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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...
Congress backs Bharat Bandh call; Kamal Haasan’s party to join stir in Delhi
Sun Dec 06 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress on Sunday expressed its “whole-hearted” support to the ‘Bharat Bandh’ called on December 8 by farmer unions against the new agri-marketing laws and announced that it w...
Government May Agree To Amend Farm Laws, PM Meets Top Ministers: Sources
Sat Dec 05 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hours before the fifth round of talks between the government and protesters over the contentious farm laws, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Min...
"Hyderabad Has Shown How To Stop BJP": KCR's Daughter On Local Polls
Sat Dec 05 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Telangana's ruling party - the Telangana Rashtra Samiti - may have emerged as the largest party in the Hyderabad municipal election, but the BJP's gains mean it will likely need su...
As China Restricts Access To Tibet, US Urges Nations To Make Laws Over It
Sat Dec 05 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Slamming China for its "repressive" regime in Tibet, a top American diplomat has urged other countries to pass their own versions of a US law that calls for denying access to the U...
36,652 New Cases Push India Covid Tally To 96 Lakh; 1.3 Lakh Total Deaths
Sat Dec 05 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
With a jump of 36,652 fresh infections across states in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 tally has surged past the 96-lakh mark, government data shows. The country now has 96,08...