News Reports

News reports about current affairs encompassing various topics, fields, and entities.

Cricket

After revealing his ‘diet with eggs’, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli clarifies he is a vegetarian, not vegan

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2021

Virat Kohli had landed himself in a controversy after the self-proclaimed vegan cricketer revealed that he continues to consume eggs in his diet

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Shashi Tharoor envies Malaysian MPs for their swanky Parliament but opposes Central Vista. Read why even his new excuse is flawed

Dibakar Dutta - 1 June, 2021

When his 2018 tweet praising the swanky new Malaysian parliament went viral, Tharoor came up with a new excuse to defend his position. However, his 'solution' is also flawed. Read how.

OpIndia Scoops

Licypriya Kangujam’s Ketto campaign: A possible violation of FCRA and questionable association with Noble Citizen Foundation

Anurag - 1 June, 2021

From allegations of faking achievements to a possible violation of FCRA norms while collecting foreign funding in name of COVID relief, the long and short of 'child activist' Licypriya Kangujam and her conman father.

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Viral video: Mayhem at UK stadium for vaccination, thousands gather only to be denied vaccine after waiting for hours

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2021

“This is the moment the pen changed from being socially distanced, to a stampede!” the user said in his Tweet sharing a video of people flocking the stadium in large numbers.

Yogi Adityanath announces ‘Mission June’, plans to inoculate 1 crore beneficiaries across 75 districts this month

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2021

UP CM Yogi Adityanath urged everyone to take their jab "Tika jeet ka" and help defeat Covid-19

Politics

The Chief Secy Saga: 5 statements that prove Mamata Banerjee’s antics over Alapan Bandyopadhyay is self serving drama

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2021

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been indulging in moral grandstanding over the Chief Secretary controversy.

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Rajasthan Coronavirus vaccine wastage saga: From threats of legal action to ‘vaccines were expired’, here is what happened

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2021

Rajasthan Health Minister warned Dainik Bhaskar with legal action for reporting on wastage of coronavirus vaccines

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8,000 children test Covid-19 positive in May in a single district in Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2021

While announcing an extension of lockdown, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said, "I don’t know when and what date the third wave will come. So we should not let our guard down.”

Politics

Mamata Banerjee’s statements after she made the PM wait for a cyclone Yaas review meeting are full of loopholes: 4 examples

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2021

Mamata Banerjee stirred the hornet's nest when she decided to make a massive hue and cry about a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to assess the aftermath of cyclone Yaas.

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