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Uddhav Thackeray’s fate as Maharashtra CM hangs in balance as the Governor is yet to decide on his nomination

OpIndia Staff -
A proposal for the nomination of incumbent CM Uddhav Thackeray, who is not a member of either House of state legislature, to the legislative council was submitted to the Maharashtra governor on Monday.
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News Reports

Dairy giant Amul joins the Turmeric Latte rage, introduces ‘Haldi Doodh’ to strengthen the immune system during Coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
Dairy giant Amul introduces ready to drink turmeric milk latte or Haldi Doodh at Rs 30 per 200 ml can
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath trying to woo companies moving out of China amidst Coronavirus pandemic, over 100 US companies shown interest: UP Minister

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath held a video-conference with over 100 American companies yesterday and they have shown interest, informed the minister.
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News Reports

Delhi Police step up probe into Tablighi Jamaat funding, cash transactions and foreign donations under the scanner

OpIndia Staff -
Money was transferred to several banks accounts within 24-48 hours after windfall donations received in Tablighi Jamaat bank account
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News Reports

Nirmala Sitharaman schools Rahul Gandhi after he spreads misinformation again by terming ‘bad loan write off’ by banks as ‘loan waiver’

OpIndia Staff -
Nirmala Sitharaman asks Rahul Gandhi to consult Manmohan Singh to know the difference between loan write off and waiver
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News Reports

Film actor Irrfan Khan dies at 54

OpIndia Staff -
Irfan Khan was rushed to Kokilaben Ambani hospital on Tuesday following colon infection where he breathed his last.
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News Reports

More than 700 dead in Iran after drinking Methanol over false rumours that it will cure coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Due to overwhelming misinformation on social media, Iranian citizens resorted to consuming spurious alcohol in a bid to cure the deadly Wuhan Coronavirus infection.
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News Reports

Leadership Lessons from Ramayana: JNU to conduct a two-day webinar in collaboration with The Ramayana School

OpIndia Staff -
JNU collaborates with 'The Ramayana School' to conduct a webinar on the leadership lessons derived from the Hindu epic.
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News Reports

MEA rejects USCIRF claims on religious freedom in the country, says US body’s misrepresentation has reached new levels

OpIndia Staff -
The USCIRF, claimed that India was "engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing and egregious religious freedom violations".
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Death toll crosses 1,000 mark in India, over 31,000 have tested positive for COVID-19 till now

OpIndia Staff -
As of now 31,332 people have tested positive for COVID-19, the virus that originated in China.
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News Reports

Delhi Minority Commission chief says Hindus will face an ‘avalanche’ if Indian Muslims complain to their friends in the Arab world

OpIndia Staff -
Khan went on to assert that Indian Muslims enjoy huge goodwill in the Arab and Muslim world for their services over centuries to Islamic causes. He threatened that if Indian Muslims complain to their friends in the Arab world, Hindus in India will face an 'avalanche'.
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News Reports

Yogi takes on Shiv Sena over Bulandshahr priests’ murder, says Raut’s comments show appeasement is part of their changed politics

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday took on Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut over his sarcastic comments over Bulandshahr twin murders of temple priests.
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News Reports

Aurangabad: Around 40 gather for namaz in Mosque amid lockdown, attack police with help from women in the area, three policemen injured

OpIndia Staff -
Around forty Muslims in Aurangabad gathered on Monday at a mosque to offer 'namaz' completely defying the lockdown.
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News Reports

More than half of Coronavirus cases among Indian nationals abroad in Singapore and Kuwait, cases almost double in little more than a week

OpIndia Staff -
Singapore and Kuwait now account for more than half of the total Indians abroad who are infected by the Wuhan Coronavirus.
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News Reports

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

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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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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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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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