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Here is why India Today’s chart on economic relief to poor for coronavirus crisis is a sad joke

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

India Today compares revival package announced by other countries with India's package for poor to show that India's package is not enough

As the world grapples with Wuhan Coronavirus, China engages in daylight robbery, theft and increased military activity: Read how

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Meanwhile, the China is accusing everyone who called the virus 'Wuhan Coronavirus' or 'Chinese Virus' of being racist.

Wuhan Coronavirus: If India is testing too few, why is the percentage of ‘positives’ in India so low?

Abhishek Banerjee - 26 March, 2020

Since the time the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic began, India has been facing a constant barrage of criticism

Beijing’s propaganda war to escape blame for Chinese Virus won’t work

Nitin Gokhale - 26 March, 2020

Chinese propaganda machinery seems bent upon creating a narrative so as to distance China from questions pertaining to the origins of Coronavirus

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

Modi govt announces a Rs 1.70 lakh crore welfare scheme for poor during Coronarvirus lockdown: Here are the 12 announcements made

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

The package to benefit the poor and medical workers during the Coronavirus lockdown was called 'Prime Minister Gareeb Kalyan Yojana and totalled a whopping 1.70 lakh crores.

Coronavirus
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OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2020

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

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

No International passenger flights in or out till 14th April: India extends restriction in a bid to control Wuhan Coronavirus spread

Government of India has extended that restriction till the 14th of April in a bid to control the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Media

Washington Post journalist says the term ‘Chinese Virus’ is racist, a term used by the publication multiple times

Washington Post journalist Niha Masih objected to the term ‘Chinese Virus’, forgets that WaPo itself had used the term multiple times

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Odisha government to set up the largest COVID-19 hospitals in the country with a 1000 bed combined capacity

The State of Odisha had yesterday announced an advance salary for doctors, nurses and healthcare workers for the next four months.

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Chinese Coronavirus in Kashmir: 152 people with undisclosed foreign travel history traced by Srinagar Control Room, put under quarantine

Srinagar DM Shahid Chaudhary urged people to come forward and report to the authorities on their own in order to help themselves, their family and fellow countrymen.

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Patna’s Hanuman Mandir trust donates Rs 1 crore to CM’s relief fund to fight Wuhan Coronavirus

Notably, Mahavir Mandir Trust had announced last year that it would donate Rs 10 crore to build Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Korean series, Kannada magazine, novels and ‘psychic’ warnings: Here are the coronavirus ‘predictions’ going viral on social media

Screengrabs from the Netflix show 'My Secret Terrius' are going viral on social media, an episode had references to a China-origin coronavirus as a bioweapon

Opinions

India under Lockdown: The downsides of under-reacting were simply too scary

Abhishek Banerjee - 25 March, 2020

India is officially on lockdown for 21 days and downsides of not taking this extreme measure were too scary in the face of Coronavirus spread

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.

The Taliban-US treaty: Will it sound the death knell for Pakistan?

Guest Author - 25 March, 2020

Pakistan must bear in mind that US withdrawal post-signing of US-Taliban peace accord, has actually not solved any existing problem. It has rather left open a Pandora’s box of troubles for both Islamabad and the Kabul Government.

Who is an ‘intellectual’ and why is he so frustrated

Guest Author - 25 March, 2020

The desire for asymmetrical treatment though sits uneasily with their desire to speak for the subaltern, is not external to intellectual labour but is deeply embedded in it.

Why Janata curfew matters: We can’t let Communists look like their method wins

Abhishek Banerjee - 22 March, 2020

India fears the fate of Europe, where nearly 1500 people died from the Wuhan Coronavirus yesterday

The hidden message behind PM Modi’s ‘Janata Curfew’

Abhinav Khare - 22 March, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a Janata curfew from 7 am to 9 pm on 22 March, Sunday to battle the coronavirus pandemic. He asked for our help in making this successful

Politics

China refuses to allow discussion on Wuhan Coronavirus in UNSC, blocks draft that called for “full transparency” over the outbreak

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2020

The UNSC is divided on its proposal on the pandemic. China has also objections regarding the terminology of the proposal.

Doctor whose tweets about availability of protective gear for doctors were promoted by Rahul Gandhi admits spreading fake news, deletes account

News Reports K Bhattacharjee - 24 March, 2020

Madhya Pradesh crisis: Day after he swore in as Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan wins confidence motion unanimously

Politics OpIndia Staff - 24 March, 2020

Arvind Kejriwal takes a U-turn, announces to implement BJP’s flagship Ayushman Bharat Yojana in Delhi from the upcoming financial year

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 23 March, 2020

The Coronavirus crisis could fundamentally change the course of the Iranian Republic: Read how

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 23 March, 2020

‘No CAA, no NRC, maaro maaro bartan maaro’: Daughter of Mani Shankar Aiyar goes on a deranged rant during Janta Curfew

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 23 March, 2020

TMC politician shares old picture of overcrowded railway station to allege mishandling of Coronavirus: Here is the truth

Political Fact-Check OpIndia Staff - 22 March, 2020

Kapil Sibal sought Ranjan Gogoi’s help to impeach CJI Deepak Mishra in 2018, was not let in the house: Gogoi makes explosive revelations

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 22 March, 2020

22 rebel Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh join BJP

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 21 March, 2020

Fact-Check

Did Gujarat company ‘CoSara’ become ‘the first and only’ company to get license to make Covid-19 testing kits? Here are the facts

Saket Gokhale tweeted a thread where he alleged that he had found evidence of "corruption and favouritism during the Covid-19 pandemic

Nupur J Sharma - 25 March, 2020

Social Media Fact-Check

Director of AltNews Nirjhari Sinha shares old picture to protest against PM Modi’s call to stay home amidst coronavirus outbreak

Nirjhari Sinha posted an old photo from 2016 to express her disapproval of PM Modi's announcement of total lockdown even as the spread of coronavirus in India enters a crucial phase

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2020

Social Media Fact-Check

Caravan editor spreads fake news, claims Coronavirus tests are not free in India

Caravan editor Vinod K Jose claimed that while Coronavirus tests are free or very cheap in other countries, it is ₹4500 in India

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2020

Media

Coronavirus: Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint republishes five-days old article claiming that Singapore has recorded zero Covid-19 deaths

Two days after Singapore reported two fatalities due to coronavirus, Shekhar Gupta's ThePrint publishes misleading news

OpIndia Staff - 24 March, 2020

Media

Fact-CheckOpIndia Staff - 22 March, 2020

The truth behind “expert” Ramanan Laxminarayanan, who is being promoted by media to create Coronavirus panic

Ramanan Laxminarayanan, due to scale of current health emergency, perhaps now looking at opportunities to promote his commercial interests.

Media Fact-CheckOpIndia Staff - 22 March, 2020

MD of Times of India group fuels panic amidst the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic, falsely claims food supply will be affected amidst lockdown

Amidst the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic, the mainstream media appears hellbent on fueling panic among the people of the country.

News ReportsOpIndia Staff - 21 March, 2020

NDTV anchor Sonal Mehrotra self-quarantines after sister-in-law Kanika Kapoor tests positive for Covid-19

Taking to Twitter, Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor confirmed that she has been in self-isolation after her relative Kanika Kapoor tested positive

MediaOpIndia Staff - 20 March, 2020

Fact-check : Did The Hindu call COVID-19 coronavirus as ‘Indian virus’?

The Hindu inadvertently referred to coronavirus as 'Indian virus'.

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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.

Law

Nirbhaya rapist Mukesh’s lawyer trying to further defer the execution: Know the legality

Aastha Tiwari - 11 March, 2020

Nirbhaya rapist Mukesh Singh through his lawyer is now asking the court to allow him to file curative and mercy petitions till July 2021

Former Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar wanted the public broadcaster to pay his legal expenses in a criminal conspiracy case, was rejected

OpIndia Staff - 8 March, 2020

Prasar Bharati rejected Jawhar Sircar's request to defend him in a criminal defamation case for false sexual harassment charge

Law

Lawyers of Nirbhaya’s rapists have been using the loopholes in the law to defeat the purpose of law. Read How

Aastha Tiwari - 7 March, 2020

Following are the ways through which the rapists of Nirbhaya are making attempts to escape the noose

Media Fact-Check

Newslaundry attempts to whitewash Temple Attack during Delhi riots: Four claims, four lies, two apparently added as bonus

Editorial Desk - 6 March, 2020

The employees at Newslaundry are a bunch of propagandists with IQ levels that would shame baboons.

Bollywood, Sports & more

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

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

Social Media

Dhinchak Pooja is back with a new song spreading awareness on coronavirus and we can’t keep calm

In her latest video, Dhinchak Pooja is seen grooving with a group of people, who have worn masks and have stethoscopes around their necks.

OpIndia Staff - 19 March, 2020

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UP police arrest AIMIM leader Mansoor Alam for spreading misinformation that 50,000 people have died in India due to Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

The AIMIM leader had claimed that Indian govt is hiding real number of people died due to Coronavirus infection

Pakistan army starts forcibly moving Covid-19 patients to PoK and Gilgit as they don’t want any patient in Punjab province

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Pakistan army has ordered that no COVID-19 patient should be anywhere near Army facilities and societies in the Punjab province.

Lockdown failure in Bengal: TMC councillor says only ‘Azaan’ can defeat coronavirus, dozens gather to pray

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

An Asansol councillor from the ruling party TMC had appealed to Muslims on social media that the only way to defeat and cure coronavirus is to perform Azaan.

Social Media

Islamists trend #IStandWithAbrarSir after Jamia admin suspends professor over failing non-Muslim students for supporting CAA

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Islamists took to Twitter to trend '#IStandWithAbrarSir after Jamia Millia Islamia University administration suspended him over his tweet where he had said that he failed 15 non-Muslim students for supporting Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Uttar Pradesh: Mecca-returned woman tested Covid-19 positive, was part of a group of 37 who had rubbed off quarantine stamps and fled from Mumbai

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Uttar Pradesh has 34 confirmed coronavirus cases so far.

Jharkhand: Police raid Madarsa in Ranchi, rescue more than 600 girls kept hostage violating lockdown orders

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

The madarsa had locked the girls inside and continued its classes violating nationwide lockdown imposed by the government

Pakistan spreading coronavirus deliberately to get more international aid: Activists in Pok

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

The Kashmiri activists in the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) have alleged that Pakistan is deliberately spreading the Chinese Coronavirus to claim the international aid.

Coronavirus: 65-year-old woman, who had tested positive of COVID-19, dies in Ujjain, had attended anti-CAA protests

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

The number of COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh rose to 20 on Thursday.

WHO ‘very much’ sided with China on the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak: Donald Trump

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Donald Trump said that a lot of people feel it‘s been very unfair, it’s been very much sided with China on the Coronavirus crisis

Railways considers offering its coaches and cabins to be used as isolation wards in case of need

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had interacted with Chairman Railway Board VK Yadav, General Managers of all zones and Divisional Railway Managers through video conferencing on Wednesday.

Wear gloves when you use the sticks: Former COAS and Union Minister Gen VK Singh’s light-hearted advice to police to ensure Indians stay at...

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020

Gen Singh (R) reminded the police to wear gloves as they use the sticks on deter people from loitering around amidst the lockdown to prevent getting infected with coronavirus.