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‘Professor’ Ashok Swain wants ‘Muslim Lives Matter’ protests in India along the lines of violent protests in USA following the death of George Floyd

OpIndia Staff -
Ashok Swain, who is apparently a professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, wants 'Muslim lives matter' protests in India.
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News Reports

12,000 workers to be moved in special trains to complete vital infrastructure projects near China border amidst military standoff: Report

OpIndia Staff -
11 special trains to carry 11,815 workers from Jharkhand to areas near China border to complete pending road protects by BRO
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News Reports

George Floyd killing: Rioter chants ‘La Ilaha Illalaha’ while ‘protesting’ in America

OpIndia Staff -
One protester in George Floyd killing protests was heard chanting the Islamic prayer claiming that Allah is the only god
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News Reports

Bengaluru: JDS corporator Imran Pasha meets and greets hundreds of followers before going to isolation facility after testing positive for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Hundreds of Pasha's followers assembled near his house to cheer for their leader as he was leaving for the institutional quarantine after being tested positive for coronavirus.
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News Reports

ScoMosas: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison makes vegetarian samosas with mango chutney, wishes he could share with PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, Australian Prime minister Scott Morrison tweeted how he used his Sunday to prepare an Indian snack, samosa, along with mango chutney.
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Entertainment

‘Protesters’ in USA use mask making tutorial by Indian actor Ronit Roy to avoid face detection while protesting the death of George Floyd

OpIndia Staff -
Ronit Roy, the popular actor, had shared a short video of himself teaching people how to make a balaclava mask with their t-shirts.
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News Reports

Highly radicalised Khalistani terrorist arrested by Punjab police and Uttar Pradesh ATS from Meerut

OpIndia Staff -
The police have recovered posters of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and some other suspected materials from the Khalistani terrorist's possession.
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News Reports

When NRC is done, all stakeholders will be consulted: Home Minister Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff -
The Home Minister Amit Shah also mentioned that all the states have worked in close cooperation with the centre in the last few weeks to tackle the Chinese pandemic coronavirus.
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News Reports

George Floyd protests: Nike, Louis Vuitton, Macy’s, Adidas stores vandalised and looted by rioters in the US

OpIndia Staff -
The 'protests' against George Floyd killing have now escalated into large-scale riots, vandalism and looting of luxury stores
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News Reports

“You hang homosexuals, stone women, and exterminate Jews” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slams Iran foreign minister over racism jibe

OpIndia Staff -
Zarif had also altered a press statement released by Mike Pompeo in 2018 about the home-grown protests in Iran against the autocratic regime.
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News Reports

George Floyd Case: Rioters desecrate 142-year-old Cathedral in New York, Synagogue in Los Angeles with hateful graffiti

OpIndia Staff -
"F*ck Israel" and "Free Palestine" signages were written at the Synagogue in Los Angeles by rioters.
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News Reports

India is flooded with love: Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthang tweets a video of villagers in Bihar offering food to stranded Mizo passengers

OpIndia Staff -
A Shramik express train carrying stranded labourers back to Mizoram had stopped briefly in a village in Begusarai, Bihar recently.
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News Reports

US President Donald Trump postpones G7 summit till September, contemplates inviting India, Russia while excluding China

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, US President Donald Trump announced that the USA will cut off ties with the WHO, besides imposing sanctions on China.
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Media

Chinese state media can’t hide their glee as various cities in America go up in flames in riots and lootings

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese state media 'Global Times', the English-language people of Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily, on Saturday expressed glee at the rioting and looting in the United States after African-American man George Floyd was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis last week.
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Social Media

Actors Arshad Warsi, Milind Soman get attacked by Islamists and Pakistanis for urging people to boycott Chinese products amid Ladakh standoff

OpIndia Staff -
Following education reformer Sonam Wangchuk's call to boycott Chinese products amid Ladakh standoff, many celebrities have come forward to urge people to boycott Chinese products
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News Reports

Unelected people think they can impose their will on the government through courts: Harish Salve

OpIndia Staff -
Harish Salve said that one may not agree with the judgment of the court but saying that the court does not stands with the people is wrong.
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News Reports

India emerges as fifth-largest hydropower producer in the world overtaking Japan

OpIndia Staff -
As per International Hydropower Association, India has a total installed base at 50 Gigawatt after Canada, the US, Brazil, and China.
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News Reports

UP Power Minister Shrikant Sharma orders to close all drains opening in Yamuna river till February

OpIndia Staff -
Expressing concern over the situation of Yamuna, UP power minister ordered to close all drains opening in the river till February
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News Reports

‘We want court and Govt to end Babri Masjid Demolition Case,’ says Ram Mandir dispute petitioner Iqbal Ansari after losing the case

OpIndia Staff -
Ansari further added that the Special CBI Court, overseeing the Babri Masjid Demolition case, must look to deliver speedy closure.
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News Reports

Unlock 1.0: MHA issues guidelines for phased reopening for all activities outside containment zones after the end of Lockdown 4.0

OpIndia Staff -
The Unlock 1:0 guidelines proposes a plan for gradual reopening of the restricted activities after the end of Lockdown 4.0
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News Reports

Spy network using illegal VOIP exchange to gather information on Indian Army’s movement busted in Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
Calls from Pakistan were converted to local calls and diverted to Kashmir and Ladakh using spy network's illegal VOIP exchange
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News Reports

Three Indian Companies get licenses from NASA to manufacture ventilators developed by the space agency for coronavirus patients

OpIndia Staff -
NASA has developed a ventilator, especially for coronavirus patients, at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in South California
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News Reports

513 domestic flights carrying over 39,900 passengers operated on Friday, informs Hardeep Singh Puri

OpIndia Staff -
Hardeep Singh Puri assured that the aviation sector would recover fast, owing to a huge captive market.
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News Reports

Army hands over minor girl gang-rape accused Shahnawaz Sheikh to police, moved from Siliguri to Sahibganj

OpIndia Staff -
Ekramul Sheikh, Idgar Sheikh and Shahnawaz Sheikh had ambushed a Hindu minor girl in Sahibganj on May 25 to gang-rape her
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Opinions

How six years of Modi Sarkar shifted the Overton Window of the country towards Hindutva dominance

K Bhattacharjee -
The first year of Modi Sarkar has been the most historic of any government in the history of independent India.
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Editor's picks

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot peddles lie about Shramik Special Train taking 9 days to reach destination days after the fake news was debunked by...

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot attacks Railways with lies on Shramik Special trains which are already debunked by the Railways
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News Reports

Twelve Coronavirus patients die in a span of a week in BMC-run Mumbai hospital due to shortage of oxygen: Read details of the report

OpIndia Staff -
n a shocking case of alleged negligence by authorities in Maharashtra, at least 12 people have died in a span of two weeks in a BMC-run hospital in Jogeshwari, Mumbai due to a shortage in oxygen supply to coronavirus patients
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Entertainment

Zee5 casts aside rising criticism of soon-to-be-aired Hinduphobic series ‘Godman’, brazens out claiming the show intends to ‘create awareness’

OpIndia Staff -
The teaser of the show had portrayed Brahmins in a bad light, with liberal doses of voyeuristic scenes and abusive dialogues galore
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News Reports

“Software in a week, Hardware in a year”, education reformer Sonam Wangchuk calls for a boycott of Chinese products

OpIndia Staff -
Sonam Wangchuk also cited the example of PM Modi's 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' and explained how the boycott of Chinese products can help the Indian economy.
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News Reports

Shemaroo’s Surleen Kaur video controversy: ISKCON issues a third statement in a span of 28 hours, here are what all three statements say

OpIndia Staff -
ISKCOM have noted Shemaroo's apology but have taken Surleen Kaur's comments very seriously, and they are considering appropriate action.
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OpIndia Explains

The Dark Side of ‘Stop Funding Hate’: Its antisemitic history, association with Jeremy Corbyn, Christian institutions and its hateful supporters

Nupur J Sharma -
Stop Funding Hate is an organisation registered in the United Kingdom seeking to dictate the coverage of Indian media.
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News Reports

‘No salary for healthcare workers since December 2019’: Hospital staff in Pune forced to protest

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, Pune had reported 116 cases of the Chinese virus. As such, the total tally in the city has risen to 7,314.
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News Reports

Opposition leaders and leftist journalists circulate fake news about substandard PPE kits at AIIMS Delhi, PIB calls out the lie

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist Runjhun Sharma had falsely claimed that AIIMS doctors were provided with substandard N-95 and PPE kits
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News Reports

Delhi-Moscow Air India flight under Vande Bharat Mission returns after pilot found positive for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Air India Delhi-Moscow flight returned from Uzbekistan air after ground crew realised that one pilot has tested Coronavirus positive
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News Reports

Delhi Anti-CAA riots accused Congress leader Ishrat Jahan granted bail of 10 days for her Nikah

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Ishrat Jahan had moved to a Delhi court Thursday seeking interim bail for 30 days to get married.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Cop dies hours after he tested Coronavirus negative and was discharged from the hospital, police initiates inquiry

OpIndia Staff -
So far, 25 cops have died due to Coronavirus in Maharashtra.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Annual ‘Palkhi’ pilgrimage to Pandarapur cancelled, Padukas of holy saints may be airlifted for Ashadhi Ekadashi

OpIndia Staff -
Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in Maharashtra, announced that the annual pilgrimage of silver 'paduka' of two saints was called-off, instead, it may be carried by the air from Pune to Pandharpur.
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Opinions

Why India should be concerned about the growing investments of China in Indian online gaming companies

rajnishk -
Alibaba and Tencent, two of the largest Chinese tech companies now have big stakes in leading Indian online gaming companies.
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News Reports

Massive protests erupt across the United States over the killing of African-American George Floyd by a white police officer

OpIndia Staff -
George Floyd was killed by a white cop, Derek Chauvin, who knelt on the former’s neck for more than 8 minutes until be became unresponsive
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News Reports

Buddhist rock carvings vandalised by Islamists in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan flag painted on ancient artwork

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Islamists vandalise Buddhist rock carvings in Gilgit-Baltistan by writing Islamic slogans on the rock-art from 800 AD.
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News Reports

BJP questions huge single-day jump in recovery of Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, demands explanation from state government

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP in Maharashtra has hit out at the Maha Vikas Aghadi Government for allegedly fudging data related to the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.
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Law

TikTok demonstrates degrading culture and promotes pornography: Odisha High Court calls for a regulation of the Chinese app

OpIndia Staff -
The Court had called for better regulation of TikTok, besides highlighting the lack of laws that specifically address cyber bullying.
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News Reports

Half of India’s population will test positive for coronavirus by year-end, 30 million Indians will need critical care: Health experts at NIMHANS

OpIndia Staff -
NIMHANS experts added that 90% of the affected will not be aware of being coronavirus positive, and only 5% will be seriously affected.
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News Reports

Far-left Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal booked under UAPA for inciting riots in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
The special cell re-arrested Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita after a Delhi court had sent the two accused to Tihar Jail
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News Reports

Donald Trump bids goodbye to WHO, imposes sanctions on China for spreading the “Wuhan Virus”

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump asked why China shut down the movement of people from Wuhan to other parts of China but not to the entire world
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News Reports

Scroll asked OpIndia about Islamists targeting our ad revenues, and here is our response

Nupur J Sharma -
A Twitter handle of an organisation called 'Stop Funding Hate' has taken it upon themselves to counter the supposed 'hate speech' that was supposedly propagated by OpIndia in one of its articles which spoke about the inherently discriminatory practices in the Halal process
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Entertainment

Dangal actress Zaira Wasim quits Twitter and Instagram after being criticised for ridiculous post insinuating locust attack is ‘Allah’s wrath’

OpIndia Staff -
Dangal actress Zaira Wasim has quit Twitter and Instagram after receiving criticism for her insensitive post.
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News Reports

Delhi government converts five luxury hotels into makeshift coronavirus hospitals

OpIndia Staff -
Medical services at the makeshift COVID-19 hospitals in five luxury hotels will be provided by private hospitals attached to them
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Editor's picks

Many thought India will be a problem when Coronavirus hit, but you have transformed how the World looks at us: Full text of PM...

OpIndia Staff -
Here is the full text of the letter penned by Prime Minister Modi to the people of India as he completed the first year of his second term in office
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Opinions

Nobody likes a rising global power and we must ask a simple question – Who benefits the most from tearing India’s image to pieces

Abhishek Banerjee -
India got more bad press last year than North Korea did. The words “Hindu” and “Nazi” were declared synonymous.
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