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Mamata Banerjee’s parallel Coronaverse: Upset over ‘yellow’ colour of PPEs, questions Centre’s choice

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said she was surprised by the yellow colour of PPEs and said that doctors usually wear white or blue kits.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Bangladeshi undertrial escapes isolation centre for coronavirus suspects in Siliguri

OpIndia Staff -
On April 7, 1 woman and 2 children, all three belonging to the same family had fled the quarantine facility at New Town in Kolkata
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News Reports

Coronavirus: UK resident Lerun Hussain jailed for three months for stealing masks in London hospital

OpIndia Staff -
A 34-year-old man named Lerun Hussain is accused of robbing vital protective equipment from King's College Hospital in London.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Days after being discharged from hospital, ‘Baby doll’ singer Kanika Kapoor to be questioned by UP police

OpIndia Staff -
A case was booked against the singer for hiding her travel history and attending lavish parties after returning from London. She was charged under IPC Section 269 [negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life] and Section 270 [malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life].
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Politics

5 point agenda suggested by Sonia Gandhi, President of Congress, to fight Coronavirus: Juvenile, disconnected and petty

S. Sudhir Kumar -
Amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, Sonia Gandhi the President of Congress party suggested a 5 point plan to the Prime Minister of India
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj govt seals Bhopal, Indore and Ujjain over coronavirus cases spike, ESMA invoked to ensure supply of essential items

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According to the state health department, Indore has reported 173 positive cases of coronavirus, the maximum in the state
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News Reports

Out of 669 COVID-19 cases in Delhi, 426 linked to Tablighi Jamaat, says Delhi Health Minister

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi government sealed 20 'hotspots' where the cases of coronavirus are found the most in order to curb the epidemic.
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News Reports

Gujarat cities with live coronavirus patients pinned on Google Maps will show you how close the virus is

Nirwa Mehta -
Gujarat administration ups its ante, takes help of technology to tackle coronavirus
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Members associated with Shura faction of Tablighi Jamaat found in Ahmedabad, to undergo medical check-up

OpIndia Staff -
The Shura faction of the Tablighi Jamaat broke away from Maulana Saad's Jamaat in 2016 because of his 'autocratic ways'.
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Government and Policy

Odisha becomes the first state to extend Coronavirus Lockdown till April 30, schools to remain closed till June 17

OpIndia Staff -
Odisha had also announced a curfew-like shutdown in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Bhadrak on April 4
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News Reports

FIR against Vlogger Maridhas in Melapalayam, den of Islamists, for analysing role of Tablighi Jamaat in spread of Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Maridhas has been a persistent thorn for DMK and now, there is an FIR against him for criticising Tablighi Jamaat and its role in spread of Coronavirus
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News Reports

Despite rising coronavirus cases and economic devastation, Pakistan boycotts key SAARC trade meet because India led it

OpIndia Staff -
In the virtual conference, the trade officials broadly agreed to identify new ways to "sustain and expand" the intra-regional trade to offset the huge economic cost of the coronavirus pandemic. The terrorist country Pakistan chickened out from the meeting after it was revealed that India was spearheading the meeting.
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News Reports

20 hotspots identified and sealed off in Delhi, first positive coronavirus case reported in Lutyen’s area, masks mandatory

OpIndia Staff -
Masks have been made compulsory for anyone venturing out
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News Reports

Corona Yoddha: From red light areas to Burma border, 2.10 lakh Sewa Bharati volunteers lend a helping hand to people amid the coronavirus crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Founded in 1989, this RSS offshoot works exclusively among the poor and vulnerable.
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News Reports

Locals in Kashmir defy coronavirus lockdown to attend funeral of slain Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist, FIR registered

OpIndia Staff -
The police said that the legal heirs of the slain terrorist had given in writing that they will adhere to social distancing when the body was handed over to them after completing medico-legal formalities.
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News Reports

Tablighis were comfortable to perform toilet functions in public view – book by Malaysian author reveals

OpIndia Staff -
Excerpts of the book reveal living and hygiene habits of the Tablighi Jamaatis while in the markaz.
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News Reports

US President Trump thanks India, Indians and PM Modi for allowing the export of hydroxychloroquine, says the help will not be forgotten

OpIndia Staff -
The easing of exports of Hydroxychloroquine to the United States comes after US President Donald Trump on Saturday had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to supply hydroxychloroquine tablets that can be used to treat the Chinese coronavirus patients.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Jaish-e-Mohammad commander killed in encounter with CRPF

OpIndia Staff -
Sajad Nawab Dar, a Commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad, killed in encounter with CRPF in Sopore in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir
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News Reports

Radio Mirchi RJ Sayema defends malevolent Tablighi Jamaat members; claims all TV news about them fake

OpIndia Staff -
RJ Sayema brazenly defends the malafide actions of Tablighi Jamaat members claiming that incriminating news about them on TV is all fake
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News Reports

Watch: A heartbeaking video of a three-year-old daughter crying to be with her mother in quarantine, serving as a nurse in Belgavi

OpIndia Staff -
Nurse Sugandha had not gone home for 11 days as she is in quarantine for 14 days and her daughter went to bed crying almost every night.
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News Reports

Nizamuddin railway station employee tests positive of coronavirus, 15 health workers including doctors of Railway hospital got infected

OpIndia Staff -
15 people including doctors and nurses have been kept in isolation after they came in contact with a Coronavirus positive person
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News Reports

Islamists attack Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal after he asks them to stay at home on Shab-e-Baraat

OpIndia Staff -
AAP Supremo took to social media to request Muslims to stay at home for Shab-e-Baraat, which is being celebrated on the intervening night of 8th and 9th April.
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News Reports

Delhi police trace Nizamuddin Markaz Chief Maulana Saad, will be interrogated after completion of the quarantine period

OpIndia Staff -
Markaz chief Maulana Saad has has put himself under self-quarantine and he will be interrogated after the completion of quarantine period
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News Reports

Supreme Court orders free coronavirus testing at all approved private laboratories, asks govt to issue directions

OpIndia Staff -
The apex court has said that whether the private laboratories will be reimbursed by the government will be decided later
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News Reports

Pokhran: One Yarun Khan arrested for transporting Tablighi Jamaat members in his private ambulance; 109 coronavirus suspects sent to quarantine

OpIndia Staff -
Arrested Yarun Khan has been accused of sheltering and transporting Tablighi Jamaat in his private ambulance
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News Reports

Tablighi Jamaat member who worked as security guard infects 3 members of the house he worked at

OpIndia Staff -
The security guard who was deployed at a house in Defence Colony in New Delhi has infected coronavirus three members of the same family.
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News Reports

PM Modi holds meeting with floor leaders of parties, the decision on the extension of lockdown to be taken on 11 April

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi equated the current situation in the country to a 'social emergency'.
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News Reports

Dubai man seeks permission for moving between houses of his two wives during Coronavirus Lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Dubai residents who need to leave their houses for essential purposes requires a permit, a new permit is required for each trip
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Opinions

Is China using Zoom teleconferencing to spy on us?

OpIndia Staff -
While Zoom was headquartered in the United States, and listed on the NASDAQ, the mainline Zoom app appears to be developed by three companies in China
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News Reports

The WHO failed the world during the coronavirus crisis, it has become the political puppet of China: US politician

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump alleged that WHO is largely funded by US but yet very China Centric.
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News Reports

Nehru ‘slave’ Ram Guha shares WhatsApp forward to target Modi ‘bhakts’, PM calls out mischief

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi clarifies that viral message asking for 5 minute standing ovation for him is fake, doubts conspiracy behind it
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News Reports

Corona Yoddha: How people came together on social media to help out those in need across political spectrum during lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
OpIndia talks to the warriors who are using social media to try and make sure no one sleeps hungry as we fight coronavirus
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh to completely seal 15 coronavirus-hit districts from midnight, only home delivery and medical teams will be allowed

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh government will hold a review of the decision next on April 13.
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News Reports

Chinese billionaire Ren Zhiqiang, who went ‘missing’ after criticizing Xi Jinping over coronavirus, now faces corruption charges

OpIndia Staff -
Ren Zhiqiang had earlier gone missing after criticising premier Xi Jinping for his bungled handling of Coronavirus pandemic
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News Reports

Kolkata: Police nab 3 persons who fled coronavirus quarantine facility last night, 6 others who came in their contact also quarantined

OpIndia Staff -
1 woman and 2 children from same family managed to flee the NBCC Square quarantine centre in Kolkata's New Town through the rear gate
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Crime

Indore: Police constable attacked, pelted with stones for asking a group to stay home, Javed, Imran and 3 others arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Five people, identified as Javed (25), Imran Khan (24), Nasir Khan (58), Sali Khan (50) and Samir Anwar (22) have been arrested.
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PM Modi to interact with chief ministers on April 11 to discuss the future state of lockdown amidst coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
Several states across India have demanded an extension of the nationwide lockdown in the view of the surging coronavirus cases
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Brazil President invokes Ramayana, says PM Modi helped with hydroxychloroquine like Lord Hanuman got Sanjeevani

OpIndia Staff -
Amidst the ongoing crisis, India has got a request from 30 countries for hydroxychloroquine
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Crime

Tamil Nadu: 200 people quarantined after family of deceased coronavirus patient opens bodybag against guidelines and hosts funeral

OpIndia Staff -
The local authorities have booked the two sons of the deceased persons for charges under the Epidemic Diseases Act.
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News Reports

‘Really blew it’: Donald Trump slams WHO’s ‘China-centric’ approach, threatens to cut its funding from the USA

Shashank Bharadwaj -
President Trump also warned the organisation that his administration will be looking into the US funding to the WHO. The Geneva-headquartered organisation receives a vast amount of money from the United States as aid.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Man who had attended Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi infects 8 family members with Coronavirus, dies along with mother

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The man and his wife had attended the Tablighi Jamaat after coming back from South Africa, and from there they had returned to Khargone
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News Reports

After excreting in corridors, Tablighi Jamaatis accused of throwing urine-filled bottles in Dwarka quarantine centre

OpIndia Staff -
The shocking incident comes just a day after two Tablighi Jamaat members were found defecating in the corridor in Narela quarantine facility.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Walled city in Ahmedabad declared ‘buffer zone’, teams deployed at all 9 gates to screen entry and exit of residents

OpIndia Staff -
The walled city in Ahmedabad has been declared a 'buffer zone' for coronavirus containment and Nehru Bridge, one of the five bridges over the Sabarmati river is now shut for traffic.
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News Reports

Coronavirus outbreak has reached the community transmission stage in Mumbai and adjoining areas, says BMC

OpIndia Staff -
The fresh cases of coronavirus in Mumbai neither have any travel history nor immediate contacts of patients, hinting at community transmission
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Crime

Manhandled in UP, assaulted in Karnataka: How ASHA workers on coronavirus duty are being harassed by mobs

OpIndia Staff -
According to the reports, Beena Yadav, an ASHA worker had visited the village in Takiya area to collect information of the people who may have contracted the coronavirus on their way back to their village from other places.
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News Reports

None of the 3.5 million Chinese Coronavirus antibody tests fit for widespread use in the United Kingdom, says new testing chief

OpIndia Staff -
John Newton said that the antibody tests could identify immunity in people who had been severely sick with Coronavirus.
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News Reports

Watch: Uttarakhand residents maintain social distancing while paying tributes to paratrooper Davender Rana on his final journey

OpIndia Staff -
Five commandos belonging to an elite unit of the Indian Army were martyred over the weekend along the Line of Control in Kashmir after an intense close-quarter fight with an equal number of Islamic terrorists who had infiltrated into India.
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News Reports

Steep rise in dead bodies brought to Muslim graveyards in Indore gives rise to coronavirus scare

OpIndia Staff -
While Muslim graveyards have shown a steep rise in burials, the Hindu crematoriums have not seen such rise in number of cremations.
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News Reports

Did US President Donald Trump really ‘threaten’ India with ‘retaliation’ over hydroxychloroquine export? Read details

OpIndia Staff -
A barge of misinformation was peddled by the media over US President Donald Trump's statements claiming that he had "threatened" India with retaliation if the Modi government does not allow the export of hydroxychloroquine.
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News Reports

A single patient of Coronavirus can infect 406 people in a month if social distancing and lockdown are not enforced: Union Health Ministry

OpIndia Staff -
ICMR study says that with an R0 of 2.5, a single coronavirus patient can end up infecting 406 others if social distancing and lockdown orders are not followed.
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