Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Politics
- 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.
  
  News Reports
  
  Coronavirus: AAP shrugs off responsibilities after pushing lakhs of UP-Bihar migrants under the bus in middle of pandemic, indulges in blame games
  
  Editorial Desk - 29 March, 2020
  
  As the Chinese coronavirus pandemic slowly engulfs the country, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is back to doing what it does the best, shrug off responsibility and play petty politics.
  
  News Reports
  
  FIR registered against AAP MLA Raghav Chadha for making false accusations against Uttar Pradesh government
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2020
  
  Following the misleading claims made by Raghav Chadha, the Uttar Pradesh government had decided to take action against him for spreading fake news of UP government harassing migrant workers.
  
  News Reports
  
  UP govt to take action against AAP MLA Raghav Chadha for spreading fake news that UP CM had got migrant workers returning to UP...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020
  
  Responding to reports that AAP govt dropped migrant workers at UP border lying that UP buses were waiting for them, Raghav Chadha said a lie
  
  News Reports
  
  Punjab CM, who had passed resolution against CAA, requests MEA to fly Sikh families out of Afghanistan after ISIS attack against Kabul Gurudwara
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020
  
  Armed Islamic terrorists had attacked a Gurudwara Kabul in Afghanistan on 27 March killing 28 people and left hundreds injured
Opinions
- 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.
  
  Law
  
  The urgency of Nationwide lockdown and how it differs from a curfew: A legal study
  
  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
  
  Law
  
  Nirbhaya and the Nation get closure, but the Death Penalty debate still rages on
  
  Stuti S. - 30 March, 2020
  
  If the gory, gut-wrenching details of how Nirbhaya was subjected to fatal gang-rape do not ace the tests of rarest of the rare, inviting the maximum punishment of death penalty, what will?
  
  Opinions
  
  People of Maharashtra are suffering for a mistake they didn’t make and will continue to suffer if Uddhav Thackeray govt lets the Coronavirus spread
  
  Shweta Shalini - 29 March, 2020
  
  The failure of Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray as a decision-maker and a leader in the Covid-19 war
  
  Media
  
  Undeserved media praise for ‘secular’ Chief Ministers makes us less safe amidst the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic, not more
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 28 March, 2020
  
  India is in crisis. The number of people who have tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus is now disturbingly close to the 1000 mark.
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  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.
  
  Social Media
  
  UP: TOI journalist fear-mongers, insinuates that disinfectant spray is ‘chemical solution’ to kill humans
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2020
  
  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.
  
  News Reports
  
  Media used a ‘not a doctor’ to fear monger about Lockdown, now furthers a contradictory report by him as that by John Hopkins University
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020
  
  A report by IANS says that CDDEP and John Hopkins University prepared a report arguing against Coronavirus Lockdown, but JHU has denied involvement in it
Media
- Media
  
  Rajdeep Sardesai falsely claims Rahul Gandhi was ‘probably’ the first politician to raise alarm over Coronavirus: Here are the facts
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2020
  
  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.
  
  Media
  
  Journalist who called Dr Kalam ‘Bomb daddy’ now wants 700 MPs to be arrested just to shield superspreader Jamaatis who deliberately risked public health
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2020
  
  '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.
  
  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
  
  Media
  
  Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint claims govt may extend lockdown, Prasar Bharati terms it fake news
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2020
  
  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.
  
  Media
  
  After John Hopkins University, Princeton University distances itself from report painting grim picture of India amidst Coronavirus outbreak
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020
  
  The report from which Princeton University has distanced itself claimed that the ongoing 21-day lockdown will not be able to contain spread of Coronavirus
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
  
  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.
  
  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.
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‘If 70,000 angels cannot save you, how can a doctor?’ preached the Maulana of Markaz, Nizamuddin amidst Coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2020

The Maulana of Markaz, Nizamuddin declared the suggestions given by health experts to be a conspiracy against Islam.

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

OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2020

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.

50 new positive Coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu linked to the Tablighi Jamaat event at Delhi: Tamil Nadu Health Secretary

OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2020

The Tamil Nadu government raised an alarm over the Tablighi Jamaat congregation after many tested positive for Coronavirus

Meerut: 14 people hiding in a Maulana’s house arrested, had attended Tablighi Jamaat event amidst Coronavirus spread

OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2020

The Maulana of a mosque in Kashi village of Meerut hid the 14 people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in his house

Assam doctor dies after consuming Hydroxychloroquine, medical superintendent says ‘not sure if death related to drug’

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Senior doctor, Utpaljit Barman reportedly died from a heart attack after he took anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine

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Delhi: Dozens of coronavirus cases across the country traced to Tablighi Jamat Mosque in Nizamuddin, hundreds in hospital, 2000 quarantined, area sealed off

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Imran Khan, in his address to his nation on March 30, praised China, the country which unleashed Wuhan coronavirus on rest of the world.

Tablighi Jamaat and its links to terrorist organizations: History of association to Al Qaeda, Taliban and Kashmiri terrorists

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The links of Tablighi Jamaat with terrorist organizations such as the Al Qaeda become hugely significant.

Uttar Pradesh: Maulvi booked for hiding Indonesian Muslims in a mosque in Bijnor, Muslims of other nationalities also found from other mosques

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