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Debris from China’s Long March 5B rocket fall on West Africa, minutes after soaring over New York City: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
According to Spaceflight, the re-entry occurred less than 15 minutes after the rocket body soared almost directly over New York City. The rocket’s core stage measured around 100 feet (30 meters) long and 16 feet (5 meters) wide, with a mass of approximately 20 metric tons.
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Economy and Finance

One-time emergency measures for Atmanirbhar Bharat to make India a self-reliant global superpower

Santanu Chakraborty -
As India tries to open up the economy post-coronavirus lockdown, a few measures that could boost country's economy to become a global superpower.
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Crime

33 years after killing his mother, Delhi man kills own son over the same issue

OpIndia Staff -
ompal, a property dealer, had reportedly killed his own mother in 1987 after she tried to stop him from drinking.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Horrifying visuals of Hooghly up in flames emerge after communal clashes rock Telinipara, section 144 imposed

OpIndia Staff -
Shocking visuals of Telinipara where communal clashes took place after Hindu houses were set on fire have gone viral on social media.
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News Reports

After demanding 5-6% of GDP as economic package, Congress claims 10% of GDP announced by PM is not enough, says package should be 50%...

OpIndia Staff -
MP Congress said that the package announced by PM Modi worth 10% of GDP not enough, it should be 50% of GDP
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News Reports

2 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who killed CRPF jawans in Handwara encounter identified, one is a Pakistani national

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Five personnel including Colonel Ashutosh Sharma and Major Anuj Sood were martyred in an encounter near Handwara in Kashmir
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News Reports

Gujarat High Court declares BJP leader and Gujarat minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasma’s 2017 assembly election win as void

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat High Court declares BJP leader Bhupendrasinh Chudasama's 2017 election as void on grounds of malpractice and manipulation
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News Reports

Coronavirus fallout: Maharashtra to grant temporary parole to 17,000 prisoners as COVID-19 spreads in jails

OpIndia Staff -
A high-powered committee has decided to grant temporary parole to 17,000 prisoners from jails across Maharashtra.
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News Reports

Liberals suffer a meltdown after PM Modi announces Rs 20 lakh crore economic relief package to restart the economy

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi announced a economic stimulus package of Rs 20 trillion to revive the economy battered by coronavirus outbreak
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Politics

Congress Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala scores self-goal, shares Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh migrant’s image to attack Modi govt

OpIndia Staff -
The desire of Randeep Surjewala to change political opinion through 'poverty porn' did not last long.
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News Reports

PM Modi announces economic package worth Rs 20 lakh crore to build a self-reliant India in the post-Coronavirus world

OpIndia Staff -
We have to change disasters into opportunities, said PM Modi while announcing revised economic packages for self- reliant India.
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Opinions

Is Congress trying to help China by making racist comments?

Abhishek Banerjee -
So what do you make of it when someone like Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury puts out an offensive and racist tweet against China? Who really benefits from this?
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News Reports

‘Ten Day Battle’: Wuhan in China decides to test its entire population in 10 days for the Coronavirus after new cases emerge

OpIndia Staff -
Wuhan has decided to test its entire population, a total of 11 million citizens, within a span of 10 days.
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Crime

Maharashtra CID arrests 24 more people in the Palghar lynching case, 133 arrests made so far

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department (CID) has arrested at least 24 more accused who were reportedly absconding after the Palghar Lynching incident
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News Reports

Telangana CM’s son KT Rama Rao creates panic by sneezing and coughing during public function, clarifies he is perfectly well

OpIndia Staff -
KT Rama Rao clarified that he was perfectly well and apologised for any inconvenience he may have caused by sneezing and coughing in public
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Media

Swati Chaturvedi and her imaginary friends: An analysis of her predictions and ‘source’-based rumours

Nirwa Mehta -
And while she is not mocking PM Modi's security threat and the NSA Ajit Doval, she is busy making 'predictions' based on the inputs given by her sources, whom one suspects to be imaginary.
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News Reports

Alert in North-east after African Swine Fever kills more than 14,000 pigs in Assam

OpIndia Staff -
The Assam government has announced that the deadly epidemic of African Swine Fever has killed more than 14,000 pigs in the state
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News Reports

West Bengal: Home Dept issues advisory, warns strict action against those circulating false news regarding the communal violence in Telinipara

OpIndia Staff -
WB police have detained thirty-seven people in connection to the communal clash which broke out in West Bengal's Telinipara on Sunday.
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News Reports

Terrorists attack maternity clinic in Kabul, the Taliban denies responsibility

OpIndia Staff -
Armed terrorists attacked a maternity clinic run by Doctors Without Borders at Dasht-e-Barchi Hospital in Kabul
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Law

In Arnab Goswami v Antonia, Congress is not fairing to well: After questioning photocopy FIRs, Court throws out demand to ban Republic TV

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party isn't faring too well in its fight against Arnab Goswami.
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Social Media

Pakistanis triggered by Major Gaurav Arya’s Balochistan comment stage protest, ‘hang’ his effigy

OpIndia Staff -
Major Arya's comments have frustrated many Pakistani leaders. He seems to have touched a raw nerve. Many Pakistani politicians, including the CM of Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan, a Pakistani parliamentarian Sarfaraz Bugti have expressed angry reactions over his statements.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Islamic clerics demand that govt should consult them before quarantining Muslim coronavirus patients

OpIndia Staff -
Jamia Arabia Islamia secretary said that government should heed to the views of Muslim clerics before quarantining Muslim coronavirus patients
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News Reports

Liberals want us to believe that Muslims were drooling over Trump and Modi in the Gujarat event

OpIndia Staff -
Some claim that the 'Namaste Trump' event is responsible for the high number of cases that is being observed in Ahmedabad.
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News Reports

MLC elections: Uddhav Thackeray lists family assets worth Rs 143 crores in his maiden election affidavit

OpIndia Staff -
While Uddhav Thackeray disclosed family assets worth Rs 143 crores, owns no cars.
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News Reports

Personal data of top celebrities including Madonna, Lady Gaga, Priyanka Chopra breached after law firm representing them faces ransomware attack

OpIndia Staff -
Media and entertainment law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks faced ransomware attack by REvil malware
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Opinions

Dear CM Uddhav Thackeray, wake up before it’s too late

Jiten Gajaria -
Now that your biggest worry is addressed, can I, perhaps, draw your attention to the COVID-19 crisis?
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News Reports

Indian Air Force deploys fighter jets along LAC in Ladakh after spotting Chinese choppers

OpIndia Staff -
This comes days after Chinese People's Liberation Army troops resorted to aggression against the Indian troops along the LAC in North Sikkim injuring soldiers on both sides
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News Reports

Pakistanis threaten Zee News Editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary over his Jihad related news, shares video of Rahul Gandhi to berate Indian media

OpIndia Staff -
On May 7, an FIR had been filed in Kerala against Sudhir Chaudhary after he had reported on various kinds of ‘Jihad’ on a TV show
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Social Media

Congress tries to pass off old image of Rohingyas in Bangladesh as Indian migrant workers to malign Modi govt, gets called out

OpIndia Staff -
The image shared by Congress is actually an old image of some Rohingya refugees in Cox Bazaar, Bangladesh
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News Reports

Mumbai: Raza Academy founder among 125 booked for organising a funeral Namaz in violation of social distancing norms

OpIndia Staff -
Saeed Noori, Salim Batawala, Hasabhai, Munnabhai and 120 others have been booked by the Mumbai Police for organising a funeral namaz for a Raza Academy member who had recently died. The participants had flouted all lockdown norms and had allegedly carried out the Namaz on the road despite police orders.
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News Reports

Two-year long ‘freedom struggle’ to ‘liberate Goa’ from India comes to an end after police complaint, petitioner blames Goans for ‘lack of concern’

OpIndia Staff -
The online petition, which garnered around 4,200 signatories, asking Goa to be a 'free country' came under the radar of Goa Police after the NGO 'Revolutionary Indians' (RI) lodged a complaint against the accused.
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News Reports

PoK’s puppet ‘Prime Minister’ tells Imran Khan to ‘attack India’ with forces, and start weather reports on Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Haider has stated that just like India started broadcasting the weather forecasts of Gilgit-Baltistan and PoK, Pakistan should soon start weather forecasts for Delhi.
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News Reports

Welcome to the Aarogya Setu App: A quick look at the app that is helping India fight Coronavirus and how it works

OpIndia Staff -
The Government of India has launched the Aarogya Setu App to assist the fight against the Wuhan Coronavirus.
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News Reports

Centre formulates protocols for Aarogya Setu App’s data management, uses will be able to request deletion of their data

OpIndia Staff -
The protocol ensures that it will not share the Aarogya Setu data with any third party until it is extremely necessary to formulate or implement health responses.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Cop fined ₹5000 after he pulls off an ‘Ajay Devgn’ stunt on two moving cars in a viral video

OpIndia Staff -
The sub-inspector can be spotted in his shades and police uniform standing on two moving cars to record the video of his stunt
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Social Media

Something big at 8 PM? Netizens curious for PM Modi’s 8 PM address to nation after HM Amit Shah endorsed

OpIndia Staff -
Speculations are rife on social media that PM Modi might extend the nationwide lockdown or announce a big stimulus package for business battered by the crippling restrictions
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Media

‘Journalist’ Swati Chaturvedi tweets about ‘plot to assassinate PM Modi’, deletes it after netizens demand investigation

OpIndia Staff -
The self-proclaimed journalist, often known for her abusive rants on Twitter, hinted at some sort of a plan to assassinate Prime Minister Modi amidst the coronavirus pandemic across the country.
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News Reports

Glenmark starts phase-3 clinical trial for potential coronavirus drug ‘Favipiravir’ in India

OpIndia Staff -
Glenmark has received regulatory approval for phase-3 clinical trial of Favipiravir for treatment of Coronavirus in India
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News Reports

“Hindu Bania aukat se bahar nikal gaya hai”: Pakistan news anchor makes anti-Hindu comment while taking potshots at India

OpIndia Staff -
The programme was about the recent attack in Balochistan, Pakistan, carried out by the Baloch Liberation Army.
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Social Media

Congress’ Lok Sabha leader calls China a ‘venomous snake’ and ‘yellow expansionist’, praises Indian Army but deletes tweet

OpIndia Staff -
Congress has distanced itself from Chowdhury's tweet, calling his his personal opinion and not the party's stand.
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Opinions

Coronavirus pandemic will give birth to a new world order, and the non-left should grab it

Santanu Chakraborty -
Historical trends show that we are living at the cusp of one of the biggest transitional phases we will see in our lives.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: 700 Bengal tourists remain stranded in Haridwar as Mamata govt remains unresponsive to transport requests

OpIndia Staff -
As per the Uttarakhand government, then state governments of UP and Haryana have already arranged transport and taken their people back. But WB government is yet to take any steps.
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News Reports

Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh tests negative for coronavirus, is stable and fit to be discharged

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Manmohan Singh was tested for coronavirus as abundant precaution after he was admitted to Delhi's AIIMS following fever and chest pain.
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News Reports

’96th Coronavirus patients is being buried here’: Aaj Tak ground report contradicts claims of Delhi Government

OpIndia Staff -
The ITO cemetery is specified for burial of coronavirus patients. It is spread across 5 bigha land.
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News Reports

Chennai ‘No Muslim Staff’ case: Complaint filed against Delhi lawyer Rizwan Nizami over sharing Photoshopped image to defame the bakery

OpIndia Staff -
On 8 May, Nizami had tweeted an image expressing anger that a Chennai-based bakery had said it does not employ Muslim bakers.
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News Reports

Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan: China throws another tantrum against Indian media, harps on ‘One-China principle’

OpIndia Staff -
Spokesman of the Chinese Embassy in India, Rong alleged that Taiwan is using the coronavirus to engage in political manipulation.
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News Reports

Mili Gazette defends Halal Certification, but defense also justifies economic boycott of Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
Mili Gazette has come out resolutely in the defence of the discriminatory Islamic practice of Halal certification.
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News Reports

AAP leader Rajendra Pal Gautam gets called out by the Indian Army for sharing an outdated video maligning the forces

OpIndia Staff -
AAP legislator Rajendra Pal Gautam, claimed that Indian Army jawans are insulted by their superiors with casteist slurs.
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News Reports

Government not considering community-wise mapping of coronavirus: Health Ministry trashes report by Deccan Chronicle

OpIndia Staff -
The Union Health Ministry rubbished the reports that said that the central government is mulling over the community-wise mapping of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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Opinions

How ‘Communist Muslims’ helped create Pakistan and what it tells us about the unholy alliance between Islamism and Communism

Sanjay Pandey -
Is communism a convenient cover for 'Communist Muslims' to bolster the forces that have been trying to break India for decades?
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