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Rs. 103 Crore In 1 Account: Government Clarifies On Taxing PF Contributions
Fri Feb 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
One of the highest contributors has more than Rs 103 crore in his account, and two second highest ones have more than Rs. 86 crore each, the government said, clarifying its decisio...
This State Decides To Check Social Media Behaviour Of Passport Applicants
Fri Feb 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Uttarakhand Police has decided to scrutinise social media behaviour before giving their clearance for people applying for passports. Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar said on Thursda...
Key Lending Rate Unchanged At 4%; RBI Says "Need Of Hour To Back Growth"
Fri Feb 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to maintain key policy rates at existing levels. The Reserve Bank has kept...
Two years imprisonment, fine for online gambling in Tamil Nadu
Fri Feb 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Online games like rummy and poker involving betting shall invite imprisonment up to two years or fine not exceeding Rs 10,000 or both, according to an amendment Bill introduced in ...
Essential supplies cut, protest sites fenced like Berlin Wall, says Congress
Fri Feb 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
On day 6 of the Budget Session in Rajya Sabha Friday, several opposition party members highlighted the lack of progress in the ongoing farmers agitation in the national capital. Co...
Peaceful Protests, Internet Access Democracy's Hallmark: US On Farm Row
Thu Feb 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Unhindered access to information, including the Internet, and peaceful protests are a hallmark of a thriving democracy, the US said on Wednesday in comments on the farmer protests ...
Mizoram Students' Body Stages Sit-In Against Coup In Neighbouring Myanmar
Thu Feb 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mizoram's top students' body staged a sit-in on Wednesday, protesting the recent military coup in Mynamar and the human rights violation in the neighbouring country. The students s...
Priyanka Gandhi To Meet Family In UP Of Farmer Who Died In R-Day Violence
Thu Feb 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi will visit Rampur today to meet the family of Navreet Singh who was killed during farmers' tractor rally in New Delhi on the Republic Day...
Greta Thunberg Tweets Toolkit On Farmers' Protest, Deletes, Shares Update
Thu Feb 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Teen climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, has shared a toolkit to help people show support for the farmers' protest on Delhi...
With Bezos Out As Amazon CEO, Is This End Of His Question-Mark Emails?
Thu Feb 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
For staff at Amazon.com Inc, the departure of CEO Jeff Bezos may spell the end of one of the company's unusual and, for some managers, frightening practices: the "question-mark" em...
'Sensationalist': Govt on foreign entities backing farm protests
Wed Feb 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Slamming foreign individuals and entities for comments on the ongoing farmer protests, the Ministry of External Affairs Wednesday said it is “unfortunate to see vested interest gro...
Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC over FIRs on ‘misleading’ tweets
Wed Feb 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and journalist Rajdeep Sardesai on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court over the multiple FIRs filed against them over their “misleading” tw...
"Farm Laws Withdrawn During British Rule Too": Opposition In Parliament
Wed Feb 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad today urged Prime Minster Narendra Modi to repeal the three farm laws, voicing the united stand of the opposition durin...
Rihanna's Tweet Takes Farmers' Protest Global, Spurs Support
Wed Feb 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Farmers' protest against the centre's three controversial laws, which they say will leave them at the mercy of corporates, has seen a tremendous outpouring of support on social med...
Before Coup, IMF Sent Myanmar $350 Million, Refund A Concern
Wed Feb 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The International Monetary Fund last week sent $350 million in cash to the Myanmar government, part of a no-strings-attached emergency aid package to help the country battle the co...
For aspirants IPS officer posts his UPSC CSE notes online
Wed Feb 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
IPS officer Akash Tomar who secured an All India Rank of 138 in the UPSC Civil Service Examination (CSE) of 2012, shares his strategies with aspirants that worked for him while pre...
'Give Diesel, Will Search': UP Woman, Looking for Daughter, Accuses Cops
Tue Feb 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A differently abled woman in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district has alleged that she paid between Rs.10,000 and Rs.15,000 to local policemen to fill diesel in their vehicles so that t...
Farmer Leaders Say Will Block Roads Across The Country On Saturday
Tue Feb 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Farmers protesting against the Centre's three farm laws have called for a countrywide "chakka jam" protest on Saturday. The duration of the protest will be three hours -- from noon...
12 Children Given Sanitiser Instead Of Polio Drops In Maharashtra
Tue Feb 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
n a case of huge negligence, 12 children were given sanitiser instead of oral polio vaccine drops in a village in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, about 700 km from state capital ...
Heard in Parliament during Budget speech: ‘Adani, Adani’
Tue Feb 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India’s first Covid-era budget was delivered from a tablet. The MPs were scattered across the two Houses and the visitors’ galleries to maintain social distancing in a Parliament s...