News Reports

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

Media

NYPost uses old image to claim people are dying on streets from COVID-19 in India, replaces it with funeral pyre after being called out:...

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

Though the misleading image has been replaced, the NY Post is yet to update the title of the article which still reads that people in India are dying on streets due to COVID-19 outbreak

News Reports

‘Our trucks are being diverted midway’: INOX informs Delhi HC that Rajasthan govt had held up 4 oxygen tankers meant for Delhi

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

Sachin Dutta, appearing for Jaipur Golden Hospital, said, “the bureaucratic machinery of Delhi government has completely failed.”

Political Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did BJP spokesperson praise AAP for not politicising the COVID-19 crisis? Aam Aadmi Party shares manipulated media

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

AAP shared manipulated video to claim that BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi praised them for not politicising the oxygen crisis in the National Capital.

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Amidst rising COVID-19 cases, Election Commission bans victory processions on May 2, both during and after counting

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

The Election Commission has taken the decision keeping in mind the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in India

Opinions

From incompetence, negligence to misplaced priorities: How Kejriwal govt contributed to the worsening of Covid crisis in Delhi

Jinit Jain - 27 April, 2021

Arvind Kejriwal's priorities remained tweeting, advertisements and political goal scoring, not actually arranging for the transportation of medical oxygen.

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85-year-old COVID-positive RSS Swayamsevak gave up his bed and life so another person can live

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

The 85-year-old swayamsevak's daughter struggled to find a hospital bed for him as his condition got critical, however suggesting that he has lived his life, he gave his bed to a 40 something young man.

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Himachal Pradesh: Mosque caretaker attacked by Muslim mob for asking them to follow Covid guidelines for Namaz

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

The victim informed that government rules dictate that not more than 5 people can offer Namaz at one time at the masjid.

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Delhi: As ‘aam aadmi’ struggles to find bed, Kejriwal books luxurious hotel Ashoka as Covid facility for Delhi HC judges

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

100 rooms at the five star Ashoka Hotel have been reserved by the Delhi govt to be run as Covid care facility for Delhi HC judges, judicial officers and their family members.

News Reports

Did UK variant of Chinese coronavirus in Punjab spread to Delhi through ‘farmer protests’? Here is what we know

Nirwa Mehta - 27 April, 2021

In March, about 80% of coronavirus samples in Punjab had the UK variant which may have come through the NRIs visiting their ancestral homes. Delhi recently reported 50% samples had UK variant.

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