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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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News Reports

Coronavirus scare: 33 health workers infected, 145 people quarantined in Delhi’s Max Hospital, Pratapganj

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, the health workers of Max Hospital who had tested positive for the Chinese virus were not in-charge of infected patients.
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News Reports

Pakistani tweeps attack feminists for criticising Tablighi Jamaat Maulana Tariq Jamil who blamed women for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani Tablighi Jamaat preacher Maulana Tariq Jamil had blamed 'shameless' women and their 'immodest behaviour' for coronavirus
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News Reports

Challenges and recent advancements in the fight against Coronavirus: JNU organises a 2-day international webinar

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Leading scientists across the globe, including from countries like China, Italy, the USA, and India, presented their research related to characterization and preventive measures for COVID-19.
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News Reports

Suicide bombings are permitted by Sharia Law: Grand Mufti Of Libya Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani

OpIndia Staff -
The Grand Mufti of Libya, Sadiq-Al-Ghariani claimed that if the suicide bombing deflates the enemy and brings about a crushing defeat upon him, then it is allowed by the Sharia Law.
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Government and Policy

Government junks report by IRS officials that suggested tax hike, orders probe against concerned officers for violation of code of conduct

OpIndia Staff -
As per the 43-page report, the Government can earn up to ₹18,000 crores by implementing the suggested proposals.
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News Reports

Congress supporters compare Sonia Gandhi to Goddess Sita

OpIndia Staff -
Congress supporters shared an image which stated that like Sonia Gandhi alias Antonia Maino, who has roots in Italy, Goddess Sita, too, had roots in Nepal.
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News Reports

Karnataka: CRPF COBRA commando beaten, humiliated and tied up in chains by police, was assaulted for cleaning his bike in front of his house

OpIndia Staff -
Images of the soldier from an elite commando unit being tied up in chains in a police station have caused a furore on social media.
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News Reports

Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh, media water down Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, refer to him as ‘activist’

OpIndia Staff -
Soon, Punjab Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh faced severe backlash for whitewashing the Hizbul terrorist and referring to him as activist.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Senior Congress leader Badruddin Sheikh succumbs to coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Congress leader from Gujarat Badruddin Sheikh succumbed to coronavirus. He was the leader of opposition in Amdavad Municipal Corporation.
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News Reports

Arnab Goswami writes to Mumbai police accusing them of concealing Congress link of two persons who had attacked him

OpIndia Staff -
Arnab Goswami alleges that Mumbai police has omitted that the two persons who had attacked him are Congress members
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News Reports

91% Indians agree that Modi govt is handling coronavirus crisis well, 97% say lockdown is the right step to combat the pandemic: Gallup International...

OpIndia Staff -
A Gallup snap polls shows most Indians think Modi govt is handling the Coronavirus crisis well, and the lockdown is necessary
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News Reports

Mumbai Police sends Arnab Goswami 2 notices in 12 hour period for immediate interrogation for questioning Sonia Gandhi’s silence on Palghar lynching

OpIndia Staff -
According to a statement issued by Arnab Goswami, as a law abiding citizen, he will cooperate with the investigation and will appear for interrogation on Monday morning.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Police arrest 3 men accused of raping a stranded woman in a school where she was quarantined

OpIndia Staff -
The stranded woman could not go to her hometown Jailpur due to lockdown, and local authorities had kept her at the village school
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News Reports

Kerala government in dock over breaching the privacy of people under quarantine: Read details about Sprinklr data scam

OpIndia Staff -
The data of more than 1.75 lakh symptomatic patients were collected and transferred to a private company named Sprinklr by Kerala govt.
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News Reports

The Bijon Setu Massacre: When 16 monks and a nun of Ananda Marga were lynched to death and burnt alive in broad daylight in...

OpIndia Staff -
In the Bijon Setu Massacre of 1982, 16 monks and a nun of the Hindu organization Ananda Marga were murdered and set on fire in broad daylight near Ballygunge in Kolkata.
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News Reports

Coronavirus lockdown: Chandigarh Police devises a “Corona trap” to tackle suspected patients and lockdown violators without touching them

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The VIP Security wing of Chandigarh Police has made the device, which is a metal rod with a tong like structure at one end
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News Reports

“They kicked plate filled with food, demand biryani, non-vegetarian”: Quarantined Tablighi Jamaat members in Kanpur continue to misbehave

OpIndia Staff -
Despite being given full meals twice a day along with fruits and snacks, the Tablighi Jamaat members at Kanpur hospital continue to create troubles
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News Reports

India Today does it again – Shows a distorted map of India without POK and Pakistan Map with Indian Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
India Today also displayed the map of Pakistan by including the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
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News Reports

Bihar: FIR filed against Hindu shop owners for hoisting saffron flags accusing them of rioting, disturbing communal harmony, hurting religious feelings etc

OpIndia Staff -
After Jharkhand, now FIR filed against Hindu shopowners in Bihar for displaying religious identity, shops had saffron flags
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News Reports

Fresh meat brand Licious says that they have decided to supply only Halal meat as business policy

OpIndia Staff -
The brand was responding to a customer who had sent a query to the company after a Twitter outrage over ‘halal economics’.
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News Reports

As state govts take efforts to address migrant labour issue, centre decides to check the feasibility of labourer mobility across states

OpIndia Staff -
Central government discussed the feasibility of allowing migrant labourers to move back to their home states amidst the lockdown
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News Reports

Rajdeep Sardesai lies that Punjab government received only Rs 71 crore from the centre to fight coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab govt has received Rs 247 crore from center contrary to claims of Rajdeep Sardesai & Punjab Finance Minister
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News Reports

Delhi riots preplanned, Umar Khalid and his associates arranged for firearms, gave provocative speeches: Read FIR details

OpIndia Staff -
The FIR alleges that as part of the conspiracy, Umar Khalid and his associates fielded women and children at numerous roads in order to incite a riot.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Former Chief Minister Raghubar Das meets the fruit-seller booked for writing ‘Hindu’ on the banner, assures no case will be registered

OpIndia Staff -
Ex Jharkhand Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Raghubar Das today took to social media to inform that he met the fruit-seller who was booked by Jharkhand Police for having "Hindu" written on his banner.
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News Reports

India Today comes up with infographic suggesting that Delhi is most aggressive in Coronavirus testing, Ahmedabad Commissioner shows how that is misleading

OpIndia Staff -
Ahmedabad commissioner pointed out that it is misleading for India Today to compare Coronavirus testing data of Delhi with large states
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News Reports

Coronavirus lockdown: “Chandan Yatra” of Puri Jagannath Temple to be held without devotees, uncertainty looms over the Rath Yatra

OpIndia Staff -
The Shankaracharya of the Jagannath Temple has said that while alternate arrangements can be made, the centuries-old-tradition cannot be stopped.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: 40 new cases of Coronavirus come to light in Vijayawada after 2 ‘bored’ truck drivers play cards with friends and neighbours

OpIndia Staff -
Krishna district Collector A Md Imtiaz stated that the cause of Coronavirus infection in Vijayawada was due to the failure in maintaining physical distance.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Doctors protest against PPE shortage as 150 medics diagnosed with Chinese coronavirus

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Irked over the acute shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the country, the doctors and nurses have been protesting against the Pakistani Government since April 16.
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News Reports

Internet breaks into memes galore as rumours of death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un gain momentum

OpIndia Staff -
As the rumours about death of North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un after a possible botched up heart surgery gains momentum on social media, netizens flooded the Internet with memes and jokes
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Books

Sutradhar by Ratul Chakraborty: A collection of stories from historical fantasy to cosmic horror set across the arc of Indian history

OpIndia Staff -
Sutradhar by Ratul Chakraborty is a collection of stories set across the arc of Indian history.
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Politics

Why is Congress obsessed with stopping Bullet Train and Central Vista?

Abhishek Banerjee -
It feel like Congress wants to scrap the Bullet Train and Central Vista as eventually they could not credit Rajiv Gandhi for envisioning them
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News Reports

New York Governor absolves China as he holds travellers from Europe responsible for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
New York in United States of America has been the worst hit in the coronavirus pandemic
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News Reports

No government has ever given me any award: Reel life ‘Lord Ram’ Arun Govil who campaigned for Congress after Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan

OpIndia Staff -
Arun Govil played the role of Lord Ram in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan which has made a comeback on Doordarshan amid coronavirus lockdown
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News Reports

Two minor Hindu girls abducted by brother of a politician in Pakistan, World Sindhi Congress condemns the abduction and forced conversion

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Two minor Hindu girls have been abducted by the brother of an influential local politician in Sindh province in Pakistan
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News Reports

Odisha Based numismatist pledges to auction his collection of 2 lakh antique coins worth 2 crores to donate for Coronavirus fight

OpIndia Staff -
Debiprasad Mangaraj, a Bhuvaneshwar based numismatist has decided to auction 2 lacs antique coins to donate for Coronavirus fight
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News Reports

Fruit sellers in Jamshedpur booked for writing ‘Hindu’ on the banners of their shop, Netizens question why no action against shops with ‘Muslim’ in...

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Acting on a Twitter complaint, Jamshedpur police removed banner of some fruit sellers that had 'Hindu' written on them and filed case against them
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News Reports

As time running out for Uddhav Thackeray to become a legislator, Shiv Sena readies strategy to dodge the impending political crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena has prepared four strategies as the governor is yet to approve the nomination of Uddhav Thackeray to Legislative Council
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Media

Advice viewer discretion, but don’t demonise Arnab Goswami

Gaurav Sansanwal -
In the world of Indian broadcast journalism, Arnab Goswami is an outlier.
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News Reports

Jordan: Man released early from prison to contain Coronavirus spread, dies immediately by a celebratory gunshot fired by cousin celebrating his release

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Sari Salem Wardat in Jordan was shot dead by a celebratory gunshot fired by his cousin on the occasion of his early release from prison
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News Reports

The curious case of Worli Koliwada containment zone being touted as a model worth emulating by the Uddhav Thackeray govt

Jinit Jain -
Times of India claimed that IMCT "felt" that Worli Koliwada can be a perfect model for the rest of the country in containing the coronavirus outbreak.
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News Reports

After IMCT chief complains of non-cooperation, TMC leader Derek O’Brien calls it “India’s most callous team”, says came to spread “political virus”

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Derek O'Brien in his subsequent tweet shared a one-minute video message reiterating the same ignominy and insolence
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News Reports

Karnataka: FIR filed against JDS legislator and son for obstructing Coronavirus screening of journalists

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JDS MLC Srikanth Gowda and his son created ruckus outside Ambedkar Bhavan in Mandya over Coronavirus screening of journalists.
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News Reports

Enforcement directorate discovers trust associated which Tablighi Jamaat, transactions worth crores of Rupees under scanner

OpIndia Staff -
The Tablighi Jamaat trust is named Kashif-ul-uloom and it has bank account with Bank of India, which is being scrutinised by ED
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News Reports

IMCT chief writes strongly-worded letter to the West Bengal Chief Secretary complaining of non-cooperation in Coronavirus inspection

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IMCT alleged that the Chief Secretary had made media statements refusing to allow senior officials to accompany the team.
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Opinions

Here is why it is necessary to call out the Muslim community after the Tablighi Jamaat fiasco

Nupur J Sharma -
After the Tablighi Jamaat event undermined India's fight against Coronavirus, the criticism not only of the Tablighi Jamaat, but the Muslim community, on the whole, has seen an unprecedented upswing.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: UP CM Yogi Adityanath bans public gatherings in the state till June 30

OpIndia Staff -
"The chief minister has directed officers that no public gatherings be allowed till June 30," UP CM's office said
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News Reports

Here is the list of clarifications issued by the Home Ministry regarding the relaxation to open shops selling non-essential items

OpIndia Staff -
After MHA allowed to open shops selling non-essential items, a series of clarifications were issued due to confusion created by the order
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News Reports

Netizen starts drive to collect funds for family of driver lynched in Palghar along with Sadhus, Raveena Tandon appeals for help

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He leaves behind two little girls, please do your bit and help this family, Raveena Tandon said in her appeal
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News Reports

TMC MP Nusrat Jahan defends her TikTok dances as an ‘entertainer’, labels who question her silence over protests for food in her constituency as...

OpIndia Staff -
When social media users pointed out how people in Basirhat are starving amidst lockdown, Nusrat Jahan brazenly shared another TikTok video
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