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Bihar BJP leader taken into custody for passing objectionable remarks on coronavirus super-spreader Tablighi Jamaat

OpIndia Staff -
Vaishali Police in Bihar arrested BJP leader Ajit Singh and 3 others for uploading a post on coronavirus and Tablighi Jamaat congregation
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News Reports

Bihar: Spitting of tobacco in public to be penalised, can lead to a fine and 6-months imprisonment

OpIndia Staff -
Given that 25.9% of the population in Bihar consumes tobacco, it will be an uphill task to prohibit them from spiting in public places.
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Opinions

Lessons learned during Coronavirus lockdown: A way forward for environmental issues

Dr. Amit Kumar Mishra -
The Coronavirus lockdown has had great impact on the environment and for the sake of a better future, we must draw lessons from it
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News Reports

Bhima Koregaon Violence Case: Urban Naxal Gautam Navlakha surrenders before the NIA

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier in February, the Bombay High Court declined to grant anticipatory bails to Bhima Koregaon violence accused Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde in the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist links case.
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News Reports

Maharashtra cabinet minister Jitendra Awhad had tested positive for coronavirus 3 days ago, claims Thane councillor

OpIndia Staff -
NCP heavyweight and Maharashtra cabinet minister Jitendra Awhad had yesterday decided to go into self-quarantine after 16 of his close contacts tested positive for the virus
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News Reports

Did you know that the concept of ‘quarantine’ emerged from Italy? Here is what it means

OpIndia Staff -
To find the origin and meaning of the term 'quarantine', we would have to look back to mid-14th century Europe
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News Reports

Tablighi Jamaat members paid money to the Nizamuddin Markaz organisers, claims Delhi Police

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police is now scrutinising the account books to ascertain the amount received by the organisers from the Tablighi Jamaat members..
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News Reports

Mumbai’s civic-run Kasturba Hospital takes action against medical staff for exposing lack of PPEs

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai's civic-run Kasturba Hospital has initiated action against its staff for highlighting the issue of alleged lack of PPEs for medical staff.
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Media Fact-Check

‘Journalist’ Vinod Kapri gets called out by Agra District Magistrate for his brazen lies on the unavailability of protective gears for doctors

OpIndia Staff -
Agra District Magistrate debunks lies that doctors treating coronavirus are forced to wear polythene bags to cover their faces
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Opinions

Why are Muslims, including the Tablighi Jamaat indulging in violence and defying lockdown: The answer lies in what Babasaheb Ambedkar said

K Bhattacharjee -
A lot of people appear shocked by the conduct of Tablighi Jamaat, however, if they had read Ambedkar, they would not have been surprised.
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Social Media

Two men distribute liquor to labourers in Hyderabad for TikTok popularity, nabbed by excise officials

OpIndia Staff -
The arrested men confessed that they had seen a similar video of a man in Jalandhar and were hoping to get popularity on social media by sharing the video of their act.
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News Reports

Troubled by the reports of food aid being denied to Hindu, Christian minorities of Pakistan, says USCIRF

OpIndia Staff -
Religious minorities constitute 3 percent of total population of the islamic country who are living under constant fear.
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Editor's picks

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala lies about coronavirus tests, deletes tweet after being called out

OpIndia Staff -
Congress spokesman Randeep Surjewala brazenly lied about the total number of coronavirus tests conducted in India to show the country's testing capacity in a bad light
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Culture and History

Noboborsho: While detractors hail Akbar for the Bengali calendar, Bengalis need to remember Shashanka Deva

Debpratim De -
Noboborsh: There is much chatter about how our cherished Bengali Calendar was promulgated by Akbar in order to align revenue collection better with the local season cycles
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Editor's picks

Trains, Flights suspended May 3 as PM Modi announces extension of nationwide lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
All passenger trains and flights except those approved by the respective ministries have suspended their operations till May 3.
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News Reports

1-week test: PM Modi extends nationwide lockdown, hints conditional relaxations may be allowed in some places after April 20

OpIndia Staff -
While the restriction will be stricter for nationwide lockdown for the upcoming week, some areas may get conditional relaxation if infections are contained.
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News Reports

US approves defence deal for anti-ship missiles and torpedoes worth $155 million with India

OpIndia Staff -
The Pentagon reiterated the significance of the defence deal in strengthening the capabilities of a major defence partner, India.
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Political History of India

Babasaheb Ambedkar: A scholar, a Nationalist and a visionary wrongly appropriated by the Left

SG Suryah -
For every nationalist, there will always be two legends who they revere – Swami Vivekananda and Babasaheb Ambedkar
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News Reports

West Bengal: Hospital employee ostracised by villagers and denied meeting with mother over fears of coronavirus infection

OpIndia Staff -
A group of 100 villagers stopped the car provided by the hospital and told her that she could not visit her house. Chitra had to spend the night at a relative's place.
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News Reports

Coronavirus positive cases in India crosses 10,000 mark, over 1,000 recovered and discharged

OpIndia Staff -
As per the ministry data, Maharashtra is worst hit with as many as 2,334 positive cases followed by Delhi which has 1,510 cases.
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News Reports

PM Modi announces nationwide lockdown extension till May 3, here are the details of the PM’s address

OpIndia Staff -
"Many states have already announced extension of lockdown. Hence, after weighing all options, it has been decided that the lockdown should be extended till 3rd May," PM Modi announced.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: PM Modi changes his profile picture, now dons a homemade mask

OpIndia Staff -
PM Narendra Modi changed his profile picture across social media networks to create awareness for wearing masks amidst coronavirus outbreak
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News Reports

Maharashtra: NCP leader and minister Jitendra Awhad under quarantine after 16 persons associated with him test positive for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Jitendra Awhad had earlier decided to self-quarantine after he had come in contact with a Coronavirus positive police officer
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Government and Policy

When a crisis is as big as the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, we need taskmasters as strong as Yogi Adityanath

Shantanu Gupta -
Quick cash transfers to help the poor and needy are possible only because of the Jan-Dhan-Aadhar-Mobile (JAM) trinity promoted and established by PM Narendra Modi despite huge resistance in the last 6 years.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: As three-week lockdown comes to an end, here are the states which have already extended it little longer

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Modi is expected to give further directives on extension of lockdown amidst coronavirus crisis.
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Media

Leftist website The Quint sends 45 employees on indefinite leave without pay due to Coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
The Quint has asked 45 employees to go on indefinite leave without pay in the wake of the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.
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Media Fact-Check

‘Muslim men, women and children were chased out of their homes’: Here is how The Wire spread fake news blatantly

OpIndia Staff -
Hoshiarpur Police uploaded a video on its official Twitter page, debunking fake news about Muslim families being harassed as peddled by 'The Wire'
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News Reports

As Coronavirus lockdown nears the end of 21-day period, no new cases were reported in 25 districts of 15 states: Here is the list

OpIndia Staff -
The benefits of the 21-day lockdown announced by PM Modi have gradually started to come out as 25 districts across 15 states have registered no new coronavirus cases
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Media

Read how Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire whitewashed the Godhra Massacre and spread propaganda regarding Gujarat Riots

OpIndia Staff -
Siddharth Varadarajan whitewashed the Godhra Massacre and implied that the Gujarat Riots would have occurred even if the massacre of Hindus had not occurred.
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News Reports

West Bengal initially sent 90-100 samples per day, last week they sent only 20 for Coronavirus testing: Director of central lab raises alarm

OpIndia Staff -
Refuting claims made by Mamata Banerjee about the shortage of Coronavirus testing kits, NICED Director said that they had 27,000 such kits in stock.
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News Reports

Prasar Bharati CEO calls out ‘The Wire’ journalist’s claim that Doordarshan is streaming Ramayana from Moserbaer DVD

OpIndia Staff -
'The Wire' journalist Neha Dixit had most likely shared a screen-grab of Ramayana show on YouTube to allege that Doordarshan channel is broadcasting the show from Moser Baer DVDs
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News Reports

Organizer of ‘Holi Against Hindutva’ campaign throws a hissy fit because some Bernie Sanders supporters will not vote for Joe Biden, gets roasted

OpIndia Staff -
Ziad Ahmed threw a hissy fit on social media on Saturday because some supporters of Bernie Sanders continue to say that they will not vote for the presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Curfew to be imposed in Balbhoonpura after hundreds defied lockdown and protested against an Imam being quarantined

OpIndia Staff -
Balbhoonpura in Uttarakhand had emerged as a potent cluster of Wuhan coronavirus after seven people having links with the infamous Tablighi Jamaat were tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus in the area.
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Government and Policy

World Bank lauds India for showing the way in containing Coronavirus pandemic through Aarogya Setu app

OpIndia Staff -
Aarogya Setu app also contains a list of helpline numbers for every State in India. A chatbot within the app helps resolve user queries and educate about the symptoms of the Chinese virus.
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News Reports

NCP leader Jitendra Awhad self-quarantines after coming in contact with a Coronavirus infected police officer

OpIndia Staff -
Jitendra Awhad took this decision as a preventive measure though he has not been diagnosed with the deadly pathogen as of yet.
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News Reports

Former Grand Mufti of Egypt Sheikh Ali Gomaa blames 5G technology for the Wuhan Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
According to Sheikh Ali Gomaa, the disruptions in the Earth's Electromagnetic Field that the technology supposedly causes causes coronavirus.
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News Reports

Punjab Police wins the Internet by using amusing memes to urge people to abide by the coronavirus lockdown protocols

OpIndia Staff -
The Punjab Police has shared popular Bollywood memes to dissuade people from breaching the lockdown restrictions amidst coronavirus crisis
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News Reports

Only infidels and oppressors die of the Coronavirus, not Muslims, claim ISIS women, call the virus a soldier of Allah

OpIndia Staff -
ISIS women have claimed that the Wuhan Coronavirus does not infect Muslims, and only 'infidels' and 'oppressors' die of the disease.
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Crime

Coronavirus scare: Tamil Nadu Police books infected Tablighi Jamaat member for spitting on a nurse in Trichy

OpIndia Staff -
Charges were pressed under Sections 269, 270 and 271 of the Indian Penal Code against the Tablighi Jamaat member.
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News Reports

Westerners get diseases like Coronavirus because they do not wash their buttocks with water, claims Islamic scholar

OpIndia Staff -
Jordanian Islamic Scholar Ahmad Al-Shahrouri has claimed that people living in the West suffer from diseases like the Wuhan Coronavirus because they do not wash their buttocks with water after performing their excretory functions as Muslims do.
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Social Media

Rajasthan: Women in Kota hurl plastic bags inside homes after spitting in them amidst coronavirus outbreak, watch video

OpIndia Staff -
A group of 4-5 women were caught in a viral video spitting on the sidewalks, houses in the city of Kota, heightening panic of coronavirus among people
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Are restaurants and hotels remaining shut till October 15 amidst coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
A message has gone viral on social media which claims that Tourism Ministry has announced closure of all hotels and restaurants till October 15
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News Reports

PM Modi to address the nation at 10 am on Tuesday, 14 April, may announce decision on the extension of lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
India has recorded over 9000 positive cases and over 300 deaths. Maharashtra's tally of positive coronavirus cases crossed the 2000 mark on Monday.
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News Reports

More than 100 employees of Southern Railway asked to undergo medical tests after many Jamaatis travelled on 13 trains: Details here

OpIndia Staff -
As hundreds of the attendees have now tested positive for the Chinese virus, the Southern Railway has now warned that ticket examiners and RPF personnel may also have been contracted with the virus and hence asked its staff to undergo a medical test.
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Media

Congress’ Hinduphobia: National Herald whitewashes vile conduct of Tablighi Jamaat while taking jibes at Hindus

K Bhattacharjee -
National Herald, The Congress mouthpiece, published an opinion piece that absolved the Tablighi Jamaat of all its crimes and instead accused political parties and the media of 'scapegoating' them.
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News Reports

Amidst worsening coronavirus crisis in Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray government denies Army intervention in the state: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in the state has refused the central government's move to deploy the Armed Forces and stem the inexorable spread of the virus in the country's financial capital, say reports.
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News Reports

Frontrunner for Democratic nominee in 2020 US Presidential Election Joe Biden accused of sexual harassment by former staffer

OpIndia Staff -
Tara Reade, who had briefly worked as a staff assistant in Biden’s Senate office said that in 1993, Biden had pinned her to a wall in a Senate building, reached under her clothing and penetrated her with his fingers.
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News Reports

Delhi police closes in on Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad, expects to arrest soon: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Saad has been absconding since March 28 after the Nizamuddin Markaz emerged as the hotspot for coronavirus.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Mumbai’s Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum reports 19 news cases on Sunday, 47 cases and 5 deaths till now

OpIndia Staff -
The Mumbai police on Monday barricaded the area amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases from the locality. The policemen have maintained a strict vigil to check the movement of the people.
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Social Media

‘Liberals’ and Islamists attack cricketer Ravindrasinh Jadeja, mock Rajput community after he shares a video of his swordsmanship

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists and liberals mocked Rajput community after Jadeja shared a video of himself displaying his swordsmanship.
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