Politics

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Politics

As PM Modi cancels Bengal rallies to hold COVID-19 meet, here is how many times Mamata Banerjee attended the review meeting in past few...

OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2021

Mamata Banerjee, over the course of the past 3 months, has not attended even a single meeting between Chief Ministers and the Prime Minister.

Media

Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint gives space to Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel to spread falsehoods over Coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2021

Despite publishing a PTI report detailing the Central Government's warning to Chhattisgarh in January, ThePrint fails to pushback against CM Baghel's claims.

News Reports

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee holds massive rally in Dakshin Dinajpur, refers to PM, HM as “goons”

OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2021

West Bengal goes into 6th phase of voting in current assembly elections.

News Reports

After Rakesh Tikait got vaccinated himself, BKU issues another threat to the Modi govt amid the Coronavirus pandemic: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2021

After so-called farmers deciding to march from Punjab to Delhi yet again, Rakesh Tikait led Bhartiya Kisan Union has been issuing threats, warning the BJP government to not make any attempts to vacate the protesting site

News Reports

As ICMR study proves high efficacy of made in India Covid vaccines, read how politicians and media had stoked vaccine hesitancy against Covaxin

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2021

For many months, doomsday predictors had fuelled vaccine hesitancy by making all kinds of baseless claims about Covaxin

News Reports

Is Serum Institute really making a huge profit and charging discriminatory price from states for Covid-19 vaccine? Read details

Raju Das - 21 April, 2021

Serum Institute had offered GOI a discount for 1st 100 million doses, it will not be making huge profits from states as alleged

News Reports

After mishandling the coronavirus outbreak in Maharashtra, the MVA government to import foreign Covid-19 vaccines

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2021

Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said that the state will be importing COVID-19 vaccines from abroad and launch an extensive inoculation drive.

News Reports