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India becomes the 5th nation in the world to successfully isolate COVID-19 virus strain

OpIndia Staff -
National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune isolates the strain of Covid-19 virus strain, India becomes the fifth country to do so
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Government and Policy

Hours after announcing ex-gratia for coronavirus victims, union govt revokes it, now SDRF fund will be used for quarantine, sample collection and screening

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Govet takes U-turn on ex-gratia payment to coronavirus victims, now SDRF fund will be used for quarantine, sample collection and screening
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Editor's picks

Deoband: 43-day old infant dead in anti-CAA protests, mother says she carried her to protest site every day to ‘make her strong’

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After an infant died due to exposure to harsh weather in Shaheen Bagh, the SC had taken sum motu cognisance of the issue and had issued notice to the centre over children being used in protests.
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News Reports

TADA court says there is enough evidence to prosecute JKLF chief Yasin Malik for killing unarmed IAF officers

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TADA court in Jammu says there's enough prima facie evidence to prosecute terrorist Yasin Malik, to give sanction on Monday
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Crime

Anti-Hindu riots: Delhi police nabs five more accused in connection with Ankit Sharma’s murder

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AAP leader Tahir Hussain, his brother Shah Alam, and another accused named Salman were already arrested in Ankit Sharma's murder case
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News Reports

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi to table private member bill in Rajya Sabha to enforce two-child norm

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Abhishek Manu Singhvi to float a private member bill calling for enforcement of a two-child norm through incentives and disincentives
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News Reports

Coronavirus in India: 7 more cases of recovery reported, patients discharged

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Two persons have died so far due to coronavirus. A 76-year-old male and a 69-year-old female. However, the health ministry said that both the cases were underlying medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, etc. that worsened their condition.
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Politics

Madhya Pradesh: Jyotiraditya Scindia’s motorcade attacked by Congress workers, black flags shown

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Yesterday, section 144 was imposed at Bhopal airport as the 22 MLAs of Scindia faction were scheduled to return
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News Reports

Indonesian NGO red-flagged by security agencies for sending fund for distribution during Delhi riots

OpIndia Staff -
Indonesian NGO Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) raised funds using selective and malicious propaganda to allegedly help Muslims affected in the riots
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News Reports

Escaping quarantine, lying, and demanding luxury treatment: Amid Coronavirus outbreak, recklessness of individuals puts larger population at risk

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Two persons with suspected coronavirus infection, who had come from Italy to attend a wedding, refused to be quarantined in Nalagarh and fled to Zirakpur for the wedding. The officials had to engage security personnel to confine them in quarantine.
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News Reports

Controversial Cricket Commentator Sanjay Manjrekar removed from BCCI commentary panel

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A petition with 545 signatures was earlier filed on Change.org urging the International Cricket Council to ban Manjrekar from the commentary box during the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.
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Crime

Police arrest 7 more in Delhi anti-Hindu riots, arrests include Muslim rioters on charges of killing other Muslims: Details here

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Video footage has reportedly revealed one Shahid being killed by Mohammad Firoze, Chand Mohammad and Rayees Khan, while another man named named Mehroom was killed by Shoaib and Imran.
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News Reports

Congress minister in Maharashtra attacks Brahmins in his anti-NPR speech, asks if ‘foreign-returned Brahmins’ will teach them about identity certificates

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what about those who were not privileged enough to receive an education? These Brahmins, who themselves came from abroad, teach us about common sense? I will never let this happen," Raut stated.
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Editor's picks

Watch: Students in Pakistan shout ‘Coronavirus Zindabad’ after university postpones exams amid outbreak fears

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Students in Pakistan has been able to see the brighter side in the gloomy news of a global virus threat.
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News Reports

Rana Kapoor and Wife booked for taking bribes to the tune of ₹307 crores through the purchase of posh Delhi bungalow

OpIndia Staff -
The fact that Bliss Abode Pvt Ltd. (where Kapoor was a co-borrower) bought the property (in charge with Yes Bank, the founder of which is Rana Kapoor) was a clear case of conflict of interest. This vital information was withheld from the Yes Bank Board and the MCC in violation of the bank's code of conduct and the Companies Act, 2013.
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News Reports

Not a single tree should be cut: Telangana High Court stays Indian Navy’s ELF Radar Project

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The Hight court made it clear to the state, central government and the Indian Navy that they cannot cut a single tree till they filed their counters on what they are proposing to do with the fragile ecosystem at Damagundam forest near Vikarabad in Ranga Reddy district.
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Crime

Six burqa-clad rioters who had attacked Delhi police identified: Report

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During the attacks by the Muslim mob on February 24, DCP Amit Sharma was also grievously injured along with another Delhi police officer ACP Anuj Sharma. Head Constable Ratan Lal was killed by the rioters.
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News Reports

From bar-hopping, deliberately spreading the infection, to escaping medical facilities: How some reacted to Coronavirus around the world

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Some people's bizarre psychological reactions is doing them more harm than good
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News Reports

“Whoever wears a red cloth declares himself President of Hindu Mahasabha”: Kashi Vidvat Parishad Minister says Chakrapani Maharaj is an imposter

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Fake saint Chakrapani Maharaj being falsely stated as President of Hindu Mahasabha by left liberal media to defame Hindus
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News Reports

Coronavirus outbreak: Union govt invokes Disaster Management Act to regulate prices and ensure availability of vital protective items

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Disaster Management Act invoked to regulate prices and ensure availability of surgical and protective mask, hand sanitiser and gloves.
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News Reports

MEA receives request for immediate deportation of South Asia Bureau Chief of WSJ for his “anti-India behaviour”, sent to appropriate department for action

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Private complaint received by MEA requesting deportation of WSJ’s South Asia Bureau Chief Eric Bellman for fake report on Delhi riots
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News Reports

Journalists and employees of Prasar Bharati denounce former CEO Jawhar Sircar’s tweet casting aspersions on broadcaster’s integrity

OpIndia Staff -
Journalists and Employees of Prasar Bharati have condemned former CEO Jawhar Sircar for questioning integrity of the national broadcaster.
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News Reports

UP Cabinet approves Uttar Pradesh Recovery of Damage to Public Properties Ordinance, 2020, to enable recovery of damages from rioters

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The ordinance provides the UP government the authority to confiscate properties of those accused of inciting anti-CAA riots in the state
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News Reports

Second batch of evacuees from Wuhan in China quarantined at ITBP quarantine centre test negative for coronavirus, dispersal begins

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MoS Home Nityanand Rai met 2nd batch of inmates from Wuhan, after they tested negative for coronavirus on completion of quarantine period.
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News Reports

Air Vistara bans ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra from flying till April 27 over his heckling incident aboard Indigo flight

OpIndia Staff -
Air Vistara has now banned propagandist masquerading as comedian, Kunal Kamra, from flying till April 27 over the heckling incident aboard Indigo flight in January this year.
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Government and Policy

Coronavirus Scare: State governments swing into action, schools closed, gatherings restricted

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Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, during an emergency meeting of State Ministers and senior officials, announced that all malls, cinema halls, pubs, wedding ceremonies have been banned for another one week beginning March 14.
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Politics

Section 144 imposed at Bhopal airport, pilot named ‘Digvijay Singh’ to fly in Scindia camp MLAs from Bengaluru

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier this week, Congress bigwig Jyotiraditya Scindia had quit the Congress party along with 22 lawmakers who tendered their resignation from the party.
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News Reports

Dainik Bhaskar publishes fake interview of Finland PM Sanna Marin on its portal, deletes after confronted by Finnish government

OpIndia Staff -
Dainik Bhaskar’s DB Post published an exclusive interview of Finnish PM Sanna Marin by a freelance journalist that never took place
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi repeats his Doklam, Rafale stunts again, attacks Modi govt over coronavirus while admitting he is ‘no expert’ on what has to be...

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Ever since the deadly coronavirus outbreak occurred, the Indian government has been extremely proactive in handling the ongoing crisis and has taken effective steps to ensure that the contagious virus is contained to make sure that virus does not spread.
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Social Media

Twitter locks OpIndia-Hindi for reporting stories of Hindu victims of Delhi riots, calls it ‘hateful conduct’

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As per Twitter, writing about the fate of 10 Hindus who had to face the brunt in the Delhi anti-Hindu riots is 'hateful conduct'.
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News Reports

Coronavirus outbreak: BCCI postpones IPL till April 15, Delhi govt bans all sports events and social gatherings

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Health Minister Satyender Jain said that the Delhi government has sufficient facilities to deal with the pandemic but emphasised on the need for home quarantine.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Govt issues order releasing Farooq Abdullah from preventive detention

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Farooq Abdullah released from detention.
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Opinions

The foul anti-India propaganda of Al Jazeera needs to stop

Abhinav Khare -
We neeed to stop Al Jazeera’s foul propaganda against India. It is nothing but a biased Islamic Supremacist narrative of Mostefa Souag!
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Government and Policy

PM Modi proposes a joint strategy of SAARC nations to counter Coronavirus scare, many nations welcome proposal

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Asserting that South Asia is home to a sizeable chunk of the global population, PM Modi exhorted the SAARC countries to leave no stone unturned to ensure the health and well-being of their people.
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News Reports

Coronavirus to RSS: As ED and Delhi police tighten the knot around funding and planning of anti-CAA riots, ‘activists’ start calling to end Shaheen...

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Mander has claimed that Shaheen Bagh protest was used as a trigger by the RSS and its affiliates to propagate vilification of Muslims, of which Delhi riots were the direct consequence.
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News Reports

‘Modi hai to mumkin hai’: Congress leader Jitu Patwari hails PM Modi as Sensex recovers after Friday morning crash

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Many people on Twitter contemplated whether Jitu Patwari is also planning to jump the ship
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Fake sanitiser factories busted in Mumbai

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The FDA authorities in Maharashtra raided a factory making fake hand sanitizers on Thursday.
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News Reports

As 22 MLAs ditch Kamal Nath, the MP CM writes to Governor alleging horse-trading of MLAs by BJP, requests floor test in assembly

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Kamal Nath govt in MP is at the brink of collapse after the resignation of Jyotiraditya Scindia, following which 22 MLAs resigned
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Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did Coronavirus spread in Italy due to a Pakistani or due to ‘hug a Chinese’ campaign?

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With the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus in Italy, social media has been abuzz with news that the patient zero in Italy has been identified as a Pakistani immigrant who refused to self-isolate.
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News Reports

Vast Burial pits dug in Iran’s Qom due to massive coronavirus casualties now visible from the space

OpIndia Staff -
A senior analyst from Maxar Technologies revealed that the excavation work undertaken at the site in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak was clearly different from the burial practices of the past.
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News Reports

US President Donald Trump to not undergo coronavirus test after meeting infected Brazilian official

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"Both the president and vice president had almost no interactions with the individual who tested positive and do not require being tested at this time", said Stephanie Grisham.
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News Reports

Unnao case: Kuldeep Singh Sengar sent to 10 years imprisonment for murder of rape victim’s father

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A Delhi Court has sentenced all convicts including expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar to 10 years imprisonment for murder of the Unnao rape victim's father.
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News Reports

Delhi riots: Police on high alert ahead of Friday prayers, security tightened around ‘sensitive’ places

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On Wednesday, home minister Amit Shah had informed in the parliament that 700 FIRs have been registered and more than 2,600 people arrested based on evidence.
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News Reports

Hindu family in Meerut plans to leave the village after Muslim neighbours kill their pet dog, harass them: Report

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Ramcharitra's family have alleged that Shabbir's family had beaten their pet dog to death and have been harassing them.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: 76-year-old who died in Karnataka had COVID-19, relatives had shifted him to private hospital without doctor’s knowledge

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A 76-year-old man from Karnataka's Kalaburagi became the first victim of the deadly pandemic in India.
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Economy and Finance

Sensex plunges during initial trading, trading halted in Nifty for 45 minutes after it hits lower circuit limit

OpIndia Staff -
The Sensex has plunged to 3090.62 points and is currently under 30,000 points at 29,687.52.
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News Reports

Former Chief Election Commission SY Quraishi wishes PM Modi gets infected with coronavirus

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Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi on Thursday indirectly wished that Prime Minister Modi be tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus that has now become a global pandemic.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife tests positive

OpIndia Staff -
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife has tested positive for coronavirus.
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News Reports

There is a conspiracy behind Delhi riots, money came from abroad and rest of the country for it: Home Minister Amit Shah

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Money came from abroad and rest of the country for Delhi riots and was distributed in Delhi before riots: Home Minister Amit Shah
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News Reports

‘Journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai fumes as Zee News editor Sudhir Chaudhary talks about ‘Land Jihad’ in Jammu on his show, gets schooled

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In his show, Sudhir Chaudhary highlighted the ‘land jihad’ using Roshni Act, and exposed the nexus of PDP and National Conference leaders with terrorists.
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