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Ladakh Standoff: Four reasons we can be sure China suffered heavier losses than India

Abhishek Banerjee -
While Indian side has admitted 20 soldiers were martyred and more injured, the Chinese have maintained silence on the number of casualties.
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News Reports

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali launches Coronavirus treatment kit, claims 100% cure within a week. Here is all you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
Patanjali has reportedly developed the medicine and has conducted clinical studies on 95 patients with support from NIMS, Jaipur. They have claimed 100% recovery within a week.
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Government and Policy

Union govt makes it mandatory for sellers to mention of ‘Country of Origin’ of products in Government e-Marketplace

OpIndia Staff -
The platform has also enabled a provision for indicating the percentage of local content in products in order to promote local goods.
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Crime

ED raids Tahir Hussain’s factories, says he laundered money to fund Delhi riots: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
ED raids six factories of Delhi-riots accused and former AAP leader Tahir Hussain under PMLA probe.
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News Reports

Jamia student Safoora Zargar granted bail by Delhi High Court in the Delhi Riots case on ‘humanitarian grounds’

OpIndia Staff -
Jamia student Safoora Zargar was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday in the Delhi Riots case on humanitarian grounds.
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News Reports

2,923 ventilators manufactured, 1340 delivered out of PM CARES fund; 14,000 ventilators to be delivered to the states and union territories soon

OpIndia Staff -
Besides Rs 2000 crore allotted from PM Cares Fund for sourcing ventilators, the central government has assigned Rs 1,000 crore to the states for the welfare of migrant labourers
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News Reports

Shiv Sena’s U-turn: After protesting against felling of trees in Aarey for metro shed, BMC claims cutting trees for coastal road project ‘inevitable’

OpIndia Staff -
BMC has estimated that about 600 trees will be affected by the project which aims to link the Marine Drive with the southern end of Bandra-Worli Sea Link.
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News Reports

‘This is not a victory for China’: US Intelligence report reveals how senior Chinese Commander ordered attack against India

OpIndia Staff -
India and China were involved in a blood-soaked standoff that claimed the lives of 20 Indian soldiers and according to US intelligence reports, at least 35 Chinese soldiers were killed.
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News Reports

Dispute between China and Japan escalate over Senkaku Islands as latter begins complete integration of island chain

OpIndia Staff -
The Ishigaki city council in Japan’s Okinawa division has passed a bill to change the name of an administrative area covering the disputed uninhabited island chain to Tonoshiro Senkaku from Tonoshiro, starting from October 1.
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Media

PCI takes cognizance of The Hindu ‘threatening’ to fire journalists amidst reports of its Mumbai Bureau shutting down

OpIndia Staff -
The Press Council of India (PCI) has taken a suo motu cognizance of the termination notice served to more than twenty journalists associated with the Mumbai edition of ‘The Hindu’ in case they fail to resign.
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News Reports

Donald Trump temporarily suspends issuance of new H-1B visas, other work permits

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump has also issued broader directions for reforms in the existing H-1B visa which is based upon a lottery system rather than a merit-based system.
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Media

‘We are alive’: Food bloggers forced to clarify they are alive after Times of India publishes their photo as dead couple on front page

OpIndia Staff -
Food vloggers Amit and Shilpi Agarwal took to their Facebook channel Food and Flavors by Shilpi to clarify after concerned people reached out to them after the story of murder
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Fact-Check

Agra DM schools Priyanka Gandhi for spreading fake news that 28 people died of coronavirus within 48 hours

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday, the District Magistrate of Agra fact-checked the claims made by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Twitter about the supposed deaths of 28 Coronavirus positive people in the past 48 hours.
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News Reports

US government declares China’s Global Times, People’s Daily and two other outlets as ‘foreign missions’, calls them CCP mouthpieces controlled by Chinese govt

OpIndia Staff -
These four media outlets join five other Chinese news organizations that have been declared as 'foreign missions' by the US authorities in February.
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Crime

Abdul Karim Rana becomes ‘govt doctor Rahul Thakur’ to cheat coronavirus patients seeking plasma donors, arrested by police

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police have arrested a fraudster named Abdul Karim Rana for posing as a plasma donor and duping Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel's relatives.
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News Reports

Malayalam film actor Prithviraj Sukumaran’s new film ‘Vaariyamkunnan’ glorifies a man who led Hindu genocide during Moplah Massacre

OpIndia Staff -
The new Malayalam movie 'Vaariyamkunnan' on the life of Islamic terrorist Variyam Kunnathu, who had unleashed massive terror on Hindus on the Malabar region of Kerala, is yet another attempt to whitewash the crimes committed by the Islamists in the country under the garb of freedom of movement.
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Crime

Father in Kerala church badly beats up his 2 months old daughter as he suspected someone else was her father

OpIndia Staff -
Shaiju Thomas had allegedly slapped the infant and threw her on a cot, causing brain injury. The infant is now battling for her life.
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Entertainment

Bhushan Kumar’s wife Divya attacks Sonu Nigam, calls him ‘thankless’ after the singer gave the ‘don’t mess with me’ warning

OpIndia Staff -
T-Series chief Bhushan Kumar's wife Divya Khosla Kumar took to Instagram and attacked singer Sonu Nigam after he lashed out on former and accused him of planting stories against Nigam.
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News Reports

18 family members including wife of Rajasthan Congress MLA Giriraj Singh Malinga test positive for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Family and others who came in contact with the Congress MLA who tested positive for coronavirus were sent on home quarantine
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News Reports

32 Ventilators donated to Afghanistan to fight the Coronavirus pandemic smuggled to Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Amid the coronavirus pandmic, corrupt officials in Afganistan managed to smuggle 32 ventilators to neighbour Pakistan.
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News Reports

Kolkata police not cooperating in Garga Chatterjee case: Assam Police who went to arrest the TMC troll for insulting Ahom dynasty founder

OpIndia Staff -
CM of Assam called for strict action against Garga Chatterjee for making derogatory remarks against Ahom Dynasty's founder
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Media

Meet Jhabra Sekhri, the AAP lapdog who barks on anything Arnab

अजीत भारती -
The problem with people like Abhinandan Sekhri and his NewsLaundy is the assumption that everyone is answerable to them.
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News Reports

Yogi Govt takes initiative to uplift transgender community, dedicates Noida’s Sector-50 Metro station for their employment

OpIndia Staff -
Noida Sector 50 Metro station has been renamed to 'She-Man' to promote inclusivity for the transgender community.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain condition improves, oxygen support removed, shifted to the general ward

OpIndia Staff -
Along with Satyendar Jain, Kalkaji MLA Atishi Marlena was also tested positive for coronavirus infection
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Politics

After Donald Trump calls Coronavirus Kung Flu, Arvind Kejriwal calls efforts to contain virus a battle against China

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday called efforts to contain the Wuhan Coronavirus a battle a war against China.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh, Uttarkhand and Harayana defers Kanwar Yatra amidst Coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
Kanwar yatra is an annual pilgrimage of devotees of Lord Shiva. The devotees are known as Kawariyas and carry a Kanwar, a bamboo pole.
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Editor's picks

Delhi anti-Hindu riots: Rajdhani school owner Faisal Farooq gets bail, was accused of orchestrating riots

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi police were investigating the assets of accused Faisal Farooq and his links with Nizamuddin Markaz
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi tries to correct his pro-China image, lands up on the wrong side of The Hindu

Editorial Desk -
As Congress tried to fire-fight its pro-China sympathies being exposed out in the open, Rahul Gandhi ended up offending N Ram of The Hindu
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Crime

Assam: Communal tension as 20-year-old Saurav murdered, body dumped in river over affair with minor Muslim girl, 3 arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Saurav Das was stabbed by Rahimuddin and his associates and his body was dumped into the river. His 2-wheeler was recovered from a spot adjacent to the river.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Congress and its supporters share Indira Gandhi’s old picture from Leh and claim it was in Galwan Valley

OpIndia Staff -
As per PTI archives, the picture is from 1971 that was taken in Leh, over 200 km away from Galwan Valley
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News Reports

Chinese human rights activist claims his confession was extracted through torture, was imprisoned for ‘subverting’ the Chinese govt

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese lawyer and human rights activist Wang Quanzhang has claimed that he was tortured to extract a confession.
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News Reports

Supreme Court allows Rath Yatra in Puri, Odisha with restrictions, gives state power to stop festivities ‘if things go out of hand’

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court today allowed Rath Yatra procession to be carried out in Puri, Odisha, amid coronavirus scare. The state shall make necessary arrangements to ensure infection does not spread.
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News Reports

Anchal Gangwal, the daughter of a tea seller in MP becomes a flying officer in Indian Air Force, awarded the President’s plaque

OpIndia Staff -
Suresh Gangwal, the father of Aanchal Gangwal has been running a small tea stall at the Neemuch bus stand. Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan has congratulated Anchal for realising her dream of flying.
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News Reports

Congress sends legal notice to Firstpost for a benign criticism. Read what offended them

OpIndia Staff -
Member of Rajya Sabha from the Congress party, Vivek Tankha, has announced that the AICC has served a legal notice to Firstpost.
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Opinions

Threat to India’s national security: Shady links of Congress with Chinese Communist Party and African National Congress

Editorial Desk -
The Congress party has dubious links with political parties and foreign entities abroad.
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Opinions

Direct Action Day and Delhi Anti-Hindu riots: How Jinnah’s Muslim League then and their Orphans today are mirror images

kabirpandit -
In 1946, Jinnah gave a call to slaughter Hindus in the Direct Action Day, 74 years later, Islamists painted Delhi red during the anti-Hindu riots
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News Reports

Nepal creates hindrance in Bihar’s flood prevention work, state minister to approach MEA

OpIndia Staff -
Amidst the border standoff and escalating tensions between India and China, Nepal has reportedly erected barriers which is creating a hindrance in carrying out flood prevention work ahead of monsoon.
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Culture and History

The battle of Rezang La: When 123 Indian soldiers faced impossible odds against 3000 well-armed Chinese and fought to the last man

Guest Author -
On a freezing and unforgiving November night, 123 Indian soldiers – frostbitten, weary, hungry and heavily outnumbered – defied the might of the rampaging Chinese Army. On 18 November 1962, Major Shaitan Singh and men of Charlie Company, 13 Kumaon Regiment, forever passed into the mists of legend.
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Entertainment

Remember Marina Kunwar? I have her video. Don’t mess with me: Sonu Nigam lashes out on T-Series chief Bhushan Kumar

OpIndia Staff -
Singer Sonu Nigam on Monday took to Instagram to further expose the 'Music Mafia' of the film industry and the media nexus within. He also took on T-Series supremo Bhushan Kumar and asked him not to mess with him.
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Opinions

Need of the hour: An official symbol for Swadeshi products and Companies

Sharad Yadav -
To express the resentment towards China, many celebrities and also renowned education reformist Sonam Wangchuk called for a boycott of Chinese products.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: 4 youths burn Indian flag, raise anti-national slogans for TikTok popularity, one minor arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Four youths in Bazarkhala area of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh allegedly burnt the Indian national flag and raised anti-national slogans to make a TikTok video go viral.
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News Reports

’39 deliveries in Delhi prison in last 10 years, Safoora Zargar not entitled to any special treatment,’ Delhi Police tells HC, opposes her bail

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police has maintained that pregnancy cannot be grounds to award Safoora Zargar a bail.
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News Reports

‘Let the government do what is best for the country’: BSP chief Mayawati tweets after Manmohan Singh ‘advices’ the PM

OpIndia Staff -
Mayawati stated that during testing times, the opinions of people and experts maybe different on what needs to be done, however, it is best if crucial decisions regarding national security are left to the government.
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News Reports

Ladakh face-off: As ex-PM Manmohan Singh urges nation to be united, here is how Congress has been spreading lies and misinformation

OpIndia Staff -
Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in a statement today said that this is the time to stay together as a nation amid the Ladakh standoff.
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News Reports

Facebook ‘takes this matter seriously’, but refuses to confirm whether action will be initiated against abusive employee

OpIndia Staff -
On the 18th of June, OpIndia published a report about an abusive employee of Facebook, Siddharth Mazumdar, who used to work with the political strategist Prashant Kishor
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News Reports

China occupies Rui village of Nepal and annexes it to Tibet: Report

OpIndia Staff -
China has reportedly occupied the Rui village in Gorkha district of Nepal and annexed it to Tibet, an autonomous region of China.
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News Reports

PMO seeks product-wise details of Chinese imports, commerce ministry suspects China is routing its products through other countries

OpIndia Staff -
A high-level meeting took place at the prime minister’s office to discuss ways to promote Atmanirbhar Bharat and cut import dependency on China.
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News Reports

After four days of damage control for inadvertently admitting casualties, Chinese state media now reconfirms its soldiers died

OpIndia Staff -
In a series of tweets, Global Times claimed that China has not released 'casualties' number is because China also wants to avoid escalation.
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Crime

Andhra: 26,000 kg of beef seized, two arrested by police after Bajrang Dal tip-off

OpIndia Staff -
The Ichapuram police had reportedly acted on a tip-off by Bajrang Dal's Berhampur unit and had seized the container truck with
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News Reports

‘More sensitivity, less harsh judgement’: Ratan Tata appeals for empathy and support amid online bullying and hate

OpIndia Staff -
Indian industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata on Sunday took to Instagram to appeal for empathy and kindness amid an increasing hatred and online bullying on various social networking platforms.
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