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Howrah: Mob defies lockdown, attacks Police trying to enforce guidelines as Coronavirus crisis deepens in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Policemen were attacked in Howrah, West Bengal on Tuesday after they entered the area to enforce the lockdown.
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News Reports

Coronavirus scare: Four employees test positive, Maharashtra Secretariat to remain shut for 2 days

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, the infected employees of the Maharashtra Secretariat have been shifted to a government-run hospital.
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News Reports

Extremists exploiting lockdown during the Wuhan Coronavirus Pandemic to recruit youth online: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

OpIndia Staff -
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that extremists are trying to exploit the 'anger and despair' caused by the economic crisis to increase their strength.
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News Reports

Traumatised by devastating scenes, New York doctor who treated coronavirus patients commits suicide

OpIndia Staff -
Tyler Hawn, the spokesperson for the Charlottesville police station, said that Dr Lorna Breen was taken to U.V.A. Hospital for treatment, but later succumbed to self-inflicted injuries.
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Government and Policy

Union Health Ministry issues home isolation guidelines for ‘very mild’ and ‘pre-symptomatic’ Coronavirus patients

OpIndia Staff -
As directed by the Health Ministry, the caregivers must take HCQ as a precautionary measure to protect themselves from the Wuhan Coronavirus.
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News Reports

After being called out for supplying faulty rapid test kits, China blames India for not being able to comprehend the utility of the kits

OpIndia Staff -
After exporting the deadly Wuhan Coronavirus to the world, China has been caught dumping faulty Chinese rapid test kits to various countries
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Days after performing funeral of Delhi-returned coronavirus suspect, 5 of a family test positive in the Islamnagar hotspot

OpIndia Staff -
The deceased person had allegedly visited Delhi's Shaheen Bagh multiple times. He had arrived on April 12 and had died on April 14.
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News Reports

Health Ministry cautions on use of plasma therapy for coronavirus, says it can be harmful as still being tested

OpIndia Staff -
The USFDA had also said that the plasma therapy has not yet been proven to be safe and efficient treatment for Chinese Coronavirus.
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News Reports

WATCH: Aliens Confirmed? Pentagon releases footage of ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ captured by US Navy

OpIndia Staff -
The Pentagon has formally released three unclassified footage captured by the US Navy which shows interactions with 'unidentified aerial phenomena'.
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Opinions

Coronavirus handling: A chronology of mismanagement and cover-ups by the West Bengal government

Shishir Bajoria -
According to the West Bengal Government, deaths that happened were due to causes other than Coronavirus.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Dozens who attended funeral of Shahida Bi, who died of Coronavirus, in panic as her sister had died only days ago

OpIndia Staff -
Coronavirus positive woman Shahida bi was declared dead on April 19 while her sister passed away on April 20.
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News Reports

Bandra migrant crisis: Anti-CAA protestor Vinay Dubey who incited mobs to defy lockdown sent to judicial custody

OpIndia Staff -
Vinay Dubey had earlier urged all migrant workers across India to gather in lacs at the nearest railway station.
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Politics

Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi attacked on social media by trolls for calling out the role of Tablighi Jamaat in spreading the Wuhan...

OpIndia Staff -
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, BJP leader and Minority Affairs Minister, slammed the Tablighi Jamaat for calling themselves 'Corona warriors'.
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Media

Lutyens’ one-way street: Aye for Siddharth Varadarajan while he spreads fake news, Naye for Arnab Goswami when he asks questions

Deepanshu Aggarwal -
The outrage against remarks by Arnab Goswami against Sonia Gandhi, displayed by many, stems largely from the obedience to the Gandhi family
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Editor's picks

Congress-Shiv Sena leaders huddle up to draw false equivalence between Palghar lynching and Bulandshahr murder

OpIndia Staff -
Minutes after the Bulandshehr incident, Congress-Shiv Sena got the ball rolling and jumped to equate in to the Palghar incident
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Media

The Nazma Aapi Saga: When Islamism apologists, like The Print, are abused by Islamists for deviating from the ‘path of righteousness’

Editorial Desk -
The accusations came after Saloni Gaur offered her take on the Arnab Goswami versus Sonia Gandhi (Antonia Maino) saga while posing as Nazma Aapi.
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News Reports

RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav labels journalist Arnab Goswami as “virus”, hails Mumbai Police

OpIndia Staff -
Without taking names, he compared Arnab to a "virus" and the cops' interrogation to the "vaccine".
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News Reports

NITI Ayog building sealed for 48 hours after senior official tests positive for coronavirus, Supreme Court employee found positive too

OpIndia Staff -
The director-level official in the NITI Ayog had got his test results on Tuesday morning and informed the authorities.
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Media

Does India Today endorse FIRs for Satire? Anchor fails to mention that retired Major’s tweet was marked ‘satire’, brands it ‘fake news’

OpIndia Staff -
Cyberabad police, that seems to be missing any sense of humour or the realisation that citizens of India do still enjoy the freedom of expression, filed an FIR against the retired major for "spreading fake news".
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News Reports

Locals in Ambala oppose cremation of a woman suspected of coronavirus infection, villagers clash with Haryana police and healthcare staffers

OpIndia Staff -
The police stated that hundreds of people gathered near the cremation ground violating the lockdown and protesting against the cremation of woman who was a coronavirus suspect.
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News Reports

3 arrested for beating up constable on duty in Pune amid coronavirus lockdown. Watch video

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday evening, the Pune Police had arrested three accused involved in physically assaulting an on-duty police constable, Shankar Kalkute, in Kalewadi area of Pune in Maharashtra.
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News Reports

Letter claiming ‘dead body management’ crisis in Kolkata hospital triggers panic amidst allegations of Mamata Banerjee hiding extent of Corona spread

OpIndia Staff -
The health-care experts believe that the situation in Bengal is very grave as the Mamata Banerjee-led government has not been giving real data to assess the actual seriousness of the pandemic.
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News Reports

Scientists Beyond Borders – COVID19: A global collaborative initiative to fight coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Scientist Beyond Borders group is endeavouring their best by taking advantage of their knowledge, experience and efforts in giving a platform and empowering public at large with updated information and open to use technologies.
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Crime

Gujarat: 10 arrested for attacking police in Vadodra’s Kasam Aala Mosque area, main accused Nazir and 6 others absconding

OpIndia Staff -
Nazir Sindhi had allegedly first abused and threatened to kill a Gujarat police official named Gautam Kanti, if he did not vacate the area.
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Opinions

The perils of US hegemony, the petrodollar and the role India could play in the emergence of the New World Order

Lt Gen Abhay Krishna -
To achieve a more balanced world order, India undoubtedly needs to first grow militarily in view of the current geopolitical scenario which clearly indicates the possibility of global conflict is not too distant a future.
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News Reports

Meet Rafia Naz: A yoga teacher in Ranchi who has been threatened, assaulted, abused by her own community multiple times

रचना कुमारी -
Rafia Naz, came into public focus after photos of her doing yoga with Baba Ramdev went viral on social media in 2017
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: After Palghar Sadhu lynching, two Pujaris found murdered in Bulandshahr

OpIndia Staff -
One accused, Murari alias Raju has been arrested as prime suspect for the murder of two sadhus in Bulandshahr.
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News Reports

Punjab: Health Department to quarantine all Hazur Sahib returnees from Nanded after 5 asymptomatic patients test positive for Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
If their results come negative, then the pilgrims who returned from Hazur Sahib would be placed under home quarantine for 14 days.
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Cyberabad police registers FIR against satire that said they banned oranges in the city, despite disclaimer announcing that it is satire

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter user Major Neelum Singh (rtd) had shared a satirical post that had mocked the Cyberabad police for its arbitrary response against a poor Hindu vendor for sporting a saffron flag on his cart.
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News Reports

Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi calls out ‘Tablighi Heroes’, says patriotic Muslims donating plasma doesn’t absolve Tablighis of their crime

OpIndia Staff -
Calling out their sinful behaviour and "criminal conduct", Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi accused the Jamaatis of insulting lacs of Corona Warriors.
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News Reports

3 senior IRS officers chargesheeted for creating uncertainty and panic by publishing unauthorised tax hike report, stripped of charge

OpIndia Staff -
One of the officers, Prashant Bhushan, is the general secretary of the IRS Association and his wife is a Congress MLA from Begusarai in Bihar.
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News Reports

Coronavirus outbreak: 10 Indonesian nationals who had attended Tablighi Jamaat meet in Delhi arrested from Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
The arrested Indonesians were staying at an apartment in Mumbai's Bandra West from the 29th of March after attending the Jamaat meet.
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Politics

Delhi: AAP MLA Imran Hussain defies lockdown and flouts social distancing norms amid the Coronavirus crisis, gets into a spat with the Police

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA Imran Hussain was caught violating lockdown norms and flouting social distancing guidelines in the Sadar Bazar area of Delhi.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee indulges in political blame game amid the Coronavirus crisis, falsely claims Central Govt earlier announced delivery of Rs. 15 lakh to everyone

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee flew into a fit of rage against the Central Government on Monday and engaged in a long tirade against it.
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Media

11 hours and counting: Mumbai Police continues to interrogate Arnab Goswami for questioning Sonia Gandhi’s silence over Palghar lynching

OpIndia Staff -
Arnab Goswami accused the Maharashtra govt of subjecting him to “political, malicious and motivated” charges.
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News Reports

Did Mamata Banerjee just admit that the scale of Coronavirus in West Bengal is far greater than being reported? Here is what she said

OpIndia Staff -
Netizens wondered whether the statement made by Mamata Banerjee is an inadvertent admission of the Coronavirus mess West Bengal is currently in
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News Reports

After Sunny Gupta was killed days before sister’s marriage, one Adil Mirza arrested for using his murder to incite hate, called for killing ‘all...

OpIndia Staff -
Exploiting Sunny Gupta's death, Adil Mirza created multiple fake Facebook accounts and posted communally provocative remarks through them
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News Reports

Here are 20 incidents where members of Tablighi Jamaat engaged in unlawful behaviour with doctors, police and government officials

OpIndia Staff -
Ever since the Tablighi Jamaat was busted and hauled up to quarantine facilities and hospitals, they have embarked on a Jihad against civility, decency and the laws of this country.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Vehicle with ‘Jai Bajrang Bali’ written on it used for illegal cow smuggling in Nashik, one Naeem Farooq Qureshi and four others arrested

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In middle of countrywide lockdown owing to coronavirus outbreak, five men were arrested over allegations of illegally smuggling cows in Nashik, Maharashtra
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News Reports

‘L’ strain of coronavirus possibly responsible for the higher death rate in Gujarat: State health secretary Dr Jayanti Ravi

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat state health secretary Dr Jayanti Ravi claimed that the L strain, the more virulent of two strains of coronavirus that is prevalent in Gujarat is the reason for more fatalities in the state.
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News Reports

“Will not eat food meant for the sick, give chicken and fish tandoori”: Watch how coronavirus patient Saeed Bhopali makes unreasonable food demands

OpIndia Staff -
In a video that has gone viral, coronavirus patient Saeed Bhopali, claiming himself to be "sher ki aulaad" scoffs at the routine food fed to him and demands non-vegetarian food
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News Reports

Delhi police arrest Jamia Alumni Association’s president Shifa-Ur-Rehman in connection to the Delhi Anti-Hindu Riots

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police sources have revealed that Shifa was called for questioning on Sunday and arrested after evidence was found against him.
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Media

Youth Congress workers accused of attacking Arnab and his wife granted bail even as Mumbai Police continues to interrogate Goswami

OpIndia Staff -
Two people allegedly associated with the Congress party who had attacked Republic Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and his wife have been granted bail by Bhoiwada Court in Mumbai
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News Reports

Watch: Hindu fruit seller in Bihar’s Begusarai harassed by Muslims for sporting a saffron flag on his cart

OpIndia Staff -
The fruit vendor reported told the miscreants, "The saffron flag will remain intact. If someone has the might to overturn my cart, then, let him try his hand."
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 53 students from 3 madarsas test positive for coronavirus in Kanpur

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Students of madarsa in Kanpur, which was visited by Tablighi Jamaat members from Nizamuddin Markaz, test positive for coronavirus.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Cleric tests positive for Coronavirus after holding Ramzan prayers for 2 dozen people at Mosque

OpIndia Staff -
The Ramzan prayers were conducted by the Muslim cleric in sheer violation of the emergency notice by the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
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Fact-Check

Hand not paralysed, advised home quarantine: How AltNews lied in ‘fact-check’ to exonerate Muslim man who threw currency note at a petrol pump

Nupur J Sharma -
AltNews furthered fake news in their alleged 'fact-check', to shield a Muslim man who was seen throwing a currency note inside a petrol pump recently.
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News Reports

Harassment by police officials, threats and intimidation by local Muslims: Ranchi’s Richa Bharti and her family narrate their experience after the ‘Quran copies’ order

अनुपम कुमार सिंह -
A posse of policemen had recently barged into Richa Bharti's house without any search warrant and confiscated her mobile phone
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News Reports

PM Modi’s meeting with CMs: Phased resumption of economic activities, an extended ban on public gathering and state border sealing discussed

OpIndia Staff -
While Mizoram's Chief Minister assured of compliance with Centre's directives, Puducherry CM sought for immediate intervention with regard to PPEs and financial aid.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Congress leader Udit Raj spreads misinformation about coronavirus test kits, ICMR calls out the fake news

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Dr Udit Raj claimed that while 17 companies in India were ready to provide coronavirus testing kits for as low as Rs 500, PM Modi gave the contract to one Gujarat-based company for Rs 4,500 per kit.
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