News Reports

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

Economy and Finance

Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan: Fourth tranche of economic package focuses on 8 sectors including coal, aviation and defence

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2020

FM Sitharaman while announcing the fourth tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore package said that by building a self-reliant India, the country needs to prepare for global competition.

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Delhi: Coconut seller Shahrukh hurls casteist abuses, thrashes up MCD worker Dharampal, family demands justice

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2020

MCD worker Dharampal had simply asked Shahrukh, a coconut seller, to not litter his waste on road, which provoked the latter to unleash his rage against the MCD worker

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US government to sue tech-giant Google for monopolising online ads

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2020

The Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general are likely to file antitrust lawsuits against Alphabet-owned Google

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After donating Rs 10 crores to Haryana Corona Relief Fund, Mata Mansa Devi temple in Panchkula preparing over 2000 food packets daily for the...

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2020

Mata Mansa Devi temple in Panchkula is preparing over 2000 food packets daily for the needy amid Lockdown

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Congress shares a picture of Rajguru to commemorate the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Sukhdev

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2020

The official Twitter handle of Punjab Congress shared freedom fighter Rajguru while paying tributes to Sukhdev on his birth anniversary

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Chhattisgarh: Security forces recover remote-controlled IEDs placed by Maoists for the first time

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2020

Remote-controlled IEDs connected to an antenna planted by Maoists recovered by security forces in Chhattisgarh

Social Media

Union Minister and Amethi MP Smriti Irani’s befitting reply to Congress IT cell member who mocked her wins the Internet

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2020

Smriti Irani, while calmly responding to Gaurav Pandhi, took a shot against Gandhi-scion Rahul Gandhi, who lost humiliatingly to Smriti Irani in Amethi constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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Plagiarism row: Social Media users expose Loksatta editor Girish Kuber for passing off a blog post by UK based economist as his editorial

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2020

Loksatta editor Girish Kuber copied UK PhD expert Andrew Lilico's blog post titled "A sense of proportion" and reproduced it in his Marathi editorial piece- 'Covidscope'

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