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India under Lockdown: The downsides of under-reacting were simply too scary

Abhishek Banerjee -
India is officially on lockdown for 21 days and downsides of not taking this extreme measure were too scary in the face of Coronavirus spread
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Politics

Congress leader P Chidambaram asks people to be ‘foot soldiers’ of ‘Commander’ Modi in the fight against coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
P Chidambaram proposed a 10-point plan for welfare and direct cash transfer to to poor amidst the coronavirus crisis.
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Fact-Check

Did Gujarat company ‘CoSara’ become ‘the first and only’ company to get ​license to make Covid-19 testing kits? Here are the facts

Nupur J Sharma -
Saket Gokhale tweeted a thread where he alleged that he had found evidence of "corruption and favouritism during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Opinions

P.P. Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar: The Man who transformed modern India and its trajectory

Abhinav Khare -
Just a small idea of Dr. KB Hedgewar of boys playing together in a playground developed world’s largest cadre-based voluntary organization.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Director of AltNews Nirjhari Sinha shares old picture to protest against PM Modi’s call to stay home amidst coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
Nirjhari Sinha posted an old photo from 2016 to express her disapproval of PM Modi's announcement of total lockdown even as the spread of coronavirus in India enters a crucial phase
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Government and Policy

The Taliban-US treaty: Will it sound the death knell for Pakistan?

Lt Gen Abhay Krishna -
Pakistan must bear in mind that US withdrawal post-signing of US-Taliban peace accord, has actually not solved any existing problem. It has rather left open a Pandora’s box of troubles for both Islamabad and the Kabul Government.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Election Commission of India allows the usage of its special indelible ink for home quarantine stamps

OpIndia Staff -
Election Commission allowed use of indelible ink on those who are quarantined by the health authorities.
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News Reports

Jamia professor fails 15 non-Muslim students for supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Abrar Ahmad, a professor in Jamia Millia Islamia, posted on Twitter that he failed 15 students who supported the passage of Citizenship Amendment Act
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath self-isolates after journalist present at his last presser tests Covid-19 positive

OpIndia Staff -
The March 20 press conference was attended by many Congress leaders, former ministers, dignitaries, and journalists.
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Opinions

Who is an ‘intellectual’ and why is he so frustrated

Guest Author -
The desire for asymmetrical treatment though sits uneasily with their desire to speak for the subaltern, is not external to intellectual labour but is deeply embedded in it.
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News Reports

Britain: Prince Charles tests positive for Coronavirus, moves to Scotland

OpIndia Staff -
Britain's coronavirus death toll has risen to 422. Over 8000 people have been infected so far.
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News Reports

China deploys dozens of underwater drones in the Indian Ocean Region, Indian navy alerted: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh in the month of December had confirmed that the Navy forces had chased away Chinese oceanic research vessel Shi Yan-1 after it was found indulging in suspicious activity near the strategically located Andaman and Nicobar archipelago.
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Social Media

Watch these videos of Covidiots that can keep you entertained during the national Coronavirus Lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Muslims have continued to cite Islam in the context of Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak, defying social distancing norms
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Social Media Fact-Check

Caravan editor spreads fake news, claims Coronavirus tests are not free in India

OpIndia Staff -
Caravan editor Vinod K Jose claimed that while Coronavirus tests are free or very cheap in other countries, it is ₹4500 in India
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Social Media

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi pass off social-distancing picture from Gujarat as that from Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi today took to Twitter to share an image of social distancing being practiced. People in the picture were standing on circles which were drawn away from one other.
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News Reports

Watch: Indian Doctor who has not seen his 2-month-old daughter for weeks urges people to stay home, breaks down on camera

OpIndia Staff -
Doctor Sanjay Kumar has urged people to help the doctors in curbing the spread the of coronavirus by following lockdown orders and staying at their homes
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 33-year-old with no foreign travel history tests positive for coronavirus, contact transmission confirmed

OpIndia Staff -
The ICMR had already confirmed earlier that in India, coronavirus is at Stage 2, which means local transmission.
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News Reports

Brazil President gives up on lockdown, says normal life should resume as their country is younger and warmer than Italy

OpIndia Staff -
Brazilian President Bolsonaro diminished threat posed by the novel coronavirus by citing the country's younger population and warmer climate
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News Reports

Afghanistan: Suicide bombers attack Gurudwara in Kabul, 150 held hostage, some rescued

OpIndia Staff -
Armed terrorists and suicide bombers attacked a Gurudwara in Shor Bazar area in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday morning.
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News Reports

India locked down: This is how the police and administration is ensuring 1.3 billion people maintain social distancing amidst coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
The world's largest democracy announced a total lockdown of 21 days starting midnight on 25 March, 2020 in a bid to curb the spread of Wuhan coronavirus.
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News Reports

I did not test for COVID-19, but it is ‘extremely likely’ that I had it. Now I have basically recovered: Globetrotting climate ‘activist’ Greta...

OpIndia Staff -
Greta has further written that in Sweden, one cannot get tested for coronavirus unless they are in the need for emergency medical care and anyone feeling ill is advised to stay at home and isolate themselves.
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Government and Policy

Coronavirus: Commerce Ministry bans export of Hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug showing promise as an effective treatment in COVID-19 cases

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, the National Task Force COVID-19 constituted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had recommended the use of hydroxy-chloroquine for high-risk cases, as a preventive measure against COVID-19.
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News Reports

Taiwan wrote to WHO on 31st December asking about human-to-human spread, WHO ignored under Chinese pressure: Here is what Taiwan says

OpIndia Staff -
It now emerges that on the 31st of December, Taiwan had written to the WHO (World Health Organisation) raising questions about the human-to-human contact aspect of the virus and the WHO had summarily ignored Taiwan.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Telangana Chief Minister says shoot at sight orders may be issued for violators

OpIndia Staff -
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that if the violators continue to defy the prohibitory orders during the lockdown, then his government will have no other option but to issue shoot at sight orders and call in the army.
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News Reports

Punjab: 90,000 NRI have landed in the state in 1 month, many showing Coronavirus symptoms, health minister seeks urgent help from centre

OpIndia Staff -
Over 90,000 NRIs have landed in Punjab in a month. The state had declared lockdown after the first coronavirus death.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: 37-year-old Australian woman comes to meet her 17-year-old lover, gets quarantined by authorities

OpIndia Staff -
The state of Uttarakhand has been under lockdown since March 22. The Australian woman was sent to quarantine in Haldwani.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Special flight carrying 277 Indians from Iran lands in New Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
277 Indians rescued from Iran amidst coronavirus outbreak.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Ram Lalla idol shifted to temporary structure till construction of Bhavya Ram Mandir is complete

OpIndia Staff -
On first day of Chaitra Navratri, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath shifted the Ram Lalla idol to a temporary structure near Manas Bhawan in Ram Janmabhoomi premises.
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Government and Policy

India goes under a 21-day lockdown to fight Coronavirus: Here are the services and essential commodities that will continue to be available

OpIndia Staff -
A national lockdown has been announced across the country by Prime Minister Modi starting at midnight.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Two new cases reported in West Bengal today taking the total count to 8 in the state

OpIndia Staff -
The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal announced a complete lockdown in the state till 31 March to control Coronavirus
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Government and Policy

Coronavirus: PM Narendra Modi announces country-wide lockdown from 12 AM, 1.3B people to stay home for 21 days

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Modi announced the national lockdown in his second address to the country regarding the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic on the 24th of March.
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News Reports

‘He began licking my hands, sucking it’, new allegations surface against Presidency University student who wanted to frame ‘BJP supporters’

OpIndia Staff -
Allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct are mounting against SFI member Malyaban Ganguly of Presidency University, Kolkata.
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News Reports

Doctor whose tweets about availability of protective gear for doctors were promoted by Rahul Gandhi admits spreading fake news, deletes account

K Bhattacharjee -
Dr. Kamna Kakkar from PGIMS, Rohtak, claimed that doctors were not being provided masks and gloves by the authorities.
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News Reports

No new Wuhan Coronavirus cases reported in Delhi in the last 40 hours, CM Arvind Kejriwal announces Rs 5,000 each to all construction workers

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi had reported about 30 positive cases of Coronavirus thus far with one patient succumbing to the novel virus
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News Reports

Coronavirus lockdown: Muslims in Meerut create ruckus after being stopped from offering namaz in mosques during Sunday’s Janta curfew

OpIndia Staff -
The SSP reportedly stated that no one was allowed to gather and pray in the mosques, claiming that the decision was taken keeping in view the safety of people.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: 11,108 people quarantined in Gujarat, 21 FIRs lodged against those who are not cooperating even as state registers 33 confirmed cases

OpIndia Staff -
Jayanthi Ravi claimed that an additional 27000 people are being surveyed as they have a recent travel history from abroad. Four senior officials have been appointed for the Surat region, Ahmedabad region, Rajkot region and Vadodara region to look after the COVID-19 cases.
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Media

Coronavirus: Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint republishes five-days old article claiming that Singapore has recorded zero Covid-19 deaths

OpIndia Staff -
Two days after Singapore reported two fatalities due to coronavirus, Shekhar Gupta's ThePrint publishes misleading news
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News Reports

Coronavirus: ICMR study finds that social distancing can reduce cases up to 62%, one Indian capable of infecting 4 others

OpIndia Staff -
ICMR study found that “epidemic” in India was inevitable and effective screening could have delayed first 1,000 cases by 45 days at the max
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News Reports

Indian Navy keeps warships mission deployed, tracking movements of Pakistani and Chinese vessels while land facilities help battle coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Navy surveillance ships are continuously tracking movement of Chinese and Pakistani Navy ships from the Red Sea through to Malacca Straits in the Indian Ocean Region
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OpIndia Explains

Chinese man’s death by Hantavirus causes furore. Here is all you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
Even as the world is struggling to curb the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus, the Hantavirus has surfaced in China.
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News Reports

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds a press conference, announces a number of economic measures amidst coronavirus scare

OpIndia Staff -
In a bid to provide relief to the importers and exporters, customs clearance has now been deemed as an essential service that will continue its operations 24/7 until June 30, 2020.
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News Reports

WHO hails India, says the country has a tremendous capacity to combat the coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
The World Health Organization has praised India for its prompt actions against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic which has claimed over 17,000 lives worldwide.
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News Reports

Pune: 87 people sent into quarantine after coming in contact with a COVID-19 patient

OpIndia Staff -
A 41-year-old Anganwadi worker in Panshet region of Velha tehsil was tested positive for the novel coronavirus and remains on ventilator support
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Editor's picks

A doctor​ from Rohtak spreads panic regarding masks and PPEs, Rahul Gandhi furthers the narrative: Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
One Dr. Kamna Kakkar, a doctor at PGIMS, Rohtak claimed that doctors were not being provided with N95 masks and gloves by the authorities.
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News Reports

Coronavirus fight: RSS Swayamsevaks help create awareness, distribute masks, provide meals and help authorities

OpIndia Staff -
An RSS functionary said, "Whenever there has been a natural calamity or a disaster, the volunteers have always helped the society deal with it."
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Social Media Fact-Check

Coronavirus: AltNews founder, Shekhar Gupta and others spread unverified claims by a fake twitter account

OpIndia Staff -
Self-proclaimed fact-checker AltNews founder Pratik Sinha and ThePrint chief Shekhar Gupta today retweeted a tweet from a fake account, thereby spreading misinformation to millions amidst coronavirus outbreak.
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News Reports

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries sets up India’s first dedicated Covid-19 hospital in Mumbai, donates Rs 5 crores to CM’s Relief Fund

OpIndia Staff -
RIL has made this hospital in collaboration with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
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Social Media

Watch: As Haryana goes into state-wide lockdown, SP tweets video showing ‘full tyari’ of how they plan to enforce the law

OpIndia Staff -
Haryana has extended its lockdown to the entire state, which will be effective from March 24 midnight.
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News Reports

Haryana: 11 Italians quarantined after travelling with a Coronavirus positive patient recover after 20 days treatment, released

OpIndia Staff -
All these 14 suspected Wuhan Coronavirus cases were admitted to the hospital on March 4
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News Reports

Kerala: State-run liquor outlets operate unabated amidst extensive lockdown during the coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan defended his decision of allowing state-run liquor outlets to operate by claiming the dearth of alcohol in the state can have untoward consequences
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