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Uttar Pradesh: Two families name their newborns ‘Lockdown’ and ‘Corona’

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The babies were named 'Corona' and 'Lockdown' with the hope that they would remind people about taking precautions
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China deliberately glossed over the magnitude of Wuhan coronavirus outbreak: US Intelligence report

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According to the report, heaps of thousands of urns outside funeral homes in Hubei province have seeded doubts about China's real tally of those who have perished from the virus.
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Not a single Railway passenger lost their life due to train accidents in the last 12 months: Railway Minister

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In 2019-20, the railways have recorded zero deaths, while the last year 2018-19, the railways recorded 16 deaths
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Coronavirus pandemic: Worst may be over for Italy as the number of deaths show a declining trend

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The number of new coronavirus cases, serious cases and Covid-19 deaths in Italy suggest that the pandemic is on the wane
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Coronavirus: Gita Ramjee, an eminent South African virologist of Indian origin succumbs to the infection taking the death toll in the country to 5

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Gita Ramjee had returned from London a week ago but reportedly showed no symptoms of COVID-19
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Over one-third of total coronavirus positive cases in India linked to the Tablighi Jamaat

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Number of Novel coronavirus cases spiked yesterday mainly because of the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin area
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Social Media Fact-Check

Journalist Sakshi Joshi claims that Tirumala Tirupati temple was quietly shut after the Tablighi Jamaat congregation was caught: Here is how she is wrong

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Sakshi's claims that Tirumala Tirupati temple had slyly shut in the backdrop of the Nizamuddin clampdown is a complete fabrication of facts
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Coronavirus outbreak: After spitting on the road, Tablighi Jamaat members kept in quarantine centres throw tantrums, abuse officials and spit on doctors

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Earlier yesterday, these members of Tablighi Jamaat were found spitting out on road while being transported to quarantine centres
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FIRs filed against The Wire Founder-Editor Siddharth Varadarajan for spreading fake news about Yogi Adityanath

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UP govt said that as Varadarajan neither deleted the false article and nor apologised, actions are being taken against him and FIR filed
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Scientists identify at least eight strains of coronavirus from over 2,000 genetic sequences

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The Coronavirus samples from all over the world showed that the virus is taking on an average of 15 days for mutation
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When Congress tried to use Ramayana’s popularity on Doordarshan to win elections: Watch video

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Congress party had tried to cash in on the huge popularity of Ramayana star Arun Govil to win elections in 1980s
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Crime

Indore: Medical team that had gone to check a coronavirus suspect assaulted, pelted with stones, police team attacked too

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A medical team that had gone to check on a patient with suspected coronavirus symptoms was attacked and pelted with stones in Indore's Tatpatti Bhakhal.
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan invites Pakistani youth to do a ‘jihad’ against coronavirus

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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has invited Pakistani youth to join 'jihad' against coronavirus.
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Tipplers fall for April Fool prank in Karnataka town, line up in front of liquor shops after social media messages said they will open...

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People in the town queued up hoping to purchase some liquor unaware of the fact that it is April fool day.
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Four more Tablighi Jamaat attendees test positive in Assam, state tally 0 to 5 in less than a day, may cross double-digits by evening

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Assam went from zero to 5 cases of COVID-19 in less than 24 hours, all were attendees at the Tablighi Jamaat event.
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News Reports

United Nations Secretary-General terms COVID-19 as ‘worst crisis’ in 75 years of UN history, equates the pandemic to World War II

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UN Secretary General said Covid-19 pandemic can lead to a recession that probably has no parallel in the recent past.
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News Reports

From skits to hiring artists and dressing them up as coronavirus, police officials employ innovative means to create awareness about the threat posed by...

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Police officials across the country are coming with creative initiatives to educate people on the safety measures to be followed amidst coronavirus lockdown
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Telangana: 20-year-old Engineering student sets herself ablaze fearing Chinese COVID-19 infection

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Rahul Hegde, the Superintendent of Police of Rajanna Siricilla said that prima facie, it was evident that Sravanthi had committed suicide fearing that she might have contracted COVID-19.
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Delhi’s state cancer institute shut after a doctor tested positive of Coronavirus

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The Delhi State Cancer Institute has been shut to suspend the hospital’s out-patient clinics for the purpose of sanitizing the premises after one of its doctors has been tested positive for coronavirus.
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Coronavirus Outbreak: Banks start rolling out EMI moratorium scheme, know the details and impacts

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If EMI moratorium is availed, total interest payable on the loan will go up, resulting in an increase in the number of EMIs to be paid
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Crime

Ahmednagar: Health officials seeking contact tracing of Tablighi Jamaat attendees assaulted on the suspicion of collecting information for CAA/NPR, 3 arrested

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Health officials in Ahmednagar were involved in contact tracing after 2 Markas attendees in the town were tested positive for the COVID-19
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Entertainment

Reel life ‘Lord Ram’ Arun Govil appeals to people to stay at home and follow PM Modi’s guidelines

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Days after Doordarshan started to telecast Ramanand Sagar's 1987 television series Ramayan, actor Arun Govil, who played the lead role of 'Lord Raam', appealed to everyone to abide by the rules and follow PM Modi's guideline in view of the Coronavirus outbreak.
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Rajasthan: Mass gathering at Sarwar Dargah despite lockdown orders, 6 persons arrested after clashes with police

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The crowd present in the Dargah reportedly clashed with police. 6 persons were arrested.
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Bullets in Bihar, stone-pelting in Gujarat: Police face challenges in locating Tablighi Jamaatis

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Police personnel were attacked in Bihar and Gujarat as they went searching for those who had attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi in March.
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Maulana Saad, head of the Markaz decided to vacate the masjid only after the intervention of NSA Ajit Doval: Reports

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It has been reported that Maulana Saad, head of Nizamuddin Markaz and other Muslims living inside the Nizamuddin Dargah did not vacate the virus-infected locality on Delhi police's request, resulting in Home Minister Amit Shah deploying NSA Ajit Doval.
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Coronavirus: Authorities begin a ‘manhunt’ to trace Tablighi Jamaat attendees as Nizamuddin’s Markaz emerges as hotspot for COVID-19, countrywide raids underway

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Many of the foreign nationals who had attended the event were found 'hiding' in mosques at various parts of the country.
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Editor's picks

Islamists who organised anti-CAA ‘protests’ stand in solidarity with Tablighi Jamaat super-spreaders, demand FIR be revoked calling it ‘Islamophobia’

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An FIR had been lodged against Tablighi Jamaat management for organising the congregation and housing thousands pf people at a time when orders against mass-gatherings were already in place due to the coronavirus threat.
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Within months of exporting Wuhan Coronavirus, China reopens wet markets selling bats, dogs, cats

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It is believed that the Wuhan Coronavirus spread to human from bats in wet markets in Huanan in in China's Wuhan
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Media Fact-Check

To whitewash Tablighi Jamaat’s deeds, Founder-Editor of The Wire spreads fake news about Yogi Adityanath

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The Wire's report has very explicitly attributed the fake quote to Yogi Adityanath.
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News Reports

Tablighi Jamaat committed a ‘Talibani crime’, their sin is unpardonable: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

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Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi lashes out on Tablighi Jamaat holding congregation despite government orders restricting huge gatherings amidst coronavirus outbreak
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‘The killer coronavirus probably originated from a laboratory in Wuhan’, claims research paper published by Chinese scientists

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According to the Chinese research paper, the only place those particular bats existed locally was inside a research facility which was just several hundred yards from the Wuhan wet market. The paper strongly concluded that the coronavirus pandemic had likely been the result of a leak from the lab.
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French Church’s mega congregation in February linked to over 2500 cases of coronavirus across 4 countries

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An evangelical church in Mulhouse, France organized an event in mid-February that has now been linked to at least 2500 cases of corona virus across four countries.
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Coronavirus: No N95 masks or critical PPEs are being exported, govt allays fears in wake of claims on social media

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On 29 March, India supplied 90 tonnes of medical protective equipment to Serbia to help the country in fighting the Chinese coronavirus outbreak.
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Andaman and Nicobar: COVID-19 positive patients who had attended Tablighi Jamat event in Delhi misleading police over contact history, FIR lodged

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The two Tablighi Jamat attendees, named Farzand Ali and S Rehman have been reportedly giving deliberate false information to the police over the persons they have met and places they had visited.
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Coronavirus: Over 130 from Pune attended Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi’s Nizamuddin, 60 traced, many untraceable

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Over 130 people from Pune had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in New Delhi's Nizamuddin which has emerged as the latest hotspot for the contagion in India.
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West Bengal: Mamata govt acknowledged the issue of sub-standard PPE gears on social media platform but illegally detained doctor for pointing it out

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The doctor was reportedly released only after he posted a Tweet praising the government.
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Delhi Police writes to Delhi govt demanding immediate action against 157 foreign nationals at Tablighi Jamaat, had warned them to vacate mosque, releases video

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In the video, the SHO can be heard warning the organisers for allowing 1,500- 2,000 Muslims to stay inside the Markaz despite repetitive directives and warnings.
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Delhi Police registers FIR against Tablighi Jamaat’s Maulana Saad and others under the Epidemic Act

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Delhi police registered FIR against Maulana Saad of Tablighi Jamaat and others under section 3 of The Epidemic Diseases Act (1897)
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‘If 70,000 angels cannot save you, how can a doctor?’ preached the Maulana of Markaz, Nizamuddin amidst Coronavirus outbreak

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The Maulana of Markaz, Nizamuddin declared the suggestions given by health experts to be a conspiracy against Islam.
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Media

Rajdeep Sardesai falsely claims Rahul Gandhi was ‘probably’ the first politician to raise alarm over Coronavirus: Here are the facts

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Propagandist-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai created quite a stir on social media after claiming that Rahul Gandhi was 'probably' the first national politician to warn about the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.
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50 new positive Coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu linked to the Tablighi Jamaat event at Delhi: Tamil Nadu Health Secretary

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The Tamil Nadu government raised an alarm over the Tablighi Jamaat congregation after many tested positive for Coronavirus
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Meerut: 14 people hiding in a Maulana’s house arrested, had attended Tablighi Jamaat event amidst​ Coronavirus spread

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The Maulana of a mosque in Kashi village of Meerut hid the 14 people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in his house
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Assam doctor dies after consuming Hydroxychloroquine, medical superintendent says ‘not sure if death related to drug’

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Senior doctor, Utpaljit Barman reportedly died from a heart attack after he took anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine
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Jharkhand records first Coronavirus case: Malaysian woman who was part of a foreigners group hiding in Ranchi Mosque tests positive

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One of the 24 people found hiding inside a Ranchi mosque has become the first Coronavirus case in Jharkhand.
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‘You have to be someone to get insulted bro’: Chetan Bhagat slays Kunal Kamra for his disparaging remark

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Unfunny comedian Kunal Kamra, who keeps pulling stunts on Twitter to stay relevant, was today brutally shown his place by Chetan Bhagat.
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News Reports

1,746 people staying in Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz as of March 21, 441 of them showing COVID-19 symptoms: Read details

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The sheer number of gatherers at the Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz has kicked in the larger possibility of contact transmission all over India
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Rajasthan: Many people without any documented symptoms now test positive for the deadly Wuhan Coronavirus in Bhilwara, says report

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So far, the Bhilwara has had 25 confirmed COVID-19 cases with two deaths (as of March 29), and almost all of them can be traced back to a private hospital
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Muslim clerics of Tablighi Jamaat exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 found spitting out on roads from buses

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The Muslim clerics of Tablighi Jamaat suspected of suffering from COVID-19 were transported from Nizamuddin to medical centre for their treatment
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As India fights Covid-19, here is a list of prominent Hindu Temples and religious leaders helping India through donations and welfare

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In the wake of the Coronavirus crisis, numerous Hindu temples have come forward to contribute generously, both in terms of food and welfare, to help the country.
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Bigoted NGO in Karachi denies food to impoverished Pakistani Hindus and Christians, amidst Coronavirus outbreak

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Pakistani NGO Saylani Welfare Trust reportedly denied food to Pakistani Hindus and Christians amidst coronavirus outbreak
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