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Trump, 17 US States Back Texas Bid To Undo His Election Loss At Supreme Court
Thu Dec 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let him join a long-shot lawsuit by Texas seeking to overturn his election loss by throwing out the voting resul...
Arrest In Mumbai After "Biggest" Drug Haul Linked To Sushant Rajput Case
Wed Dec 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In the "biggest" seizure of contraband in the drugs case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has recovered hashish, besides other drugs...
Aliens Exist? Israel's Ex-Space Boss Says "Yes, And Trump Knows About It"
Wed Dec 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Aliens are real and US President Donald Trump knows about it, Israel's former space security chief has made an unprecedented claim in an interview, stressing they're keeping their ...
Farmers Reject Government Offer, Announce More Protests
Wed Dec 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Protesting farmers have unanimously rejected the Centre's written offer of amendments in farm laws, and announced a series of plans to escalate their protest. The plans involve clo...
Govt should not hoard mines: Naveen Jindal
Wed Dec 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Jindal Steel and Power LtdChairman Naveen Jindal on Wednesday said the Union government should not "hoard" mines and create artificial scarcity, putting up only a few blocks for au...
India's COVID-19 caseload rises to 97.35 lakh
Wed Dec 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 97.35 lakh on Wednesday, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 92 lakh, pushing the national recovery rate to 9...
AAP Says Arvind Kejriwal "Under House Arrest"
Tue Dec 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been placed under house arrest by the police ever since he met with the protesting farmers yesterday and has been forced to cancel his meet...
Delhi-Meerut Highway Blocked Amid Farmers' Bharat Bandh Call
Tue Dec 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi-Meerut highway has been blocked amid "Bharat bandh" - a nationwide shutdown called for by farmers protesting the farm laws. Transport services, offices and shops - partic...
Bharat bandh: India farmers protest against law
Tue Dec 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A country-wide strike by farmers in India has begun amid a standoff with the government over new farm laws. Tuesday's strike follows three rounds of inconclusive talks between the ...
Jet Airways To Resume Operations By Summer, Promise New Owners
Tue Dec 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Grounded Jet Airways plans to restart operations as a full service carrier by the summer of 2021, its new owners have said. A consortium, led by the Dubai-based entrepreneur Murari...
"Must Be Allowed To Protest": US Lawmakers Back Farmers
Tue Dec 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Several US lawmakers have voiced their support for farmers agitating in India against the new farm laws and urged that they be allowed to protest peacefully....
4 Of India's Most-Wanted Insurgent Leaders In China In October: Report
Mon Dec 07 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Indian officials say China is assisting rebel groups that have stepped up attacks on its border with Myanmar in recent months, opening another front in the conflict between two nat...
Andhra Pradesh: 'Mystery' illness puts hundreds in hospital
Mon Dec 07 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least one person has died and 227 have been hospitalised by an unidentified illness in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The patients had a wide range of symptoms from n...
Iran says nuclear scientist killed by satellite-controlled machine gun
Mon Dec 07 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A satellite-controlled machine gun with "artificial intelligence" was used in last week's assassination of a top nuclear scientist in Iran, the deputy commander of the Revolutionar...
Jailed Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul accused of passing classified information
Mon Dec 07 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Jailed Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul is accused of contacting "unfriendly" states and providing classified information, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister told AFP Saturday, afte...
Police warning as protesters descend on central London for Indian farmer demonstration
Mon Dec 07 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Protesters who descended on the Indian High Commission in central London have been warned by police not to break covid laws. The demonstration is against farming reform in India a...
Pfizer Seeks India Approval For Covid Vaccine, First To Do So: Sources
Sun Dec 06 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
American pharma giant Pfizer has sought approval from the country's drug regulator - the DCGI (Drugs Controller General of India) - for emergency use authorisation of its coronavir...
How a lockdown 'sex party' doomed a Hungarian Euro MP
Sun Dec 06 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
It's not hard to see how the misadventures of Hungarian politician Jozsef Szajer made headlines across the continent this week. There are of course the public health implications o...
Neera Tanden, Biden’s pick for budget chief, runs a think tank backed by corporate and foreign interests
Sun Dec 06 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In her nine years helming Washington’s leading liberal think tank, Neera Tanden mingled with deep-pocketed donors who made their fortunes on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley and in o...
China Sets Up 3 Villages Near Arunachal, Relocates Villagers
Sun Dec 06 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
China has constructed at least 3 villages, approximately 5 kilometres from the Bum La pass which lies close to the tri-junction between India, China and Bhutan in western Arunachal...