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Apple Supplier Wistron's 'Labour Violations': 12-Hour Shifts, No Overtime
Fri Dec 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A labour office's preliminary investigation into violence last weekend at a factory run by Apple supplier Wistron found several violations by the Taiwanese firm and its vendors, ac...
PM Chief Guest At Centenary Celebrations, Aligarh Muslim University Urges No Politics
Thu Dec 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the centenary celebration of the Aligarh Muslim University on December 22. He will be the chief guest and attend the program virtually with...
"India Our True Friend": Sheikh Hasina On 1971 War At Summit With PM Modi
Thu Dec 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India is our true friend," the country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, thanking India for its support during 1971 Bangladesh liberation war. Ms Hasina was addressing a virtual summ...
UP Loses Case In Top Court Seeking Tough Charges Against Dr Kafeel Khan
Thu Dec 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Uttar Pradesh government today lost its case in the Supreme Court seeking tough charges against a doctor, Kafeel Khan, under the National Security Act (NSA) for a speech agains...
Mamata Banerjee Fumes At Centre's Order On IPS Officers "Before Election"
Thu Dec 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mamata Banerjee today blasted the centre for ordering three top officers out of Bengal, calling it a brazen attempt to control her state by proxy. In tweets, the West Bengal Chief ...
Farmers' Protest Legitimate, But Can't Go On Without Talks: Supreme Court
Thu Dec 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The farmers' protest at the borders of Delhi -- which is on its 23rd day -- must continue and the national capital cannot be blocked, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a s...
Jeff Bezos's Ex-Wife MacKenzie Gives Away Over $4 Billion In 4 Months
Wed Dec 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
MacKenzie Scott is giving away her fortune at an unprecedented pace, donating more than $4 billion in four months after announcing $1.7 billion in gifts in July....
"No Man Can Buy Asaduddin Owaisi": AIMIM Chief Slams Mamata Banerjee
Wed Dec 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
"Never was a man born who can buy Asaduddin Owaisi with money," the AIMIM chief said today, hitting back at Mamata Banerjee after the Bengal Chief Minister said the BJP is "spendin...
Setback For Maharashtra, High Court Pauses Mumbai Metro Car Shed Project
Wed Dec 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a setback to the Uddhav Thackeray government, the Bombay High Court today temporarily paused the construction of a metro car shed project in Mumbai at its new site....
Centre-Farmers' Committee, Suggests Supreme Court, Or "Talks Will Fail"
Wed Dec 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The farmers' protest will soon become a "national issue", the Supreme Court said today, suggesting that a solution be found urgently through negotiations. The Centre's negotiations...
PM-CARES Public Or Private Fund? Documents Reveal Contradiction
Wed Dec 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
s the PM-CARES fund set up for Covid a private or government trust? While it has been defined as a government trust for the purpose of corporate donations, a clause in the trust do...
Navy's Senior-Most Submariner, Vice Admiral Srikant, Dies Of COVID
Tue Dec 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Vice Admiral Srikant, the seniormost submariner of the Indian Navy, died due to Covid-19 related complications at Base Hospital in New Delhi on the intervening night of Monday and ...
Auto-Maker Mahindra's South Korean Arm Defaults On $55 Million Payment
Tue Dec 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Automaker Mahindra & Mahindra's South Korean unit Ssangyong Motor Co has defaulted on loan repayment of about 60 billion won ($55 million), the company said in a statement to the s...
Apple Supplier Puts Bengaluru Plant Damage At Up To $7 Million
Tue Dec 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The ransacking of an iPhone manufacturing facility in India caused up to T$200 million ($7.12 million) in damage though production facilities were not as badly hit as reported, its...
Karnataka Video Shows Senior Politician Dragged, Removed By Congressmen
Tue Dec 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
he deputy chairman of the Karnataka legislative council was manhandled and dragged off his chair by Congress lawmakers today in chaos that has rarely taken such extreme proportions...
Boris Johnson Will Be Republic Day Chief Guest
Tue Dec 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted India's "very generous" invite to be the Republic Day chief guest at celebrations in New Delhi next month, UK's Foreign Secretary ...
Tata Group Formally Joins Race For Air India
Mon Dec 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Tata Group filed an Expression of Interest for Air India to the Disinvestment Ministry on Monday and will now be expected to submit its financial bid within the next 15 days. This ...
"Next Four To Six Months Could Be Worst Of Pandemic," Warns Bill Gates
Mon Dec 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose foundation has been part of the effort to develop and deliver COVID-19 vaccines, warned on Sunday that the next four to six months could be t...
Apple Investigates iPhone Facility Near Bengaluru After Violence By Workers
Mon Dec 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
wo days after violence broke out at a factory near Bengaluru that produces Apple's iPhone, the US firm has said it is probing if its Taiwanese contractor Wistron Corp, which owns t...
Some in White House getting early access to COVID-19 vaccine
Mon Dec 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Some White House officials who work in close proximity to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will be offered coronavirus vaccines as soon as this week, while its ...