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Saturday, April 4, 2020

Politics
- News Reports
  
  Tablighi Jamaat had planned to gather 50,000 people for Maharashtra event, govt cancelled permission after initial coronavirus cases: Report
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020
  
  The state government had reportedly warned Tablighi Jamaat of legal action when the latter insisted on going ahead with the religious gathering.
  
  Media
  
  Congress linked ‘Real Report’ claims ‘thousands of devotees’ defied lockdown on Ram Navami using old image, deletes tweet later and backtracks
  
  OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020
  
  Real Report, a 'news platform' linked closely to the Congress party, posted a tweet on Thursday claiming that 'thousands' of devotees had gathered across temples in West Bengal on the occasion of Ram Navami.
  
  Politics
  
  Home Minister Amit Shah calls out Congress’ petty politics, asks the grand old party to not mislead people
  
  OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020
  
  Home Minister Shah said that the Congress was playing politics at a time when India under the leadership of PM Modi is being praised both domestically and globally for the efforts to fight the Chinese coronavirus.
  
  Fact-Check
  
  No, India is not accepting ‘foreign aid’ to fight Coronavirus pandemic: Debunking misinformation spread by Suhasini Haider and Shashi Tharoor
  
  OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020
  
  No sooner was the PM CARES fund launched, did conspiracy theories and blatant lies started filling the internet, especially, Twitter.
  
  Editor's picks
  
  Islamists who organised anti-CAA ‘protests’ stand in solidarity with Tablighi Jamaat super-spreaders, demand FIR be revoked calling it ‘Islamophobia’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2020
  
  An FIR had been lodged against Tablighi Jamaat management for organising the congregation and housing thousands pf people at a time when orders against mass-gatherings were already in place due to the coronavirus threat.
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  Will Wuhan Coronavirus finally end the urban legend of the famous healthcare of Kerala?
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 2 April, 2020
  
  Will the situation with Coronavirus finally blow the lid off the Kerala government’s propaganda on its ‘famous’ healthcare? Let us hope so.
  
  News Reports
  
  Here is how to use the Internet of Things to combat global pandemics like Novel Coronavirus outbreak
  
  Krishna Kant - 2 April, 2020
  
  Internet of Things could be used as a major tool to fight the spread of such pandemics and contain it with minimal economic loss
  
  Opinions
  
  Coronavirus and the Chinese conundrum: How the virus spread, China’s bio-warfare and deception
  
  Rucha Dhakras - 2 April, 2020
  
  First instance of anyone being affected by Coronavirus virus dates back to 17th November 2019 which was reported by South China Morning Post
  
  Media
  
  Coronavirus reporting: A section of the media appears to be infected with the virus of misinformation and propaganda
  
  Priyanka Deo - 2 April, 2020
  
  Today, the world is affected by the coronavirus pandemic. And today, the means used to consume news are vastly different than college.
  
  Opinions
  
  The one true pandemic: How Tablighi Jamat has become the ‘super spreader’ for coronavirus in Asia
  
  Sanghamitra - 31 March, 2020
  
  In India, 10 coronavirus deaths are now traced to Tablighi Jamat in Delhi. Since yesterday, over 285 people showing coronavirus symptoms have been admitted in Lok Nayak Hospital alone.
Fact-Check
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  Fact-Check
  
  No, India is not accepting ‘foreign aid’ to fight Coronavirus pandemic: Debunking misinformation spread by Suhasini Haider and Shashi Tharoor
  
  OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020
  
  No sooner was the PM CARES fund launched, did conspiracy theories and blatant lies started filling the internet, especially, Twitter.
  
  Media Fact-Check
  
  To whitewash Tablighi Jamaat’s deeds, Founder-Editor of The Wire spreads fake news about Yogi Adityanath
  
  OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2020
  
  The Wire's report has very explicitly attributed the fake quote to Yogi Adityanath.
  
  Fact-Check
  
  Aajtak falsely calls food preparation by Jhandewalan Temple Trust and Sewa Bharati volunteers for needy as Kejriwal’s “Community Kitchen”
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2020
  
  Pictures of Jhandewalan Trust Members and Sewa Bharati members preparing food were passed off by AajTak as images from Arvind Kejriwal's "Community Kitchen" during Coronavirus lockdown
  
  Social Media Fact-Check
  
  Rana Ayyub, William Dalrymple share old picture of curfew defaulters being punished as that of migrant labourers
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2020
  
  As India fights Wuhan coronavirus, propagandists masquerading as 'journalists' and 'historians' seem to have taken upon themselves to spread misinformation.
Media
- Media
  
  Ummah above gender: The Wire journalist refuses to believe nurses’ complaint about Tablighi Jamaatis harassing them
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020
  
  The Wire editor Arfa Khanum Sherwani has declared Tablighi Jamaatis innocent and indulges in Muslim victim-mongering, accusing nurses of lying
  
  Media
  
  Congress linked ‘Real Report’ claims ‘thousands of devotees’ defied lockdown on Ram Navami using old image, deletes tweet later and backtracks
  
  OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020
  
  Real Report, a 'news platform' linked closely to the Congress party, posted a tweet on Thursday claiming that 'thousands' of devotees had gathered across temples in West Bengal on the occasion of Ram Navami.
  
  Media
  
  Former senior executive editor of Kapil Sibal’s Tiranga TV spreads crazy conspiracy theory to shield Tablighi Jamaat
  
  OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020
  
  Seemi Pasha said on Twitter that it 'feels' like the governments were scapegoating Tablighi Jamaat to "release data about positive cases that it had been holding back".
  
  Fact-Check
  
  No, India is not accepting ‘foreign aid’ to fight Coronavirus pandemic: Debunking misinformation spread by Suhasini Haider and Shashi Tharoor
  
  OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020
  
  No sooner was the PM CARES fund launched, did conspiracy theories and blatant lies started filling the internet, especially, Twitter.
  
  Media
  
  Coronavirus reporting: A section of the media appears to be infected with the virus of misinformation and propaganda
  
  Priyanka Deo - 2 April, 2020
  
  Today, the world is affected by the coronavirus pandemic. And today, the means used to consume news are vastly different than college.
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire
  
  Opinions
  
  P.P. Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar: The Man who transformed modern India and its trajectory
  
  Abhinav Khare - 25 March, 2020
  
  Just a small idea of Dr. KB Hedgewar of boys playing together in a playground developed world’s largest cadre-based voluntary organization.
  
  Satire
  
  Suffering through Modi’s #ThaliBajao abhiyan is worse than dying from a mysterious Chinese virus. Like, seriously!
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 22 March, 2020
  
  I need a therapist. Coronavirus has led to a total lockdown and I have been spending past 10 days at home on forced quarantine with my Sanghi father.
  
  News Reports
  
  Satyaniti and Swaraj constitute the historical backbone of the socio-political order of India, through the ages
  
  Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 19 March, 2020
  
  Satyaniti, this dharmic anarchism, is the result of the Indic civilisation embracing the dynamism of life, and the spontaneity and capacity to self-organize of human beings.
  
  Social Media
  
  Dhinchak Pooja is back with a new song spreading awareness on coronavirus and we can’t keep calm
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 March, 2020
  
  In her latest video, Dhinchak Pooja is seen grooving with a group of people, who have worn masks and have stethoscopes around their necks.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  News Reports
  
  Did you know that the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund has always had the President of Congress party in its managing committee
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020
  
  After PM Modi launched PM CARES Fund, a lot has been discussed about similarities and differences between PM CARES Fund and PMNRF
  
  News Reports
  
  Meet Maulana Saad Kandhalvi: The Chief of Coronavirus super spreader Tablighi Jamaat who incited Muslims to defy lockdown
  
  OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020
  
  Maulana Saad Kandhalvi is a deluded bigot who urged Muslims to defy the nationwide lockdown imposed to arrest spread of Coronavirus
  
  News Reports
  
  Tablighi Jamaat and its links to terrorist organizations: History of association to Al Qaeda, Taliban and Kashmiri terrorists
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2020
  
  The links of Tablighi Jamaat with terrorist organizations such as the Al Qaeda become hugely significant.
  
  News Reports
  
  People infected by ‘Secularitis’ attempt to blame Modi govt and ‘rightwing’ for mess created at Markaz Nizamuddin: Here are the facts
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 31 March, 2020
  
  The Markaz, Nizamuddin in Delhi, the global center for the Tablighi Jamaat, is suspected to be the ground zero of hundreds of potential infections of the Wuhan Coronavirus.
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In Focus

No pills, Sharing unwashed utensils, washroom and water for Wuzu: How Tablighi Jamaat’s lifestyle made them super-spreaders

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

Man who had stayed at Delhi centre of Tablighi Jamaat said that poor community practices were reasons they emerged as 'super-spreader'

Latest updates and important links about COVID-19 coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

Live statistics and tracking of news related to COVID-19 coronavirus with focus on India.

IIT Roorkee and AIIMS Rishikesh develop closed-loop portable ventilator named as ‘Praan-Vayu’ for COVID-19 patients

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

The ‘Praan-Vayu’ Ventilator is based on controlled operation of the prime mover that delivers enough air to the patient.

Madhya Pradesh: Police register FIR against fruit vendor after a video of him contaminating the fruits with his saliva goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

The police registered the FIR against the fruit vendor on the basis of a complaint lodged by a youth named Bodhraj Tipta

Tablighi Jamaat members kept in Madhu resort in Agra throw tantrums, refuse to eat prescribed healthy food, demand spicy beef biryani

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

Tablighi Jamaat members are turning out to be quite a headache for the authorities and medical staffs

Karnataka: Muslim mob pelts stones at police officials after being stopped from offering mass namaz defying coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

Muslim mob in Hubbali attacked police personnel with stone pelting when the cops tried to stop them from offering namaz en masse

Coronavirus: Delhi police slap a notice with 36 questions at the farmhouse of ‘absconding’ Tablighi Jamaat head Maulana Saad

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

As Muhammad Saad remains missing, the Delhi police today pasted a notice with the 36 questions at his farmhouse in Shamli near Delhi.

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Editor's Picks

News Reports

600 foreigners linked to Tablighi Jamaat traced in the last three days, officials suspect at least 200 more in hiding: Report

OpIndia Staff - 4 April, 2020

Delhi police and the officials have, in the last three days, traced over 600 foreigners linked to the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi

Media

Ummah above gender: The Wire journalist refuses to believe nurses’ complaint about Tablighi Jamaatis harassing them

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

The Wire editor Arfa Khanum Sherwani has declared Tablighi Jamaatis innocent and indulges in Muslim victim-mongering, accusing nurses of lying

News Reports

China didn’t include asymptomatic COVID-19 positive cases in its official data on the pandemic, now to include them after worldwide allegation of underreporting

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

China to release data of asymptomatic Coronavirus positive patients, which was not included in its official Covid-19 data earlier

News Reports

Female healthcare and police staff not to attend to Tablighi Jamaat members after they roamed naked and made lewd gestures at nurses: Yogi govt...

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

UP Govt has decreed that female health professionals and police will not attend to members of the Tablighi Jamaat.

News Reports

RJD leader and Jamia PhD student Meeran Haider arrested for instigating violence during the Delhi riots

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

Jamia student Meeran Haider is suspected of conspiracy to instigate riots, funding the violence and the agitation against the CAA

News Reports

Did you know that the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund has always had the President of Congress party in its managing committee

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

After PM Modi launched PM CARES Fund, a lot has been discussed about similarities and differences between PM CARES Fund and PMNRF

Coronavirus
Latest info and reports

News Reports

Latest updates and important links about COVID-19 coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

Live statistics and tracking of news related to COVID-19 coronavirus with focus on India.

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

News Reports

In 2 days, Tablighi Jamaat accounts for 647 confirmed coronavirus cases in 14 states: Health Ministry

Over 9000 people, including 1306 foreign nationals linked to Tablighi Jamaat have been put in quarantine so far.

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim mob gathered at Kannauj’s Jama Masjid to offer Namaz defying lockdown pelt stones, injure police personnel

A group of Muslim men had defied the lockdown rules and assembled at the Jama Masjid in the city to offer Namaz

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

News Reports

Watch: UP police to deliver FIRs at doorstep, Muzaffarnagar SSP warns lockdown violators

Muzaffarnagar SSP said in a strong message that multiple FIRs will be lodged against those who will not cooperate with police.

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

News Reports

Coronavirus scare: Laundry Service owner diagnosed with Coronavirus in Surat, 54,000 people in the area quarantined

54,003 were quarantined in Surat, Gujarat after a 67-year-old-man who ran a laundry service in the area was diagnosed with Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

News Reports

Wuhan coronavirus: Australian PM Scott Morrison calls for a global crackdown on China’s Wet Markets, asks WHO, UN to take action

He said, "Wet markets were a very real and significant problem wherever they exist. This virus started in China and went round the world."

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

News Reports

Uttarakhand Police reward the police team who detained 13 persons returning from a Jamaat in Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand police announced a reward of Rupees 20,000 for the police team who detained 13 Jamaatis coming from Uttar Pradesh

Opinions

Will Wuhan Coronavirus finally end the urban legend of the famous healthcare of Kerala?

Abhishek Banerjee - 2 April, 2020

Will the situation with Coronavirus finally blow the lid off the Kerala government’s propaganda on its ‘famous’ healthcare? Let us hope so.

News Reports

Here is how to use the Internet of Things to combat global pandemics like Novel Coronavirus outbreak

Krishna Kant - 2 April, 2020

Internet of Things could be used as a major tool to fight the spread of such pandemics and contain it with minimal economic loss

Coronavirus and the Chinese conundrum: How the virus spread, China’s bio-warfare and deception

Opinions

Rucha Dhakras - 2 April, 2020

First instance of anyone being affected by Coronavirus virus dates back to 17th November 2019 which was reported by South China Morning Post

Coronavirus reporting: A section of the media appears to be infected with the virus of misinformation and propaganda

Media

Priyanka Deo - 2 April, 2020

Today, the world is affected by the coronavirus pandemic. And today, the means used to consume news are vastly different than college.

The one true pandemic: How Tablighi Jamat has become the ‘super spreader’ for coronavirus in Asia

Opinions

Sanghamitra - 31 March, 2020

In India, 10 coronavirus deaths are now traced to Tablighi Jamat in Delhi. Since yesterday, over 285 people showing coronavirus symptoms have been admitted in Lok Nayak Hospital alone.

The urgency of Nationwide lockdown and how it differs from a curfew: A legal study

Law

Aastha Tiwari - 30 March, 2020

There are some vital differences between the Indian Epidemic Disease Act and the Disaster Manage Act and this article, we explore when these acts were used to control the Wuhan Coronavirus

Politics

News Reports

Tablighi Jamaat had planned to gather 50,000 people for Maharashtra event, govt cancelled permission after initial coronavirus cases: Report

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

The state government had reportedly warned Tablighi Jamaat of legal action when the latter insisted on going ahead with the religious gathering.

Congress linked ‘Real Report’ claims ‘thousands of devotees’ defied lockdown on Ram Navami using old image, deletes tweet later and backtracks

Media OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020

Home Minister Amit Shah calls out Congress’ petty politics, asks the grand old party to not mislead people

Politics OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020

No, India is not accepting ‘foreign aid’ to fight Coronavirus pandemic: Debunking misinformation spread by Suhasini Haider and Shashi Tharoor

Fact-Check OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020

Islamists who organised anti-CAA ‘protests’ stand in solidarity with Tablighi Jamaat super-spreaders, demand FIR be revoked calling it ‘Islamophobia’

Editor's picks OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2020

People infected by ‘Secularitis’ attempt to blame Modi govt and ‘rightwing’ for mess created at Markaz Nizamuddin: Here are the facts

News Reports K Bhattacharjee - 31 March, 2020

Coronavirus: AAP shrugs off responsibilities after pushing lakhs of UP-Bihar migrants under the bus in middle of pandemic, indulges in blame games

News Reports Editorial Desk - 29 March, 2020

FIR registered against AAP MLA Raghav Chadha for making false accusations against Uttar Pradesh government

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2020

UP govt to take action against AAP MLA Raghav Chadha for spreading fake news that UP CM had got migrant workers returning to UP...

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020

Fact-Check

Media Fact-Check

To whitewash Tablighi Jamaat’s deeds, Founder-Editor of The Wire spreads fake news about Yogi Adityanath

The Wire's report has very explicitly attributed the fake quote to Yogi Adityanath.

OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2020

Fact-Check

Aajtak falsely calls food preparation by Jhandewalan Temple Trust and Sewa Bharati volunteers for needy as Kejriwal’s “Community Kitchen”

Pictures of Jhandewalan Trust Members and Sewa Bharati members preparing food were passed off by AajTak as images from Arvind Kejriwal's "Community Kitchen" during Coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2020

Social Media Fact-Check

Rana Ayyub, William Dalrymple share old picture of curfew defaulters being punished as that of migrant labourers

As India fights Wuhan coronavirus, propagandists masquerading as 'journalists' and 'historians' seem to have taken upon themselves to spread misinformation.

OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2020

Social Media

UP: TOI journalist fear-mongers, insinuates that disinfectant spray is ‘chemical solution’ to kill humans

Even as Wuhan Coronavirus poses a severe threat to the safety and security of the country, journalists continue to engage in fear mongering and fake news peddling to undermine the efforts being made by the central and state governments.

OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2020

Media

MediaOpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020

Former senior executive editor of Kapil Sibal’s Tiranga TV spreads crazy conspiracy theory to shield Tablighi Jamaat

Seemi Pasha said on Twitter that it 'feels' like the governments were scapegoating Tablighi Jamaat to "release data about positive cases that it had been holding back".

MediaOpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2020

Rajdeep Sardesai falsely claims Rahul Gandhi was ‘probably’ the first politician to raise alarm over Coronavirus: Here are the facts

Propagandist-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai created quite a stir on social media after claiming that Rahul Gandhi was 'probably' the first national politician to warn about the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.

MediaOpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2020

Journalist who called Dr Kalam ‘Bomb daddy’ now wants 700 MPs to be arrested just to shield superspreader Jamaatis who deliberately risked public health

'Journalist' Sagarika Ghose today made a perverted comparison while defending the superspreader Jamaatis who congregated at Nizamuddin amidst coronavirus lockdown and deliberately attempted to jeopardise public health.

MediaOpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2020

Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint claims govt may extend lockdown, Prasar Bharati terms it fake news

Shekhar Gupta's ThePrint published an article claiming that an unnamed government official has said that the 3 week lockdown announced from 24th March 2020 may be extended by a week.

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News Reports

Meet Maulana Saad Kandhalvi: The Chief of Coronavirus super spreader Tablighi Jamaat who incited Muslims to defy lockdown

OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020

Maulana Saad Kandhalvi is a deluded bigot who urged Muslims to defy the nationwide lockdown imposed to arrest spread of Coronavirus

News Reports

After Reliance, Mahindra and Vedanta, Tata group steps in: Commits to contribute Rs 500 cr to fight Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic

Jhankar Mohta - 28 March, 2020

Many business tycoons including Ratan Tata have been coming forward pledging their support amidst the unprecedented Coronavirus outbreak

News Reports

‘Teachers are the instigators, University is the hotbed of Maoism, Naxalism and Jihad’: Jamia Millia Islamia student reveals

Nirwa Mehta - 26 March, 2020

Non-Muslim Jamia students reveal a shocking scenario which pulls down their veil of 'solidarity' of their students and teachers' community.

News Reports

Meet the suspended Jamia professor: Believes Islam is the solution to Global Warming and Democracy and eager for the establishment of Islamic Caliphate

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Dr Abrar Ahmad seems to be an Islamist who salivates at the prospects of reestablishment of Islamic Caliphate

OpIndia Explains

Chinese man’s death by Hantavirus causes furore. Here is all you need to know

OpIndia Staff - 24 March, 2020

Even as the world is struggling to curb the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus, the Hantavirus has surfaced in China.

Bollywood, Sports & more

News Reports

Indian Cricketers shamelessly donating to Shahid Afridi Foundation to supposedly fight Coronavirus seem to have no self-respect: Here is why

Former Indian cricketers Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh are voicing their support for the Shahid Afridi Foundation despite the fact that the Pakistani cricketer on numerous occasions has made crass remarks about India and Hindus.

OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2020

News Reports

Coronavirus outbreak: Olympics 2020 may get postponed, IOC and Japan’s PM share concerns while Canada, Australia pull out of the event

The Canadian Olympic Committee informed IOC that it would not send its athletes to Olympics 2020 unless the games are postponed to 2021.

OpIndia Staff - 23 March, 2020

Satire

Suffering through Modi’s #ThaliBajao abhiyan is worse than dying from a mysterious Chinese virus. Like, seriously!

I need a therapist. Coronavirus has led to a total lockdown and I have been spending past 10 days at home on forced quarantine with my Sanghi father.

Nirwa Mehta - 22 March, 2020

News Reports

Celebrities come together to support PM Modi’s call to action in fight against coronavirus

PM Modi appeals to people of India to follow 'Janta curfew', celebrities come together to support the call to action.

OpIndia Staff - 19 March, 2020

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News Reports

Here is the truth about the viral video of a Muslim man infected with Coronavirus spitting on a man standing in front of him

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

The man with coronavirus was later found dead in a train on the same day, he had spat on a person while buying tickets for the train journey

News Reports

Tablighi Jamaat behind the sudden rise in positive Coronavirus cases in Pakistan, 143 test positive in 24 hours

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

It is being now reported that at least 143 members at Tablighi Jamaat Headquarters at Raiwind, Pakistan have tested positive for Coronavirus last 24 hours

News Reports

Columnist says he was removed from WhatsApp group by CPI-ML functionary after he said Ramayan has become the most viewed TV program

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

The columnist was ostracised from a WhatsApp group as he pointed out that Ramayan on Doordarshan had become the highest viewed TV program

News Reports

Bihar: Darbhanga DM gets death threat by one Md Faisal for a Facebook post announcing screening of coronavirus suspects in district

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

A Facebook user named Mohammad Faisal commented on Darbhanga DM's Facebook post, offering a bounty of Rs 2 lakh to anyone who kills him.

News Reports

Andhra Pradesh confirms first death due to Coronavirus in the state, the son of the deceased had attended the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

Subhani's son had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi and returned to Vijayawada on March 17

News Reports

Bareilly, UP: 200 ‘devotees’ evacuated from Dargah where they were hiding for 10 days, Dargah sanitized and shut down

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

Two hundred 'devotees' have been evacuated from a Dargah in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh where they were allegedly hiding for the past ten days.

News Reports

COVID-19 test kits to be supplied to the United Kingdom found to be contaminated with Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

The test kits made by Luxembourg-based Eurofins that were to be sent to the UK were found to be contaminated with Coronavirus

Government and Policy

Amidst rising Coronavirus cases, Kerala govt relaxes lockdown norms in the state: Here are the details

Jinit Jain - 3 April, 2020

Relaxing the lockdown norms, the Kerala state government has extended the online/door delivery of food from hotels by 3 hours 5PM to 8PM daily

News Reports

Haryana govt bans the sale and distribution of chewing gum, asked authorities to implement ban on Gutkha, Paan Masala effectively

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

the Haryana government has banned the sale and distribution of chewing gums and bubble gums for the next three months.

News Reports

Home Ministry revokes visas of 960 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members, maybe penalised and deported

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

The blacklisting order will prohibit them from entering India for at least two years.

News Reports

The Archdiocese of Bombay appeals to Christians and pastors to cremate bodies of those who had Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

Archdiocese of Bombay uploaded a video on YouTube directing Christians to abide by the govt mandated restrictions amidst coronavirus crisis

Government and Policy

Disbursement of cash under Coronavirus relief package to those who hold Jan Dhan account to take place between 3rd and 9th April: Details

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

The Department of Financial Services appealed to PMJDY women account holders to check the last digit of their account number and follow schedule shared below to visit banks or Bank Mitras to maintain social distancing during the nation-wide lockdown.

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