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Uttar Pradesh: Yogi govt to set up oxygen plants in 37 districts, GOI approves

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021

A government spokesperson informed that 4,370 oxygen concentrators have been made available to all districts with each community health centre being equipped with 20 concentrators.

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Netizen who was hounded by the Uddhav Thackeray govt gets victory as Bombay HC quashes FIR against her

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021

The Maharashtra government had booked Sunaina Holey for her tweet on the mass congregation of migrant workers outside the Bandra station amidst the Covid-19 induced nationwide lockdown in April 2020.

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West Bengal: Another BJP worker murdered, TMC goons ransack BJP candidate’s house in Jadavpur

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, BJP president JP Nadda said that at least 14 BJP workers have been killed during the post violence that erupted following the victory of Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.

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Rajasthan: Asaram Bapu, convicted in rape of a minor girl, admitted in ICU for COVID treatment as oxygen levels drop

Akshita Bhadauria - 6 May, 2021

Asaram was arrested in 2013 on charges of raping a minor. He has also been accused of murder. In April 2018, he was convicted of rape.

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Punjab: Farmer unions to take to streets, open up closed shops to ‘protest’ against lockdown announced to control COVID crisis

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021

32 farmer unions to protest against COVID curbs and take to streets of Punjab to defy lockdown.

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After delaying India and South Africa’s proposal for months, USA to finally support TRIPs waiver on Covid vaccines at WTO

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021

India and South Africa had brought a proposal at the WTO to lift IP restrictions for Covid vaccines and medicines back in October 2020. The proposal has been repeatedly blocked by the US, UK and EU.

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Bangladeshi Maulvi blames Yati Narsinghanand for Covid crisis in India, claims conversion to Islam only solution

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021

Only reciting Kalma and converting to Islam is the only solution to COVID crisis in India, claims Bangladeshi maulvi in viral video

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Rashtriya Lok Dal chief and former Union Minister Ajit Singh succumbs to Covid-19

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021

Chaudhary Ajit Singh was son of former Indian Prime Minister and farmer leader Chaudhary Charan Singh

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Aam Aadmi Party’s Raghav Chadha defies logic while giving calculations on cryogenic tanks and medical oxygen

Nirwa Mehta - 6 May, 2021

One feels that if Aam Aadmi Party leaders focus on resolving the oxygen crisis instead of overusing their tiny brain for absurd calculations, they could perhaps save a few lives.

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