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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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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’

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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

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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...

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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

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

DD News temporarily shifts operations from Mandi House to Khelgaon after an employee tested positive for Coronavirus after death

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News operations of DD News shifted to Khelgaon studio from the night of May 28 while Mandi house studios are sanitised
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee opens up places of worship from June 1 in West Bengal, refuses to take migrants back saying Shramik Express trains are Corona...

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Mamata Banerjee alleged that large numbers of workers returning is the reason behind spike in coronavirus cases in West Bengal
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News Reports

D10: Britain proposes new alliance of 10 democracies including India, South Korea, Australia and G7 nations to break China’s monopoly on 5G technology

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The United Kingdom aims to create an alternative suppliers of 5G technology and other technologies to by forming the D10 group
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News Reports

IAF makes heavy-lift CH-47 Chinook helicopters operational in the Eastern air command near Indo-China border

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CH-47 Chinook advanced multi-mission helicopters will be based at Air Force Station in Mohanbari in Dibrugarh of Assam near China border
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News Reports

White House slams Twitter for censoring US President Donald Trump but refusing to take action against glorification of Jihad

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Donald Trump has been involved in a raging battle against social media giant Twitter after the latter included a 'fact-check' on his tweet.
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News Reports

Twitter restores ISKCON spokesperson’s account after briefly locking it, removes proof of insult of Hindus in Shemaroo video citing copyright violation

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ISKCON spokesperson Radharamn Das had posted the vile video on Twitter as a proof of crime against the ISKCON and Hindus
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News Reports

Indian PPE industry has grown to a Rs 10,000 crore industry in just two months, eyes export market after fulfilling domestic demand: Report

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The coronavirus crisis has transformed once a moribund PPE industry and catapulted it on an unprecedented growth trajectory
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News Reports

Legal notice sent to Amazon and directors of Patal Lok for hurting religious sentiments of Sikh community, unconditional apology sought

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The DSGMC has sent legal notice to Amazon and the directors of Patal Lok web series Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy for insulting Sikhs
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News Reports

Twist in the tale: ISKCON accepts apology of Shemaroo, says won’t pursue its case against the company for Surleen Kaur video that insulted ISKCON...

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ISKCON further stated that it does not believe in vengeance and instead acts in accordance to moral, ethical and legal values.
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News Reports

‘Life comes a full circle’ for Sonu Sood: From a struggling actor to one who helped migrants go back home amidst lockdown

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Sonu sood said that it was a satisfying experience to help people reunite with their family members.
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News Reports

Meerut: Troop of monkeys attack a lab technician and snatch blood samples from suspected COVID-19 patients

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Monkeys snatch suspected COVID-19 samples in Meerut Medical college when lab technician was taking samples to LLRM lab
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News Reports

Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad expelled from his own political party amidst rumours of power tussle

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The intra-party political wrangling between ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad and PM Muhyiddin Yassin had been going on since February 2020
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News Reports

Woman raped by Moulvi Aslam, media gives it a ‘Hindu spin’ by using image of a saffron-clad Hindu priest and describing the perpetrator as...

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A Muslim sorcerer claiming to relieve people of their miseries through his wizardry was depicted as a Hindu priest by media organisations
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Media

MSNBC reporter says Minneapolis protest against death of George Floyd ‘not unruly’ while standing in front of a burning building amidst riots

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On May 25, a 46-year-old ‘black’ man, George Floyd was reportedly murdered by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin
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News Reports

Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) Bangladesh’s top commander Abdul Karim nabbed by Kolkata police

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Abdul Karim was the leader of the Dhuliyan module and was looking after the logistics supply and support, shelter to top leaders like Saleuddin.
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News Reports

Two floors of Parliament Annexe building sealed after Rajya Sabha official tests positive for coronavirus

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The director level official was confirmed positive along with his wife and the Director level officer attended work on May 28
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Media

Indian Express misquotes confidential report to claim China crossed LAC: Here is what Defence Analyst revealed

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Tensions have been rife along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between Indian and China.
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News Reports

AMU student Farhan Zuberi arrested for the December 15 anti-CAA violence at the university campus and attack on police team

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AMU student Farhan Zuberi was arrested in connection with the 15 December violence and 6 other cases filed against him
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Six Muslim graveyards deny permission to bury Muslim man claiming he is an ‘outsider’, Hindu cremation ground allows burial

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The family members revealed that said Khaja Miyan was refused burial by mutawallis (caretakers of graveyards) in six graveyards, who first said that the deceased was a non-local and then claimed that Khaja may have died from coronavirus.
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Social Media

Donald Trump Vs Twitter: All you need to know about the US President’s war against censorship on social media platforms

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Trump's tweet about sending forces to stop violence and looting in Minneapolis was censored by Twitter, claiming that it has violated Twitter rules regarding 'glorifying violence'.
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News Reports

Maharashtra govt’s PR campaign begins to come apart, BMC data reveals 99% ICU beds and 72% ventilators occupied in Mumbai

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On May 27, it was reported that Mumbai had 32,791 cases and that it accounted for a whopping 62% of total Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra.
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News Reports

ISKCON rejects Shemaroo Entertainment’s ‘apology’, to proceed with legal action against comedian Surleen Kaur for abusive, derogatory statements

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A complaint had been filed by ISKCON organisation against comedian Ms Surleen Kaur and Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd for her abusive, derogatory remarks against the organisations, saints and Hindus.
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Media Fact-Check

The art of lying: How ThePrint spread fake news about who is paying for Shramik trains while reporting SC proceedings

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Reportage of the SC case regarding the migrant labourers and Shramik trains only exposes how ThePrint focusses on spreading fake news
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh govt to develop 800 km of Herbal Belt, to cultivate Medicinal, Herbal trees along highways

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The mission to develop medicinal and herbal plant cultivation from Uttar Pradesh comes at the backdrop of the Modi government announcement to develop and promote herbal cultivation.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir police identify the owner of the explosive-laden car intercepted on Thursday, found to be a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist

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Investigations have found the car belongs to Hidayatullah Malik, an active Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, a resident of Sharatpora Shopian
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Dr Ibrahim tests positive for coronavirus, continues to treat patients at his clinic in Jhalwar

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The doctor named Ibrahim had hidden details of him having coronavirus and treated patients at his clinic for two days
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Maharashtra: A month after the brutal lynching of Hindu Sadhus, temple looted and priests attacked in Palghar

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The police officials also said that three assailants attacked the temple's head priest Sankaranand Saraswati and his assistant. The attackers then ran away with valuables worth Rs 6,800.
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News Reports

Nagpada police station Senior PI Shalini Sharma transferred as Uddhav Thackeray bows to pressure from Abu Azmi

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"Yeh aurat kehti hain aapne police par ilzaam lagaya hain mein aapse baat nahi karegi, uske baap ke baap ke baap ko bhi baat karni padegi”, Abu Azmi was seen shouting to hundreds of his supporters outside Nagpada station.
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News Reports

George Floyd Case: Here is how a case of police brutality against a black man stirred riots in Minneapolis, protests in New York

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On May 25, a 46-year-old 'black' man, George Floyd was reportedly murdered by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, who knelt on the former's neck for 7 long minutes until his body became unresponsive.
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News Reports

Facing bed shortages, coronavirus patients are made to share beds, sleep on floors in govt hospitals of Mumbai: Reports

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A report in The Guardian says that patients in Mumbai Sion hospital are being made to share beds, even stretchers. Videos of patients lying on the same bed had gone viral earlier in May.
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News Reports

Waqar Younis says some ‘Allah ka banda’ hacked his Twitter account and ‘liked’ porn video, quits social media in disgust

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Waqar Younis has released a video claiming that some 'Allah ka banda' hacked into his Twitter profile and 'liked' the porn video.
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News Reports

TOI publishes fake news about ‘Maharashtra model’ receiving national praise, twice: Read details here

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In April, TOI had used a press briefing from Uddhav Thackeray's office to claim that the IMCT team visiting Mumbai had praised the 'Worli-Koliwada Model'. It was also endorsed by Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.
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News Reports

USCIRF condemns Pakistan for arresting an Ahmadiyya woman on blasphemy charges

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According to USCIRF, around 80 people are still incarcerated under the contentious blasphemy law in Pakistan.
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