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Global liberal elite moves to ‘criminalize’ the word Bharat

Abhishek Banerjee -
Facing the brunt this time is the word “Bharat,” which is sought to be declared “exclusionary.” The reasons given include Bharat being a Sanskrit term and Bharat being the word used for India in Indian languages.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Mob violates lockdown, attacks police personnel with lathis, rods and pelt stones

OpIndia Staff -
When police team asked the people to obey lockdown, they became violent and attacked the cops with lathis, rods and stones
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News Reports

Uttar Police police to reward people providing information about hiding Tablighi Jamaat members

OpIndia Staff -
Those informing the UP police about hiding Tablighi Jamaat members will be given cash rewards and their identity will be kept confidential
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News Reports

Coronavirus lockdown: Tamil Nadu man dies after drinking sanitiser as an alternative for alcohol

OpIndia Staff -
It was suspected that someone told to Bernard that the sanitizer had an alcohol content equivalent to liquor.
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News Reports

Punjab: Seven Nihangs who had attacked Punjab policemen and chopped off hand of a cop nabbed from Gurudwara

OpIndia Staff -
The 'Nihangs', who had attacked the Punjab policemen and chopped-off hands of ASI Harjeet Singh have been arrested at a local Gurdwara Khichri Sahib near Patiala.
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News Reports

Coronavirus lockdown: Indian Railways, IPS officer come to rescue by delivering 20 litres camel milk after mother of autistic child tweets for help

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Railway transported 20 litres of camel milk to a family in Mumbai from Rajasthan after a mother from Mumbai tweeted about the non-availability of camel milk in Mumbai.
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News Reports

Watch: Nihangs chop off Punjab Policeman’s hand after cops stopped them from Patiala market amidst coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
A group of five 'Nihangs', armed with swords and iron rods, were travelling in a vehicle and they were asked to stop at a vegetable market at 6.15 am by Mandi board officials.
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News Reports

Chennai: Indigo employee succumbs to coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
According to reports, the Indigo employee was an aircraft maintenance engineer in his mid-50s and was employed since 2006.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: The ‘scientists’ who have given clean chit to Tablighi Jamaatis for being super spreaders in India had also demanded withdrawal of CAA

OpIndia Staff -
On 8th April, a group identifying itself as 'Indian Scientists' Response to COVID-19' (ISRC) issued a public statement giving a clean chit to the Tablighi Jamaat attendees in their role of being super spreaders for Chinese coronavirus in India.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Medical team held hostage, rescue team attacked in Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
The J&K police official said that a person from the village was to be taken for screening but his family members refused and kept the medical team hostage inside their house.
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News Reports

United States may extend the H1B Visa for Indians who are stranded in the United States amid the Coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
India had requested the US to extend validity of H1B and other visas for Indians who are stuck due to coronavirus outbreak
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News Reports

‘You belong in the dustbin of journalism’: Communists outrage as India Today journalist Rahul Kanwal exposes Islamists spreading Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
"You are a hate monger and history will remember you", Rahul Kanwal faces the ire on Twitter for report on coronavirus and madrasas
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News Reports

Trichy: Coronavirus positive Tablighi Jamaat members hurl their masks towards healthcare workers inside hospital

OpIndia Staff -
Coronavirus positive Tablighi Jamaat members got involved in a heated altercation with hospital staff and threw their masks towards nurses
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Opinions

Haryana under Manohar Lal Khattar held its fort strongly in fight against Coronavirus: The silent but effective fight

Shivam -
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar does not believe in PR campaigns but is an able administrator who knows the ins and outs of public policy
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News Reports

India could have 8.2 lakhs Coronavirus positive cases by April 15 if lockdown and containment were not implemented: Union Health Ministry

OpIndia Staff -
Health ministry analysis says India would have 8.2 lakh Coronavirus cases without lockdown and containment, and 1.2 with containment only
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News Reports

West Bengal Doctors Forum writes to Mamata Banerjee asking that Coronavirus data should be genuine, transparent and verifiable

OpIndia Staff -
The WB Doctors Forum called for transparency in Coronavirus data when the numbers published by WB govt have come under scanner
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News Reports

Meerut: Police attacked as they seal area where Coronavirus patients were hiding in mosque, 4 including Imam arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Police personnel were attacked by locals in Meerut's Jali Kothi when they reached there to seal a part of the area where Coronavirus patients were hiding in a mosque
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News Reports

‘Duggal Sahab’ of Ramayana wishes there was social media in those times, would have helped him in his career

OpIndia Staff -
Return of Ramayana on Doordarshan has seen the show attracting record viewership from citizens across the country and Aslam Khan, who has played a host of characters in the show, is trending
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News Reports

Journalist-cum-troll Vidya Krishnan displays ignorance by mocking PM Modi with ‘mask tokenism’ jibe: Here is why she is wrong

Dibakar Dutta -
Vidya Krishnan was schooled by netizens that even during video conference, PM Modi is surrounded by people, and that's why he was seen wearing a mask
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News Reports

Pakistanis stage protest in Dubai, beg authorities to take them home as Pakistan and UAE abandon them amidst Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Several Pakistanis who had expressed their desire to return home have expired visas or have entered the country on a tourist visa.
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News Reports

Student of Jamia Millia Islamia and member of Jamia Coordination Committee, who had assaulted Muslim activist, arrested by Delhi Police

OpIndia Staff -
Safoora Zargar, an MPhil student from Jamia Milia Islamia University, has been arrested by Delhi Police.
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News Reports

CRPF and ITBP takes on a new role, fortify India’s battle against coronavirus by aiding in the production of PPE

Jinit Jain -
CRPF and ITBP have deployed automated machines and manpower at their bases to make PPEs and face-masks
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News Reports

Fact Check: Alt News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair deliberately misrepresents gathering for relief work as a ‘religious gathering’ of Jain monks

OpIndia Staff -
The 'religious ceremony' which Mr Zubair claims was in fact a meeting presided over by the Jain monks to provide food to the needy and destitute in Surat during lockdown
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News Reports

Coronavirus can spread up to 13 feet from infected patients: Study by Chinese scientists in a Wuhan hospital shows

OpIndia Staff -
As the coronavirus aerosols can spread upto 13 feet, scientists say home isolation of Covid-19 patients is not a good idea due to lack of PPE at homes
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News Reports

Delhi: 52 of 102 people evacuated from 13 mosques in Chandni Mahal test positive for Coronavirus, three deaths in three days

OpIndia Staff -
The authorities have detected 102 people in 13 mosques in the Chandni Mahal area of Delhi and 52 of them have tested positive for Coronavirus
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News Reports

MHA writes to West Bengal govt led by Mamata Banerjee against dilution of lockdown, police allowing religious congregations: Read full​ letter

OpIndia Staff -
Ministry of Home Affairs has written a letter to the West Bengal government calling out its irresponsible behaviour and the gradual dilution of lockdown that is taking place in West Bengal
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News Reports

An overwhelming majority of the country favour extension of coronavirus lockdown: Jan Ki Baat survey

OpIndia Staff -
About 82 per cent of Urban population and 74 per cent of the rural residents have favoured the extension of nationwide lockdown as coronavirus pandemic gains foothold in India
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal ‘leaks’ decision taken in PM’s meeting with CMs, thanks PM Modi for ‘decision to extend the lockdown’ to contain coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Although the PM or the central govt is yet to announce any decision, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announced that lockdown has been extended
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News Reports

UP Congress leader Sachin Chaudhary arrested by Amroha police for holding unauthorised press con, inciting public sentiment over Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Arrested UP Congress state secretary Sachin Chaudhary had also made unseemly remarks against PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath in the unauthorised press conference
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OpIndia Explains

How the opposition to the polio vaccine by Islamic fundamentalists undermined the world’s effort to curb the deadly disease

OpIndia Staff -
It is not just the Chinese Virus that has received a boost due to their conduct. Over the years, even immunization to polio through the polio vaccine has been undermined due to the rabid opposition of Islamic fundamentalists to it.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: With rising number of cases, sealed hospitals and over 100 health staffs tested positive, Mumbai stares at a major crisis

OpIndia Staff -
The coronavirus trajectory during next five-days will determine whether Mumbai fares better or faces a situation akin to New York
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi did not inspire Bhilwara Model, people greatly inspired by PM Modi: Village Sarpanch takes on Sonia Gandhi for her ‘putra moh’

OpIndia Staff -
Sarpanch said that the entire district is really inspired by PM Modi's appeal and it is wrong to credit 'Bhilwara Model' to Rahul Gandhi
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh youth Sameer Khan, who had mocked face masks on TikTok, posts video wearing mask to inform that he has coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
"If you want to have trust, have it on the God", Sameer Khan had posted on a TikTok video mocking face masks used to protect from Coronavirus
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Social Media

Bunch of Indian Muslim handles gang up to target Hindus living in Middle East, send them to jail by branding them ‘Sanghis’ and accusing...

OpIndia Staff -
There appears to be a sinister attempt underway to target Hindus by a section of Indian Muslims on Twitter
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News Reports

Out of 106 million tonnes of wheat expected to be produced in 2020, India to export 90,000 tonnes to Afghanistan and Lebanon amidst Cornavirus...

OpIndia Staff -
The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited has been asked to export wheat to Afghanistan and Lebanon
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News Reports

Will lockdown be extended? In meeting with PM Modi, so far 3 opposition states vote for lockdown to be extended till 30th April

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi is conducting meetings via video conferencing with all the Chief Minister of the states to decide if the lockdown will be extended
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News Reports

WHO admits “error” after its situation report claimed that India has cases of “community transmission” of Coronavirus: Report

OpIndia Staff -
WHO has admitted that they confused India's "cluster of Coronavirus cases" with that of "community transmission."
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Politics

Coronavirus pandemic: Former US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley calls for investigation into the relationship between WHO and China

OpIndia Staff -
Nikki Haley has said that the relationship between China and WHO was a threat to the sovereignty of the USA
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Government and Policy

Will the nationwide lockdown be extended? PM Modi likely to decide after interacting with Chief Ministers today

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi has started his interaction with the CMs to discuss whether or not the 21-day nationwide lockdown imposed in the country, in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak, will be extended
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: More than 200 Tablighi Jamaatis disappear to avoid quarantine, switch off their phones: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
More than 200 members of Tablighi Jamaat, who were under quarantine in Lucknow have disappeared and switched off their ph
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News Reports

West Bengal: Hundreds of people gather in a mosque in Murshidabad for Friday prayers defying lockdown orders

OpIndia Staff -
Hundreds of people gathered in a mosque of West Bengal's Murshidabad for Friday prayers despite the nationwide lockdown in the wake of the Wuhan Coronavirus.
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News Reports

Maharashtra cop, who nabbed 21 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members hiding in a mosque, tests positive for Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
A senior police inspector working with the Maharashtra police who held 21 foreign nationals belonging to the Tablighi Jamaat has been diagnosed with Coronavirus
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News Reports

Singapore bans the use of Zoom app for online classes for students following ‘breaches involving obscene images’: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
From "zoombombing" or hackers entering private chat rooms to selling of user data, the Zoom app has faced several criticisms
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Media

No dearth of stocks of Hydroxychloroquine in Maharashtra: Press Information Bureau debunks fake news about the scarcity of HCQ

OpIndia Staff -
Fake News was spread that the supplies of Hydroxychloroquine in Mumbai have run short after India decided to export the malaria drug to the US.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: 40 booked for offering prayers at Mosque despite lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
The Madhya Pradesh police have registered an FIR against 40 men for violating the prohibitory orders of the government and gathering at the mosque in Kharikhurd village of Chhindwara Seoni road for their Shab-e-baraat ceremony.
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News Reports

Here, our law works, not Modi’s: Muslim neighbours who attacked and killed Revant Singh for lighting a lamp on Ram Navami

OpIndia Staff -
Furious Muslim neighbours killed Hindu man Revant Singh in cold blood for lighting a lamp on Ram Navami, the auspicious Hindu festival
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News Reports

16,002 samplings conducted in a day, of which only 2 percent of cases have tested positive for Wuhan Coronavirus, no traces of community transmission

OpIndia Staff -
Joint Secy, Ministry of Health, refuted the claims of community transmission in the state and said that there is no need to panic.
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News Reports

After Odisha, Punjab to extend coronavirus lockdown, to remain in place till May 1

OpIndia Staff -
The Punjab government has decided on Friday to extend the lockdown in the state till May 1 to contain the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus. The decision was taken following a state cabinet meeting today.
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Media

Amid coronavirus lockdown, molestation accused ‘journalist’ Vinod Dua warns about ‘civil disobedience’, compares police to ‘Jallad’

OpIndia Staff -
For paid leftist stooges like Vinod Dua, no time is inappropriate to spread filth against Modi and his government
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News Reports

Punjab: Magistrate, cops, family members quarantined after a car thief test positive for Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Several people including Police officers, Magistrate, informers, and the family members have been quarantined after a vehicle thief tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus
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