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8 polio workers including 4 women killed in Afghanistan, UN issues statement: Details

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Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only 2 countries where polio hasn't yet been eradicated.
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‘The International Space Station can crash on USA, Europe, even on India or China’: Russia space chief reacts to Biden’s sanctions

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On February 24, hours after Russia started a full-scale military operation in Ukraine, Biden had addressed a strongly-worded presser, asserting that the sanctions the USA brings will adversely affect Russia's technological advancements and will affect their space program too.
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World

‘Russian warship, go f*ck yourself’: Ukrainian soldiers on Snake island respond to Russian warning before being killed in a strike

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The Ukrainian soldiers were responding to the Russian call for surrender amidst the escalation of hostilities between the two countries
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News Reports

‘Padh to lete’: SP gets excited by a picture of Akhilesh Yadav waving at the crowd, forgets to read text critical of the party...

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The Twitter handle of Samajwadi Party shared a post writing “Akhilesh is coming on March 10” (Translated from Hindi).
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News Reports

Russia bans British airlines from using its airspace in retaliation to UK’s ban on Aeroflot

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Rosaviatsiya - Russia's civil aviation authority said that they have banned all flights originating from the United Kingdom and transit flights from landing on Russian soil from Friday.
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World

Five months after taking over Afghanistan by brute force and establishing Sharia rule, Taliban calls for restraint in Russia-Ukraine conflict

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Condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Taliban urged the two sides to exercise restraint and use dialogue to solve the conflict
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News Reports

Malaysia: How a Hindu mother fought for custody of her minor children, who were converted to Islam ‘unilaterally’

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The conversion was 'unilateral' as the children were minors and the consent of Loh Siew Hong was not sought.
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News Reports

Justice Chandrachud led Supreme Court bench says no to central forces deployment in West Bengal local polls

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The Supreme Court bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Surya Kant dismissed the special leave petition filed by the BJP leaders against the decision of the Calcutta High Court.
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OpIndia Explains

Did you know: Russia had sold Alaska to the USA in 1867 for just 2 cents per acre of land

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Alaska, which is now the 49th state of the United States of America, was originally a part of the Russian Empire.
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News Reports

Should temples continue to be under govt? Madras HC asks while quashing FIR against activist, calls to revive the glory of temples: Full details

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Questioning the condition of thousands of temples that are facing negligence, the Madurai Bench of the Madras HC asked whether they should continue to be under the thumb of the government.
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World

‘India is evacuating students stuck in Ukraine but Pakistan is not doing anything’: Pakistani students stranded in Ukraine slam Imran Khan government

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Speaking to ARY news channel, a Pakistani student bewailed over the Imran Khan government's indifference to their predicament
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News Reports

‘Khalistan Zindabad’ slogans raised in the presence of Punjab police in Bathinda: Read full details

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In the rally, several pro-Khalistani elements were seen waving purported Khalistan flags and shouting "Khalistan Zindabad" slogans as they took out a march for the deceased actor.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Income Tax dept searches premises of Shiv Sena Corporator Yashwant Jadhav, BJP exposes links of money laundering and corruption

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The Income Tax department on Friday raided the premises of Shiv Sena Corporator and Standing Committee Chairman of Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Yashwant Jadhav.
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Crime

Kerala: Mentally challenged girl raped in front of her paralysed mother in Malappuram, accused Shihab arrested

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The mentally challenged girl was grabbed by the attacker Shihab and was brutally raped in front of her mother who is bedridden due to sickness.
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News Reports

Conflict of interest, allegations of campaign against The Kashmir Files and more: What Vivek Agnihotri said exposing Anupama Chopra

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On Thursday, Vivek Agnihotri released a video on Youtube exposing the concerted campaign being carried out against him by movie critic Anupama Chopra and her organisation - "Film Companion".
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News Reports

Two years on, scars of Delhi riots remain fresh for the family of Ratan Lal, children decorate house with father’s sketches to fill the...

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Delhi Police head constable Ratan Lal was killed by an Islamic mob in the Wazirabad Road, Chand Bagh on 24 February, 2020 while he was on duty, trying to prevent violence.
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News Reports

137 dead after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Zelensky laments being ‘left all alone’: Details

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Earlier on Thursday (February 24), Russian President Vladimir Putin announced limited “military operations” against Ukraine.
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News Reports

Russia-Ukraine war: Hours after Imran Khan meets Putin, US Federal Reserve imposes $55 million fine on National Bank of Pakistan

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As per the US Federal Reserve's order, the deficiencies were related to anti-money laundering (AML) compliance and the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) of the US.
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News Reports

Russian forces seize control of Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine warns off another ecological disaster

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Ukrainian govt has confirmed that Russian forces have captured the nuclear power plant site at Chernobyl
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Modi-Putin phone call: PM Modi appeals for immediate cessation of violence, expresses concern for safety of Indian citizens in Ukraine

OpIndia Staff -
PM Narendra Modi expressed concerns over safety of Indian citizens in Ukraine while talking to Russian President Putin
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Taiwan says 9 Chinese Air Force planes entered its air zone amidst Chinese media talking about requiring Russian support on Taiwan issue

OpIndia Staff -
Ministry of National Defense in Taiwan said that at least nine Chinese military aircraft have flown into its airspace
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News Reports

Indian government trying to rescue every Indian in Ukraine after issuing multiple advisories to leave the country in the lead up to the war

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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that it is taking measures to bring back around 18,000 Indians from Ukraine
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News Reports

One school was used to launch petrol bombs using a grand catapult, another was ruined: The state of two schools two years after Delhi...

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Two schools in northeast Delhi had become the centers of discussions during the Delhi riots in 2020
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After the arrest of Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil says more ED probes coming in the next 2-3 days

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BJP leader Kirit Somaiya released a list of 12 probable MVA leaders on whom ED enquiries could take place
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World

Are US-run biological labs in Ukraine one of the reasons behind Russia invasion? Read how Russian govt had raised ‘bioweapons’ alarm

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Russia has accused US and Ukraine of developing bioweapons close to its borders.
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News Reports

As Russia invades Ukraine, here is how Vajpayee govt was right in conducting nuclear tests despite criticism by opposition

OpIndia Staff -
Congress and Left had critcised the Pokharan nuclear tests, importance of which have been realised after Russia invaded Ukraine
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News Reports

HC dismisses application challenging plea seeking FIRs against Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur for ‘hate speech’ during Delhi anti-Hindu riots

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The court was hearing an intervention application on behalf of a lawyer in a pending case filed by Shaikh Mujtaba Farooq, who sought the registration of an FIR and investigation against BJP officials Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, Parvesh Verma, and Abhay Verma
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News Reports

Did you know: Ukraine had condemned India after the 1998 Nuclear tests

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As Ukraine seeks India's help now, it was one of those countries that had opposed India's nuclear tests in 1998
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News Reports

Hijab as ‘choice’: When 15 girls were left to die in a raging fire just because they were not ‘appropriately dressed’

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In 2002, 15 Muslim school girls died as they were not allowed to escape a burning school building by Religious Police for not wearing hijab, rescuers were not allowed to help them because 'touching' women was not allowed.
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News Reports

Ukraine President Zelenskyy offers weapons to civilians, says anyone can take arms and defend the country

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Before Russia launched the full-scale invasion, President Putin had asked Ukrainian soldiers to lay down weapons and go home to their families.
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News Reports

From being concerned about India’s judicial process as Russia started a war to Ukranian Ambassador’s speech: How UN is losing its significance

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The Ukrainian Ambassador to UN blasted the Ambassador of Russia for launching the attack on his country
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News Reports

Ukraine requests PM Modi to intervene and hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end military operation

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Ukrainian Ambassador Igor Polikha said India has a special relationship with Russia, and given PM Modi's status, Putin may listen to him.
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World

Pakistani minister says Imran Khan will still meet Putin in Moscow but in private, earlier reports said he is returning home without the meeting

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Pakistani federal minister Fawad Hussain denied reports that Imran Khan is returning from Moscow without meeting Putin
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News Reports

Amritdhari Sikh girl asked to remove turban in Mount Carmel school, Bengaluru, after Muslim students protested over hijab: Details

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The Deputy Director of Pre-university education (north) said that he found a group of Muslim girls, who demanded that no girls should be allowed to wear their religious symbols and therefore the Sikh girl also should not be allowed to wear the turban.
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News Reports

Was a BSP worker burnt alive in Gorakhpur? UP police initiate action against Twitter users spreading fake news: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
On February 24, while replying to a post spreading fake news about Gorakhpur, UP Police Fact Check said the incident mentioned in the post was not from Uttar Pradesh but from Bihar.
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News Reports

Delhi HC orders Audrey Truschke to take down defamatory tweets against Vikram Sampath: TheWire, Sharjeel Imam and more, what happened in court

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"Vikram Sampath has made a prime Facie case. The case puts apprehensions in our mind that you want to sensationalise!" Delhi HC said while slamming Truschke's lawyer
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News Reports

Ukraine says Russian troops attacked border units with help from Belarus: Details

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The Russian troops crossed Belarus to enter Ukraine from North, said Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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US truckers launch ‘People’s Convoy’ journey to Washington DC in protest of Covid-19 mandates

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US Truckers follow Canada model, launch 'People's convoy' to Washington DC to protest against Covid restrictions.
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‘We have to live amongst the Muslims, cannot speak against them’: Two years on, Delhi anti-Hindu riots have left an unsettling silence

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It's been 2 years since anti-Hindu riots shook Delhi, Delhi but the pain of losing their loved ones still haunts kins of victims
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Crime

Two more accused arrested Bajrang Dal activist Harsha murder case, total 8 arrested so far

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Addressing a press conference on the murder of the Bajrang Dal activist, SP Laxmi Prasad added that few eyewitnesses testified that Harsha was chased and killed by the accused who approached him in a car.
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News Reports

Ukraine air space closed amid air attack from Russia: Air India flight sent to evacuate students turned back towards Delhi

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After Ukraine took a decision to block civilian flights in its airspace, Air India flight AI1947 is returning to Delhi
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Social Media

Twitter arbitrarily suspends popular Right Wing accounts over alleged ‘violations’

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Twitter continues to have its pro-leftist and pro-Islamist bias as those accounts get away scot-free despite series of abusive tweets and doxxing of individuals, putting those who do not agree with them in danger.
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News Reports

Ex-head of Amnesty India Aakar Patel calls for targeted harassment of EAM S Jaishankar’s family members, Pakistani propagandist joins in

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Aakar Patel targeted EAM S Jaishankar's brother saying that he is a professor 'preaching' liberalism in California with no pressure to oppose "what his family is doing to Muslims in India."
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News Reports

Putin tells Ukrainian soldiers to lay down arms and go home, warns NATO and USA not to interfere

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Russian President urged asked Ukrainian soldiers to lay down arms, and go back home to their families.
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World

Explosions seen in Ukraine minutes after Putin declares war live on tv, read details

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Notably, United Nations Security Council was holding a meeting in New York at the same time and the members had pleaded Putin not to initiate the attack.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: NCP leader Nawab Malik remanded to ED custody till March 3 in PMLA case

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NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik has been remanded to the enforcement directorate custody till 3rd March 2022
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News Reports

Court orders The Wire to take down 14 articles against Bharat Biotech and Covaxin, not to publish any more defamatory reports

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A court in Telangana has ordered The Wire to take down 14 articles it had published against Bharat Biotech
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Two years of Delhi riots: Businesses in the building of key conspirator Tahir Hussain running smoothly while Hindus in the area selling their houses

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The building of the former corporator of AAP Tahir Hussain was the center of the conspiracy of Delhi riots
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Karnataka hijab row: HC Chief Justice reiterates the ban on religious dresses in colleges where uniform is prescribed, the order applies only to students

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Karnataka HC says hijab ban apply to all colleges where uniform is prescribed, but it does not apply to teachers
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US Citizen and Kannada actor Chetan Kumar arrested for questioning the credibility of Karnataka HC Judge Krishna Dixit to hear the hijab row

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Kannada actor Chetan Kumar arrested after he asked whether HC judge Krishna Dixit has clarity to hear the hijab case
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