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‘Can a poor Dalit not wear nice clothes?’ Beneficiary of PM Garib Kalyan package lambasts ‘liberals’ who mocked her saying she doesn’t look ‘poor...

OpIndia Staff -
The beneficiary Kajal stated that she works in a beauty parlour and knows the importance of being clean and hygienic
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News Reports

Pakistan: Head of Faisalabad Tablighi Jamaat dies of coronavirus, over 1100 members infected

OpIndia Staff -
The Muslim cleric had attended the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Lahore last month. five members of his family are also infected
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News Reports

Delhi Police file supplementary charge sheet against radical Islamist Sharjeel Imam for instigating violence during Jamia anti-CAA riots

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Charge sheet filed against Sharjeel Imam for giving "seditious speech" and "abetting riots" in Jamia on December 15 last year.
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News Reports

Swiss artist beams Indian Flag onto Matterhorn mountain to spread hope amidst Coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday night, the 14,690 feet Matterhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy, was lit up with the Indian flag
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News Reports

Career propagandist Arundhati Roy continues lying and demonising India, claims ‘Modi govt using Coronavirus for Muslim genocide’: Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
Arundhati Roy claims that coronavirus is not even a crisis in India, but Modi govt is using it for 'genocide' of Muslims
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News Reports

“I want to kill again and again”, says Pakistani doctor arrested in the US on charges of terrorism: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The Pakistani doctor said, "I want to kill and get killed, again and again. This is what even Prophet Mohammed wished."
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News Reports

Prasar Bharati has not fired any employee: Here is how The Hindu and Indian Express spread fake news

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Express and The Hindu spread fake news about Prasar Bharati, terms freelancers as regular employees of the public broadcaster
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Government and Policy

Changed BMC test strategy could make the number of Coronavirus cases in Mumbai appear artificially lower

Abhishek Banerjee -
Over the last few days, Mumbai, the financial hub of India and the capital city of Maharashtra, has emerged as the greatest spot of worry for India as far as Coronavirus is concerned.
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News Reports

He removed his mask and spit on me, could expose me to Coronavirus: One Mohammed Elias arrested for spitting on Manipur woman

OpIndia Staff -
The man who had spit on the Manipur woman went by the name Amir Mohammad Elias and was arrested for the racial attack
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News Reports

‘Fund of Funds’ worth Rs 10,000 crore being created for MSMEs to battle Coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
Upto 15 percent of the amount AAA-rated MSMEs raise from the capital market will be contributed by the government
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News Reports

French President Emmanuel Macron questions China’s handling of Coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
Emmanuel Macron said that it is 'naive' to say that China dealt better with coronavirus pandemic in the country
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News Reports

Watch: AIIMS staff in Jhajjar applaud the first batch of 30 corona warriors as they leave for quarantine after treating over 200 patients

OpIndia Staff -
This is the first batch of nursing staff appointed at the facility amid the coronavirus pandemic to go for quarantine after treating patients
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News Reports

Darbhanga: Bihar DGP’s warning falls on deaf ears, miscreants from the minority community assault and misbehave with ASHA workers

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A female ASHA worker had filed a complaint alleging that miscreants in Darbhanga had tried to tore off her saree
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News Reports

Shekhar Gupta slams Shekhar Gupta for sneering at former IAS officer Shaktikanta Das after he was appointed as RBI Governor

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Shekhar Gupta was at the forefront in attacking the decision to appoint Shaktikanta Das as RBI governor, now he says Das was a good choice
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News Reports

Rohingya Muslims attended Tablighi Jamaat events, MHA directs states to screen them and their contacts on priority

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Rohingya Muslims, who have been living in the country illegally, had attended the Islamic event in Delhi and at other places in the country.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: FIR lodged against one Seraj Ahmad for refusing to eat food cooked by Dalit village head at a quarantine centre

OpIndia Staff -
The Dalit village head had gone to the quarantine centre and prepared food as the cook was absent, but one Seraj Ahmed refused to eat that
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News Reports

Even as China blows its trumpet, Wuhan residents say actual number of Coronavirus deaths far more than official numbers: Details of growing anger

OpIndia Staff -
According to one Wuhan residents, China's official tally of people infected and killed by coronavirus in Wuhan concealed the true extent of the pandemic
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News Reports

Wikipedia deletes article on Tablighi Jamaat hotspot of Coronavirus calling it anti-Muslim, administrator uses Supervote to overrule majority vote to retain article

OpIndia Staff -
While only 12 out of 38 editors voted to delete the Wikipedia article, the administrator used Supervote to overrule majority decision
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News Reports

Watch: Karnataka Police lathi-charge people congregated at Mosque for Friday Namaaz amidst Coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim devotees could be seen exiting the mosque, following the Friday Namaaz when they were thrashed by the cops amidst Coronavirus lockdown
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Media

Hindustan Times misleads its readers by twisting the comments made by an ‘expert’ on the relation between spitting and spread of diseases

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindustan Times in an interview insinuated that spitting was not as much of a significant issue as people would like to believe, probably to shield Tablighi Jamaat amidst Coronavirus outbreak
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News Reports

Kashmiri terrorist Aijaz Ahangar, who had ‘vanished’ 25 years ago, arrested in Kandahar by Afghan Security forces: Report

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Ahangar's son-in-law Huzaifa-al-Bakistani was killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan last year.
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Media

Meet Vidya Krishnan: A ‘health journalist’ who is more interested in playing politics than reporting on healthcare

OpIndia Staff -
With the advent of the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic, one journalist has suddenly shot to fame from relative obscurity. The name of the journalist is Vidya Krishnan.
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News Reports

This moving graph shows how Maharashtra toppled Kerala to be No. 1 in coronavirus positive cases in India

OpIndia Staff -
A moving graph showing how the number of Coronavirus cases progressed in top ten states in the last two months
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News Reports

Taiwan had warned WHO about the severity of Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak: Here is the email WHO ignored

OpIndia Staff -
Initially, WHO had denied the existence of any conclusive evidence that could prove human-to-human transmission of the Wuhan Coronavirus.
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Economy and Finance

Strangled by coronavirus outbreak, Chinese economy shrinks for the first time since 1976, contracts by 6.8 per cent in Q1 2020

OpIndia Staff -
The latest decline in the Chinese economy marks the end as the Wuhan Coronavirus, which started in China, takes its toll
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Court hearing at 3 am, jailed by 5 am, read how Moradabad officials ensured all stone pelters are behind bars before Friday...

OpIndia Staff -
CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered that culprits who had attacked on medical professionals will b bookend under NSA and will be made to pay for the damages to public property.
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News Reports

Coronavirus fight: Bengaluru cop travels 860 km on his scooter to deliver medicines to a cancer patient in Dharwad

OpIndia Staff -
The Head Constable decided to deliver the medicine 430 km away after watching a report about the cancer patient on a news channel
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Media

Here are 7 occasions on which Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire, violated the ethical principles of Journalism

OpIndia Staff -
Since an FIR was filed against Siddharth Varadarajan for spreading Fake News against UP CM Yogi Adityanath, an organized campaign has been launched to paint him as a victim.
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Crime

Rajasthan: 3 policemen injured after a mob attacked them while patrolling in Tonk’s Kasai Mohalla, 12 detained

OpIndia Staff -
The injured were admitted to district hospital, 12 people were detained for attacking the police team.
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News Reports

India tightens scrutiny of Chinese investment in the share market as SEBI asks banks to disclose details of investment coming from China

OpIndia Staff -
The direction issued by SEBI to custodians comes as an immediate reaction to People’s Bank of China buying above 1% stakes in HDFC.
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News Reports

RBI Governor announces new measures to ease financial distress amidst coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Quoting the IMF projection of 1.9% (GDP) growth, the RBI Governor said that India's growth would be the highest among the G20 countries
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Government and Policy

Uttar Pradesh: NSA slapped, govt to seize assets of the Moradabad stone pelters if they fail to pay for the damage to public property

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday ordered attachment of properties of people involved in the Moradabad attack, if they fail to pay for the damages to public property.
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News Reports

Muslims discharged from Chennai hospital make Islamic gesture popularised by ISIS while posing for photos: Here is what it means

OpIndia Staff -
Amidst the gloomy Coronavirus outbreak that has gripped the world and in India specifically, the spread of the virus due to Tablighi Jamaat, images of patients being released from a Chennai hospital after being treated for Coronavirus emerged
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News Reports

Pakistan: Hindu family in Karachi threatened to be killed if they refuse to convert to Islam

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A Maulvi teamed up with the Hindu family's neighbour in Karachi to assault the minorities for their denial to accept Islam.
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Social Media

‘I am not Zaira Wasim, won’t be intimidated because of your threats’: Babita Phogat lashes out after she gets threats for calling out Tablighi...

OpIndia Staff -
Babita Phogat has been on the receiving end of threats and hatred ever since she called the "Jamaati" a bigger problem than coronavirus in India in a tweet
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News Reports

‘Action will be taken’, says Karnataka Deputy CM as HD Kumaraswamy defies lockdown to get son married with fanfare: Watch visuals

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Despite the lockdown, former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy refused to defer the wedding of his son, but instead shifted the venue
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News Reports

Delhi: Shaheen Bagh sealed off after being listed as a containment zone for coronavirus

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Delhi government has claimed that the operation SHIELD has helped stop the transmission in areas like Dilshad Graden and Old Seemapuri. In addition to that, no new cases have been reported from the containment zones of Vasundhara enclave, Mayur Vihar and Khichripur.
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Media

Arnab Goswami vs Maulana Saad, a battle for the ages: Drama, suspense, thrill, wholesome entertainment and sheer rage

OpIndia Staff -
While India battles with the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic, there is another war happening on the sidelines - Arnab Goswami vs Maulana Saad
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Media

Fact Check: Was Rajasthan IAS officer Tejasvi Rana transferred only for stopping Congress MLA’s car as reported by Times of India?

OpIndia Staff -
Times of India report does not mention that a complaint was filed against the IAS officer for vandalising shops
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News Reports

AIIMS’ RDA write to Amit Shah, demand implementation of bill prohibiting violence against health personnel: Here are 7 incidents the letter cites

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In its letter to Amit Shah, RDA has highlighted seven cases of assault on doctors while on coronavirus duty, including some by members of Tablighi Jamaat
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News Reports

More to be added? China increases its official death toll in Wuhan from Coronavirus by 50%

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, the Chinese government has revealed that the death toll in Wuhan, the place of origin of the deadly Coronavirus, has witnessed a 50% spike from what was previously reported.
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News Reports

Markaz gathering in Bihar’s Nalanda creates another coronavirus scare, manhunt started to trace 363 Tablighi Jamaatis

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In a letter dated April 12, the District Magistrate had reportedly warned other departments about the incident. The authorities had realised about this event after finding out that one coronavirus positive individual was in touch with the Nalanda Markaz.
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Opinions

Re-imagining Ruralscape to bring changes to the lives of people in rural India

Guest Author -
We need to change ruralscape to give rise to a place where people would love to be, not just remain out of compulsion
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News Reports

Here is how the cyber cell thinks your ‘saree challenge’ photos can be misused on the web: The world of ‘Deep Nude’

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Reportedly, Indian cybercriminals are using the site 'Deep Nude' for extortion, pornography, catfishing and blackmailing women.
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News Reports

Shiv Sena leader intimidates social media voices with police action for speaking against Tablighi Jamaat and Uddhav Thackeray’s govt

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena leader Akshay Vijay Panvelkar has complained to police that Shefali Vaidya and Sunaina Holey's tweets against the Uddhav Thackeray government and Tablighi Jamaat were 'spreading hatred against the community'.
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News Reports

As the ‘Year of The Metal Rat’ returns, China fears the coronavirus may trigger far more damage than anticipated

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese astrologers believe that every time the 'Metal Rat' rolls, major history shaking incidents take place that change their nation forever.
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Social Media

Middle-aged ‘Comedian’, Atul Khatri, hurls casteist slur against Rangoli Chandel after she tweeted angrily against ‘Mullahs’

OpIndia Staff -
In a blatant act of casteism, Atil Khatri referred Rangoli Chandel as 'Chandaal'.
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News Reports

‘Surprised that CNN still exists’, says Tesla founder Elon Musk while exposing CNN’s lie that he failed to deliver promised ventilators to California hospitals

OpIndia Staff -
Responding to a CNN report that Tesla didn't deliver the promised ventilators, Elon Musk posted proofs that hospitals received the gifts
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News Reports

325 Districts in India have no cases of coronavirus, 12% patients have recovered: Union Health Ministry

OpIndia Staff -
Out of 24 samples tested in India only one Coronavirus positive case is found, said ICMR head, which is much more than other countries
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News Reports

Enforcement Directorate registers money laundering case against Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad

OpIndia Staff -
ED filed the case against Maulana Saad Kandhalvi and nine others on Thursday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
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