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China Backing Away From Promises To Pak Under Economic Corridor: Report
Fri Dec 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
China appears to be backing away from its initial financial promises to Pakistan under Beijing-financed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a US$60 billion infrastructure buil...
Congress March To President Stopped, Priyanka Gandhi Taken Into Custody
Thu Dec 24 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi, marching to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, were stopped by the police before a small delegation was allowed to enter the presidential palace to submi...
Watch: Mamata Banerjee Breaks Into Dance, Then A Dig At BJP
Thu Dec 24 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee opened a music festival and even broke into a dance, in an interlude from the heavy-duty campaign for the state election in four months. ...
Moderna Expects Its Covid Vaccine To Protect Against UK Virus Variant
Thu Dec 24 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Moderna Inc said on Wednesday it expects that the immunity induced by its COVID-19 vaccine would be protective against the coronavirus variants reported in the UK. The company said...
Delhi Woman Alleges Forced Conversion To Islam, Harassment By In-Laws
Thu Dec 24 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 20-year-old Muslim man in Delhi has been charged by the police over his wife's allegations that she was forced to convert after their wedding in May and harassed by her in-laws. ...
Efforts On To Locate 602 People Who Came To Goa From UK, UAE
Thu Dec 24 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In the wake of detection of a new COVID-19 variant in the UK, Goa health authorities are trying to track down 602 people who arrived in the state from Britain and the UAE since Dec...
How China Lost Patience With Jack Ma, Its Loudest Billionaire
Wed Dec 23 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
When Jack Ma took to a Shanghai conference stage in October, China's most famous entrepreneur was on the brink of pulling off an unprecedented $35 billion initial public offering f...
"PM Would Never Let Any Harm Come To Farmers": Rajnath Singh's Appeal
Wed Dec 23 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The government is holding talks with farmers "with full sensitivity", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said today as he wished farmers on Kisan Diwas or Farmers' Day, that marks the ...
Congress Set To Lose Ahmed Patel's Hard-Won Rajya Sabha Seat To BJP
Wed Dec 23 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress is set to lose its senior leader Ahmed Patel's Rajya Sabha seat in Gujarat -- which it fought hard to win in 2017 -- to the BJP. Ahmed Patel, a five-time Rajya Sabha m...
In J&K Local Polls, Gupkar Alliance Wins Big In Kashmir, BJP In Jammu
Wed Dec 23 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Farooq Abdullah-led Gupkar alliance has won big in the first local polls in Jammu and Kashmir since it lost special status last year and was turned into a Union Territory. In t...
Karnataka Night Curfew From 10 PM-6 AM Until January 2 Over Mutant Strain
Wed Dec 23 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid global fears over the new mutant strain of coronavirus, a night curfew has been announced in Karnataka - between 10 PM to 6 AM - till January 2. Karnataka has become the seco...
New SOPs For UK Arrivals, Separate Isolation For Those With Mutant Strain
Tue Dec 22 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
RT-PCR testing on arrival, separate isolation of those testing positive for the new variant of coronavirus, institutional quarantine for co-passengers of those testing positive: Th...
Big Lead For Farooq Abdullah-Led Gupkar Alliance In J&K Local Polls
Tue Dec 22 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Farooq Abdullah-led People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration took a big lead over the BJP on Tuesday as votes were counted in the first District Development Council (DDC) elect...
Desi TikTok Variant Gets Google, Microsoft Backing In $100 Million Funding
Tue Dec 22 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The parent of a TikTok copycat from India has raised more than $100 million from investors including Alphabet Inc's Google and Microsoft, months after the Chinese-owned short-video...
Ideological Divides Secondary To Nation: PM At Aligarh Muslim University
Tue Dec 22 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said development should not be seen through the political prism and when it came to the nation's progress, ideological differences must be second...
Biden Names Indian-American Bharat Ramamurti As Economic Council Member
Tue Dec 22 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named Indian American Bharat Ramamurti as one of the three new members of the National Economic Council that coordinates domestic and interna...
"Government Alert, No Need To Panic": Health Minister On UK Virus Strain
Mon Dec 21 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The government is fully alert about the new strain of coronavirus reported in the United Kingdom, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said today, stressing that "there's no need to panic...
Farmers Start Relay Hunger Strike; Centre Says Choose Next Date For Talks
Mon Dec 21 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
An indefinite relay hunger strike starts today against the government's new agricultural laws as farmers harden stand amid protests that began late November around Delhi borders. A...
"Will Consider CAA As Soon As Covid Vaccination Starts": Amit Shah
Mon Dec 21 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Slamming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the recent attack on BJP chief JP Nadda's convoy, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday asserted the centre has the right...
Nations Impose UK Travel Ban Over "Out Of Control" Coronavirus Variant
Mon Dec 21 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
European countries - and some beyond the continent - are restricting travel from the United Kingdom amid mounting fears over an infectious new strain of the novel coronavirus first...