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Jamia Millia Islamia asks stranded students to vacate hostel amidst Coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

Several students of Jamia Millia Islamia who could no go home, amidst the Coronavirus lockdown, stayed back at their hostel.

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Coronavirus outbreak: No fresh cases in Kerala for two days in a row, active cases down to 34

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

As of Monday, 21,724 people in the state were kept under observation, out of which 388 were in isolation wards of various hospitals.

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Coronavirus: India okays trials for Remdesivir which was previously used for Ebola, procures 1,000 dosage

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

Remdesivir is a drug manufactured in 2014 by a US based biotechnology firm Gilead Sciences as a cure for Ebola.

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Only Kerala, Rajasthan and Maharashtra governments made the migrant workers pay for the railway tickets: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

Congress, which earlier today claimed to bear the costs of railway tickets of migrants, is in the government in Maharashtra and Rajasthan

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Meet SinghaBahini: A Hindu organisation that has been providing ration to families in distress across numerous districts in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

SinghaBahini is mainly providing raw rations such as rice, dal and flour. In some areas, they have also provided cooked food.

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Migrant workers in Mumbai shelling out Rs 200 each for getting a health certificate deemed essential for their travel to respective states: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

Earlier today, the interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi had declared that the Congress party will bear the non-existent fares charged by central government from migrant workers.

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Fact-check: Did Indian Air Force shower flower petals on the migrant workers walking home amid coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

An image was shared on social media where a helicopter was seen showering flower petals as migrant workers walked home amid coronavirus lockdown

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Taiwan – The one word that gets China’s bats in a bunch. Here is how their recent tantrum played out

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

The Chinese Embassy's counsellor Ji Rong had recently issued a statement criticising The Hindu newspaper for providing a platform to Taiwan's health minister.

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