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Tunisian migrant who killed a policewoman in France watched jihadist videos right before the attack

OpIndia Staff - 26 April, 2021

Gorchene watched multiple videos of songs praising jihadist fighters and glorifying Jihad moments before the attack in France.

World

After denying raw materials for vaccine, US officials rush to undo damage and promise help

OpIndia Staff - 26 April, 2021

Top US officials including President Biden and Vice President Harris extended solidarity after coming under fire for denying raw material for coronavirus vaccine.

News Reports

Reports emerge that Chinese army and scientists worked together on animal viruses, amid (conspiracy) theories of covid being a bioweapon

OpIndia Staff - 26 April, 2021

Documents accessed by The Mail reveals that scientists at Wuhan Institute of Virology(WIV) teamed up with Chinese Army personnel to uncover the "dark matter" of biology responsible for the spread of animal viruses among humans.

Government and Policy

After massive criticism and NSA-level talks, USA lifts export ban over vaccine raw material needed by SII

OpIndia Staff - 26 April, 2021

The US govt has finally decided to lift the embargo over the critical raw material and send them for manufacture of Covishield at the earliest.

News Reports

Two Pakistani diplomats caught stealing items from a store in South Korea, one case dropped due to diplomatic immunity

OpIndia Staff - 25 April, 2021

On analysing the CCTV footage, the Yonsan police identified the 'hat thief' as a 35-year-old Pakistani diplomat.

Crime

Wanted to turn Bangladesh into Taliban state: Confesses arrested top leaders of hardcore Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam

OpIndia Staff - 25 April, 2021

Mamunul Haque and other arrested hardcore Islamist leaders of Hefazat-e-Islam say they wanted to turn Bangladesh into a Taliban state

World

Russian Embassy in Belarus taunts Foreign Affairs Minister of Lithuania with ‘small penis’ jibe, deletes and then tweets again

OpIndia Staff - 24 April, 2021

The Foreign Affairs Minister of Lithuania had posted a tweet in solidarity with Czechia which is embroiled in a bitter row with Russia

World

Pakistan: Islamic scholar turned politician gets trolled for doing ‘Nagin dance’ and other ‘haram’ things on TV during Ramzan

OpIndia Staff - 24 April, 2021

Islamic scholar and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) politician Aamir Liaquat Hussain sparked a massive controversy for doing 'haram' Nagin dance on TV during Ramzan transmission.

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