling or postponing the board exams as coronavirus cases see an unprecedented surge across the ...
CBSE Class 12 Board Exams Postponed, Class 10 Exams Cancelled
Wed Apr 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
CBSE Board Exams 2021: The Board Exams for Class 12, which were to be held from May 4 to June 14, have been put off....
Bihar Boy Made To Lick Spit Allegedly For Eloping With Girl, 6 Held: Cops
Wed Apr 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The boy allegedly ran away with another minor from the same village....
"First They Ignore You... Then You Win": Rahul Gandhi's Vaccine Jab
Wed Apr 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win,"Mr Gandhi tweeted today....
PM Modi Should Do "Sit-Ups Holding Ears" If Caught Lying: Mamata Banerjee
Wed Apr 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mamata Banerjee also questioned why the Prime Minister was campaigning on days of polling in the state....
Ahead Of Uddhav Thackeray's Address To Maharashtra, Talk Of More Restrictions
Tue Apr 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Uddhav Thackeray's address follows a meeting of the state Covid task force that he chaired on Sunday....
India Clears Way For Foreign-Made Vaccines, Wants Applications Soon
Tue Apr 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russian-made Covid vaccine Sputnik V has been cleared for emergency use by the Drugs Controller General of India....
Yogi Adityanath In Isolation After Officers Test Positive For Coronavirus
Tue Apr 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
This comes on a day Uttar Pradesh recorded its highest-ever daily spike....
KKR vs MI, IPL 2021 Live Score: Suryakumar Yadav Counter-Attacks After Mumbai Indians Lose Quinton De Kock Early
Tue Apr 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
KKR vs MI IPL Live Score 2021: Suryakumar Yadav greeted Harbhajan Singh with three boundaries in a single over....
Some Celebs Occupied Beds Despite Mild Symptoms: Maharashtra Minister
Tue Apr 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Some Bollywood celebrities and cricketers had occupied hospital beds in Mumbai despite having no serious Covid symptoms, Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh said on Tuesday. He said ...
India Now Second Worst-Hit, 1.68 Lakh Cases In New Daily High
Mon Apr 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India recorded 1,68,912 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the sixth record rise in seven days, pushing the country's caseload to over 1.35 crore. The resurgence of the virus le...
Deepening Of Military Ties with India "Destined": Ex-US Defence Secretary
Mon Apr 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A deepening partnership between the US and India in the military and security sphere is "destined to occur" as there is too much in common between the two large democracies that sh...
Sputnik 5 Vaccine For Use In India To Be Discussed At Key Meet Today
Mon Apr 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The use of Russia's Covid vaccine Sputnik-V in India will be discussed by a committee of experts today in the middle of a record spike in virus cases in the country. The vaccine, m...
Gautam Adani On Team Walmart In Fight Vs Amazon-Mukesh Ambani
Mon Apr 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Walmart Inc.'s e-commerce unit signed a pact with tycoon Gautam Adani to build one of the largest retail warehouses in India, as the U.S. giant gears up to battle Amazon.com Inc. a...