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Coronavirus politics: Congress tweets old video clip to claim they help the poor more than the BJP does

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2020

Passing off old images and videos as recent ones to hit out at the central government is becoming a usual practice for Congress and other prominent persons.

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Trump says no US funding to WHO if it doesn’t show independence from Chinese influence in next 30 days

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2020

President Trump said that the review carried out by his administration has confirmed that the WHO consistently ignored credible reports of the virus spreading in Wuhan as early as December 2019.

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Bhuj mosque provocation: Man who called for unscheduled azaan and asked Muslims to pick up arms lodged in Surat jail under PASA

OpIndia Staff - 18 May, 2020

On 7th May 2020, the said person entered the Masjid Imam-e-Rabbani mosque at around 2:30 AM and played an unscheduled azaan.

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Ex-BJP leader Yashwant Sinha claims being arrested, was sitting on dharna amid lockdown

OpIndia Staff - 18 May, 2020

Yashwant Sinha demanded that armed forces and paramilitary forces be deployed to help migrant workers reach their homes.

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Indian Air Force to acquire 450 fighter aircraft for deployment on the northern and western frontiers of India: IAF Chief

OpIndia Staff - 18 May, 2020

The list of aircraft planned to be inducted by the Indian Air Force included 36 Rafales, said the IAF chief.

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Cyclone Amphan to evolve into a super cyclone; Bengal, Odisha on high-alert as landfall expected on May 20

OpIndia Staff - 18 May, 2020

The Indian Meteorological Department today announced that Cyclone Amphan in Bay of Bengal has intensified into a super cyclone with wind speed close to 200 Kmph

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Many migrant trains not yet running due to lack of cooperation from states, railways rue, West Bengal has approved only 19 Shramik trains

OpIndia Staff - 18 May, 2020

Uttar Pradesh has approved nearly 800 Shramik Trains thus far. West Bengal has approved only 19.

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No ambulance, no help from govt proved fatal for Mumbai cop Amol Kulkarni: Journalist alleges maltreatment of front-line warriors in coronavirus-hit Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff - 18 May, 2020

Vijay Chormare, the Maharashtra Times journalist has alleged Maharashtra state administration of exhibiting shocking apathy towards police official Amol Kulkarni who was diagnosed and later died of COVID-19

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