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Wuhan Coronavirus: If India is testing too few, why is the percentage of ‘positives’ in India so low?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Since the time the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic began, India has been facing a constant barrage of criticism
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News Reports

Chinese Coronavirus in Kashmir: 152 people with undisclosed foreign travel history traced by Srinagar Control Room, put under quarantine

OpIndia Staff -
Srinagar DM Shahid Chaudhary urged people to come forward and report to the authorities on their own in order to help themselves, their family and fellow countrymen.
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News Reports

Patna’s Hanuman Mandir trust donates Rs 1 crore to CM’s relief fund to fight Wuhan Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Notably, Mahavir Mandir Trust had announced last year that it would donate Rs 10 crore to build Ram Mandir in Ayodhya
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News Reports

Korean series, Kannada magazine, novels and ‘psychic’ warnings: Here are the coronavirus ‘predictions’ going viral on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Screengrabs from the Netflix show 'My Secret Terrius' are going viral on social media, an episode had references to a China-origin coronavirus as a bioweapon
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News Reports

UP police arrest AIMIM leader Mansoor Alam for spreading misinformation that 50,000 people have died in India due to Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
The AIMIM leader had claimed that Indian govt is hiding real number of people died due to Coronavirus infection
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News Reports

Pakistan army starts forcibly moving Covid-19 patients to PoK and Gilgit as they don’t want any patient in Punjab province

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan army has ordered that no COVID-19 patient should be anywhere near Army facilities and societies in the Punjab province.
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Opinions

Beijing’s propaganda war to escape blame for Chinese Virus won’t work

Nitin Gokhale -
Chinese propaganda machinery seems bent upon creating a narrative so as to distance China from questions pertaining to the origins of Coronavirus
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News Reports

Lockdown failure in Bengal: TMC councillor says only ‘Azaan’ can defeat coronavirus, dozens gather to pray

OpIndia Staff -
An Asansol councillor from the ruling party TMC had appealed to Muslims on social media that the only way to defeat and cure coronavirus is to perform Azaan.
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Social Media

Islamists trend #IStandWithAbrarSir after Jamia admin suspends professor over failing non-Muslim students for supporting CAA

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists took to Twitter to trend '#IStandWithAbrarSir after Jamia Millia Islamia University administration suspended him over his tweet where he had said that he failed 15 non-Muslim students for supporting Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Mecca-returned woman tested Covid-19 positive, was part of a group of 37 who had rubbed off quarantine stamps and fled from Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh has 34 confirmed coronavirus cases so far.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Police raid Madarsa in Ranchi, rescue more than 600 girls kept hostage violating lockdown orders

OpIndia Staff -
The madarsa had locked the girls inside and continued its classes violating nationwide lockdown imposed by the government
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News Reports

Meet the suspended Jamia professor: Believes Islam is the solution to Global Warming and Democracy and eager for the establishment of Islamic Caliphate

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Abrar Ahmad seems to be an Islamist who salivates at the prospects of reestablishment of Islamic Caliphate
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News Reports

Pakistan spreading coronavirus deliberately to get more international aid: Activists in Pok

OpIndia Staff -
The Kashmiri activists in the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) have alleged that Pakistan is deliberately spreading the Chinese Coronavirus to claim the international aid.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: 65-year-old woman, who had tested positive of COVID-19, dies in Ujjain, had attended anti-CAA protests

OpIndia Staff -
The number of COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh rose to 20 on Thursday.
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News Reports

WHO ‘very much’ sided with China on the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak: Donald Trump

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump said that a lot of people feel it‘s been very unfair, it’s been very much sided with China on the Coronavirus crisis
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Government and Policy

Modi govt announces a Rs 1.70 lakh crore welfare scheme for poor during Coronarvirus lockdown: Here are the 12 announcements made

OpIndia Staff -
The package to benefit the poor and medical workers during the Coronavirus lockdown was called 'Prime Minister Gareeb Kalyan Yojana and totalled a whopping 1.70 lakh crores.
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News Reports

Railways considers offering its coaches and cabins to be used as isolation wards in case of need

OpIndia Staff -
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had interacted with Chairman Railway Board VK Yadav, General Managers of all zones and Divisional Railway Managers through video conferencing on Wednesday.
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News Reports

Wear gloves when you use the sticks: Former COAS and Union Minister Gen VK Singh’s light-hearted advice to police to ensure Indians stay at...

OpIndia Staff -
Gen Singh (R) reminded the police to wear gloves as they use the sticks on deter people from loitering around amidst the lockdown to prevent getting infected with coronavirus.
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News Reports

Indian-born chef Floyd Cardoz dies due to Wuhan Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Indian-born international chef Floyd Cardoz passed away on Wednesday in the United States due to complications from the coronavirus, his company confirmed in a statement.
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Crime

Bengaluru: Two men named Tajuddin and Kutubuddin arrested for assaulting policemen during the coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
"We have arrested two miscreants and their motorcycle has also been seized. They have been booked under Section 353 of IPC (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty). It's a non-bailable offence", said Bengaluru police.
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News Reports

Covidiot who had licked toilet as part of ‘Coronavirus Challenge’ tests positive for Covid-19

OpIndia Staff -
TikTok prankster tests positive for Covid-19 days after posting video of himself licking a toilet seat as part of 'coronavirus challenge'
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Doctors sit on dharna as AIMIM MLA and his goons beat up doctor in Malegaon

OpIndia Staff -
Amidst country-wide lockdown, AIMIM MLA Maulana Mufti Ismail reached Malegaon hospital with his supporters and misbehaved with the hospital staff.
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Government and Policy

Coronavirus lockdown: Uttar Pradesh government takes urgent steps to ensure the poor and weaker sections do not suffer, cash and food to be provided

K.V. Raju -
To help the poor, weaker sections of the society, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to pay Rs 1000 per month and food grains to labourers in the state. The CM has also decided to pay two months' worth pension amount to the old, widows, and the differently abled persons.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim mob attacks police for asking to avoid mass namaz in view of coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
A Muslim mob not only assembled at a local mosque in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh but also attacked the policemen for asking to avoid mass prayers (namaz) in the view of nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic
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Entertainment

India lockdown: Doordarshan to bring back Ramayan and Mahabharat TV series as Indians stay home amidst coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
Doordarshan plans to bring back Ramayan and Mahabharat TV series back as India faces unprecedented lockdown amidst coronavirus outbreak
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News Reports

Jharkhand: 11 foreign Maulvis, including 3 Chinese hiding in a Ranchi mosque nabbed, passports seized

OpIndia Staff -
After raiding the mosque, the police immediately sent them to a quarantine facility. They added that the preliminary investigations have begun regarding how they were given refuge inside a mosque.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Saudi-return woman, who infected her anti-CAA protestor brother at Jahangirpuri, infects Mohalla Clinic doctor in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
A doctor at a mohalla community clinic in northeast Delhi has tested positive for coronavirus, health officials said on Wednesday. His wife and daughter, who were also found to be infected with coronavirus, have been admitted to a hospital.
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News Reports

Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia ‘suspends’ professor who failed non-Muslims students for supporting CAA

OpIndia Staff -
Jamia Millia Islamia University suspends Dr Abrar Ahmad, Assistant professor, who claimed he has failed 15 non-Muslim students for supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act.
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News Reports

Jamia professor who said he failed 15 non-Muslim students for supporting CAA now says his tweet was a ‘parody’

OpIndia Staff -
Assistant Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia, Dr Abrar Ahmad had earlier tweeted claiming he had failed 15 non-Muslim students for supporting Citizenship Amednment Act
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News Reports

Union Government to provide wheat at Rs 2 per kg, rice at Rs 3 per kg to 80 crore people for the next 3...

OpIndia Staff -
People below the poverty line across the country will be given wheat at Rs 2 per kg and rice at Rs 3 per kg for 3 months
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News Reports

‘If it can hit me, it can hit anyone’: ‘Contagion’ movie’s medical adviser Dr Ian Lipkin on contracting Wuhan Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Medical adviser of Contagion, a Hollywood movie on a worldwide pandemic caused by a virus, has revealed that he tested positive for Covid-19
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News Reports

Coronavirus Lockdown: Flipkart to resume delivery of food items and essential products, Big Basket to start operating in few cities

OpIndia Staff -
Big Basket listed as essential service in 10 cities and started delivering there, Flipkart resumes delivery of grocery during Lockdown
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News Reports

1 crore BJP workers to provide meals to 5 crore poor people during Coronavirus lockdown in India: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
In the meeting, Nadda called upon BJP workers to ensure that one crore of them feed five poor persons each during India Coronavirus lockdown
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News Reports

First phase of census and NPR update postponed due to nationwide lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Census and NPR exercise requires the enumerators to visit every household, which is not possible in the prevailing situation
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News Reports

“There is coronavirus outside”: Heartbreaking video of a wailing child trying to stop police officer father from going to work

OpIndia Staff -
In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, PM Modi announced lockdown of India for 21 days to blunt spread of the contagion
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News Reports

ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul Gurudwara attack which left 27 dead, India extends assistance to affected families

OpIndia Staff -
The Afghan security forces killed all three ISIS terrorists in a day-long gun-battle after the attack on Gurudwara in Kabul
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News Reports

Silver lining: Coronavirus lockdown brings down air pollution levels in several cities, especially Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
several cities otherwise known to record high pollution levels have recorded an improvement in air quality on March 22 (Sunday)
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News Reports

China refuses to allow discussion on Wuhan Coronavirus in UNSC, blocks draft that called for “full transparency” over the outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
The UNSC is divided on its proposal on the pandemic. China has also objections regarding the terminology of the proposal.
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Social Media

Watch: Kolkata girl abuses cop, spits on his uniform for stopping her car during the lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Video shows a girl in Kolkata hurling abuses, spitting at policemen as her car is stopped during lockdown
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Government and Policy

India under Lockdown: The downsides of under-reacting were simply too scary

Abhishek Banerjee -
India is officially on lockdown for 21 days and downsides of not taking this extreme measure were too scary in the face of Coronavirus spread
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Politics

Congress leader P Chidambaram asks people to be ‘foot soldiers’ of ‘Commander’ Modi in the fight against coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
P Chidambaram proposed a 10-point plan for welfare and direct cash transfer to to poor amidst the coronavirus crisis.
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Fact-Check

Did Gujarat company ‘CoSara’ become ‘the first and only’ company to get ​license to make Covid-19 testing kits? Here are the facts

Nupur J Sharma -
Saket Gokhale tweeted a thread where he alleged that he had found evidence of "corruption and favouritism during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Opinions

P.P. Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar: The Man who transformed modern India and its trajectory

Abhinav Khare -
Just a small idea of Dr. KB Hedgewar of boys playing together in a playground developed world’s largest cadre-based voluntary organization.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Director of AltNews Nirjhari Sinha shares old picture to protest against PM Modi’s call to stay home amidst coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
Nirjhari Sinha posted an old photo from 2016 to express her disapproval of PM Modi's announcement of total lockdown even as the spread of coronavirus in India enters a crucial phase
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Government and Policy

The Taliban-US treaty: Will it sound the death knell for Pakistan?

Lt Gen Abhay Krishna -
Pakistan must bear in mind that US withdrawal post-signing of US-Taliban peace accord, has actually not solved any existing problem. It has rather left open a Pandora’s box of troubles for both Islamabad and the Kabul Government.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Election Commission of India allows the usage of its special indelible ink for home quarantine stamps

OpIndia Staff -
Election Commission allowed use of indelible ink on those who are quarantined by the health authorities.
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News Reports

Jamia professor fails 15 non-Muslim students for supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Abrar Ahmad, a professor in Jamia Millia Islamia, posted on Twitter that he failed 15 students who supported the passage of Citizenship Amendment Act
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath self-isolates after journalist present at his last presser tests Covid-19 positive

OpIndia Staff -
The March 20 press conference was attended by many Congress leaders, former ministers, dignitaries, and journalists.
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Opinions

Who is an ‘intellectual’ and why is he so frustrated

Guest Author -
The desire for asymmetrical treatment though sits uneasily with their desire to speak for the subaltern, is not external to intellectual labour but is deeply embedded in it.
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News Reports

Britain: Prince Charles tests positive for Coronavirus, moves to Scotland

OpIndia Staff -
Britain's coronavirus death toll has risen to 422. Over 8000 people have been infected so far.
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