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Meet the team of propaganda outlet Alt News, which was paraded as ‘independent’ by the Congress party

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2021

Pratik Sinha, Mohammad Zubair, Nirjhari Sinha and where it all started, Mukul Sinha

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How The Wire and Dainik Bhaskar followed Congress ‘toolkit’ model, belittled institutional fight against COVID-19 by Modi govt

Anurag - 20 May, 2021

How Congress-friendly media houses tried to portray as if union ministers are not helping people amidst Covid pandemic

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Who drafted the Congress toolkit? Here is what we know

Akshita Bhadauria - 19 May, 2021

Saumya Varma’s LinkedIn profile reveals that she is a policy and political research consultant working with the office of Rajeev Gowda, the Chairman of All India Congress Committee since April 2017.

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Understanding Cytokine Storm: What it is and how it may be responsible for Covid-19 related deaths

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2021

Cytokine Storm happens when the body releases too many Cytokine, it leads to immune system attacking own body cells

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Jerusalem conflict: The history of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount and the holiest Jewish temple that preceded it

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

The Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock was built on the same spot where the Second Temple of the Judaism was located

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While Delhi govt was alleging inadequate oxygen supply, data show it was returning oxygen to suppliers, asked them to store the excess

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2021

Due to lack of storage plants and not enough demand, Delhi govt had returned oxygen and asked the suppliers to store them

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No documents or ID proof? Here is how the vulnerable section of the society will get their COVID vaccine

Nirwa Mehta - 12 May, 2021

How will the vulnerable population of India who do not have a valid ID proof get Coronavirus vaccine? Ministry has a prescribed procedure for it

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Herman Knippenberg – The Dutch diplomat who sent the ‘Serpent’ Charles Sobhraj behind bars

Anurag - 12 May, 2021

Herman Knippenberg was a Dutch diplomate in Thailand who had gathered vital information about Charles Sobhraj in Bangkok

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Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ Air Defence System: What is it and how does it work

Shashank Bharadwaj - 12 May, 2021

To counter the low-cost warfare initiated by Hamas, the Israel Defence Forces has activated its state-of-art air defence system - 'Iron Dome' to protect its civilian population from the barrage of rockets.

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