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Shahbaz, another accused in Bangladeshi woman gang-rape case attempts to flee, gets shot by Bengaluru police

OpIndia Staff -
The incident comes days after two of his accomplices were shot at and injured by the Bengaluru police during an escape attempt. The Bengaluru police have arrested ten people so far in connection with the case.
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Variety

When Paris was overwhelmed with decomposed human corpses and ran out of burial places: The story of the Catacombs

Sanghamitra -
The Catacombs of Paris are the image of a scary world of the dead beneath the city of lights. Six to seven million human skeletons are stored there, stacked up in underground tunnels.
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News Reports

India’s merchandise exports witnessed an increase of 67.38% in May, trade deficit narrows to an eight-month low

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India’s merchandise exports in May 2021 was USD 32.21 billion, an increase of 67.39% over May 2020 exports of USD 19.24 billion
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News Reports

#FauciLeaks: Dr Fauci was informed in early 2020 that ‘the virus looks engineered’, emails add steam to ‘lab-made pandemic’ theories

Anurag -
Dr Fauci emails obtained by US media points out to possibilities that the Covid pandemic may have originated in the Wuhan lab.
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News Reports

Samajwadi MP ST Hasan says deaths due to Covid are the result of BJP messing with Islamic Sharia laws

OpIndia Staff -
Samajwadi Party MP ST Hasan said that heavenly catastrophes like cyclones and pandemic are happening because BJP has upset Muslims during the 7 years of its rule.
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News Reports

‘Madrasas in Kerala involved in only religious activities, what is the purpose of funding them’’ Kerala HC asks Pinarayi Vijayan govt

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Kerala HC overserved that while madrasas in other states impart general education also, those in Kerala impart Islamic teachings only
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News Reports

NDTV journalist speaks the language of Pulwama terrorist, makes gaumutra jibe to mock Yogi Adityanath government in UP

OpIndia Staff -
In a conversation with Rohini Singh and Prashant Kumar, NDTV journalist Saurabh Shukla made a gaumutra jibe to ridicule UP government
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Social Media

National Herald consulting editor hosts discussion on Rahul Gandhi unfollowing Twitter accounts, this is the wisdom that came out

Nirwa Mehta -
One of the most riveting discussions on political landscape in India in recent times.
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News Reports

Ayurveda shop owner attacked with swords and stones by a group of seven men in Amritsar

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Seven men armed with swords and stones attacked Ayurveda shop owner Shamsher Singh in Amritsar, vandalised the shop
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News Reports

Anthony Fauci had argued that ‘gain-of-function’ virus experiments were worth the risk of a pandemic: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The National Institutes of Health, under which the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases functions, had reportedly funded coronavirus experiments in Wuhan, China, in the years leading up to the pandemic.
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World

Zimbabwe: ‘Prophet’ rapes a woman inside car after threatening her with a live snake

OpIndia Staff -
A self-styled prophet in Zimbabwe's Harare raped a woman who had come to offer prayers at his shrine.
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News Reports

Pakistan launches new Covid vaccine with the help of China, calls it PakVac

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong, in his address, added that Pakistan is the first country to accept the Chinese vaccine as a gift.
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Media

Lallantop plays mischief over orphaned children, uses two separate data sets to cast aspersions on Modi govt

OpIndia Staff -
Despite being called out, Lallantop has still not corrected its report
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News Reports

Scientist Peter Daszak, who funded coronavirus research in Wuhan, had thanked Dr Fauci for dismissing ‘lab origin’ theories in 2020

OpIndia Staff -
Back in April 2020, Daszak of EcoHealth Alliance, the very organisation that was carrying out 'gain of function' research in Wuhan lab had thanked Dr Fauci for dismissing 'lab origin' theories.
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News Reports

Assam: Mob that assaulted doctor, nurses after COVID patient died identified after CM took notice, here are the culprits arrested

OpIndia Staff -
A video had gone viral wherein a doctor was being assaulted by a mob after the COVID patient died
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News Reports

Muslim League moves to SC against Modi govt’s order for citizenship to persecuted minorities in 13 districts, calls it ‘back-door CAA’

OpIndia Staff -
The petition further claimed that if the applicants are granted citizenship and the Supreme Court strikes down CAA, it would be a "herculean task" and "near impossible: to take back the citizenships given.
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Social Media

Did porn star Mia Khalifa use an alt account ‘SarahJoe93’ to call for genocide of Israelis on Twitter? Here is what we know

OpIndia Staff -
Mia Khalifa entered professional porn industry in October 2014, months after 'Sarah Joe' called for genocide of Israelis on Twitter.
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Crime

Delhi: 47-year-old cleric arrested for raping a minor girl inside mosque

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, the girl had gone inside the mosque to fetch water at 10 PM. The cleric allegedly stopped her and then raped her.
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News Reports

Harsh Mander, Julio Ribeiro, Jawhar Sircar and more: Here’s the entire list of retired civil servants Hardeep Singh Puri called ‘Padhe Likhe Murkh’

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Hardeep Singh Puri slammed former civil servants for endorsing a letter that called for the halting of Central Vista Project.
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News Reports

IMA calls Ramdev anti-national who does not deserve mercy, attempts to whitewash president Jayalal’s Christian missionary comments

OpIndia Staff -
The letter from the Indian Medical Association (IMA) called Baba Ramdev a "traitor" and an "anti-national".
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Media

Netizens criticise Hospital administration after Barkha Dutt engages in vulture journalism from ICU

OpIndia Staff -
Barkha Dutt reported from inside the ICU of a hospital amidst the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

West Bengal: 600 academicians condemn post-poll violence in the state, demand SC-monitored SIT probe

OpIndia Staff -
More than 600 academicians have signed a letter condemning the post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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News Reports

Amidst concerns that Covid third wave could have devastating impact on children, read what medical experts have to say

OpIndia Staff -
Experts believe that though children remain susceptible to infection, it is “highly unlikely that the third wave will exclusively affect children".
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Cricket

Pakistan’s cricket team captain Babar Azam set to marry his cousin next year

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani cricket team captain Babar Azam recently got engaged to his cousin, who he will marry next year, but kept the news secret.
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News Reports

Amartya Sen only Bharat Ratna to avail Air India’s free travel offer, travelled 21 times between 2015-2019: RTI

OpIndia Staff -
The RTI has further revealed that Amartya Sen is the only Bharat Ratna awardee who has been a beneficiary of the scheme.
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Politics

From why send vaccines abroad to why not: Congress’ stand on vaccines is more confused than Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Shashi Tharoor attacked the Union Government for halting exports of Covid-19 vaccines in light of the second wave of the pandemic.
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News Reports

Back to square one? State govts’ global tenders for vaccine find no bids, now they want the Centre to buy vaccines for them

Jinit Jain -
Several states, including Odisha, Punjab, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, have received no responses to the global tenders floated by them to procure COVID-19 vaccines.
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Cricket

After revealing his ‘diet with eggs’, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli clarifies he is a vegetarian, not vegan

OpIndia Staff -
Virat Kohli had landed himself in a controversy after the self-proclaimed vegan cricketer revealed that he continues to consume eggs in his diet
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News Reports

Shashi Tharoor envies Malaysian MPs for their swanky Parliament but opposes Central Vista. Read why even his new excuse is flawed

Dibakar Dutta -
When his 2018 tweet praising the swanky new Malaysian parliament went viral, Tharoor came up with a new excuse to defend his position. However, his 'solution' is also flawed. Read how.
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OpIndia Scoops

Licypriya Kangujam’s Ketto campaign: A possible violation of FCRA and questionable association with Noble Citizen Foundation

Anurag -
From allegations of faking achievements to a possible violation of FCRA norms while collecting foreign funding in name of COVID relief, the long and short of 'child activist' Licypriya Kangujam and her conman father.
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News Reports

Viral video: Mayhem at UK stadium for vaccination, thousands gather only to be denied vaccine after waiting for hours

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“This is the moment the pen changed from being socially distanced, to a stampede!” the user said in his Tweet sharing a video of people flocking the stadium in large numbers.
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Editor's picks

Yogi Adityanath announces ‘Mission June’, plans to inoculate 1 crore beneficiaries across 75 districts this month

OpIndia Staff -
UP CM Yogi Adityanath urged everyone to take their jab "Tika jeet ka" and help defeat Covid-19
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Politics

The Chief Secy Saga: 5 statements that prove Mamata Banerjee’s antics over Alapan Bandyopadhyay is self serving drama

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been indulging in moral grandstanding over the Chief Secretary controversy.
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News Reports

Rajasthan Coronavirus vaccine wastage saga: From threats of legal action to ‘vaccines were expired’, here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan Health Minister warned Dainik Bhaskar with legal action for reporting on wastage of coronavirus vaccines
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News Reports

8,000 children test Covid-19 positive in May in a single district in Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff -
While announcing an extension of lockdown, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said, "I don’t know when and what date the third wave will come. So we should not let our guard down.”
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Politics

Mamata Banerjee’s statements after she made the PM wait for a cyclone Yaas review meeting are full of loopholes: 4 examples

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee stirred the hornet's nest when she decided to make a massive hue and cry about a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to assess the aftermath of cyclone Yaas.
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Entertainment

Scripted praise, planned fights: Reports say controversies in Indian Idol are faked to boost TRP after Kishore Kumar episode sparks row

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Controversies on Indian Idol are 'planned gimmicks' to boost TRPs for the show, a report on Bollywood Hungama says.
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News Reports

‘Can’t endure the constant harassment anymore, please kill us with a single machete stroke’: Kerala journalist tells CPIM

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The Communist supporters on social media began maligning her husband and claimed that he was found in 'suspicious circumstances, as per the journalist.
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi unfollows 8 accounts on Twitter, netizens wonder if it is to make ‘pet pidis’ appear independent

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today unfollowed propagandist Kunal Kamra and self-described fact-checker Pratik Sinha on Twitter
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Politics

Tripura: CPIM leader and ex-Finance Minister resorts to fear mongering, incites violence against BJP

OpIndia Staff -
The CPIM leader insinuated that there was a supposed threat to the lives of the people. Using that as a bait, he incited people to unleash anarchy and take up arms against the ruling government.
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World

The Roman Protasevic saga: How the USA and western govts are supporting neo-Nazis to score foreign policy goals against Russia

K Bhattacharjee -
Roman Protasevich was arrested soon after and his arrest was condemned as an attempt to silence dissidents.
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World

China reports the first-ever case of H10N3 avian influenza in humans, the disease was limited to birds until now

OpIndia Staff -
Yang Zhanqiu, a deputy director of the Pathogen Biology Department at Wuhan University informed that there might be a possibility of the virus spreading through respiratory droplets among the animals, just like the flu and COVID-19.
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News Reports

Mehul Choksi case: Opposition parties in Dominica, Anitgua slam govts, accuse them of complicity in the kidnapping drama

OpIndia Staff -
The opposition leader in Dominica Lennox Linton has accused the Antiguan government and Dominican government of complicity in the arrest of Mehul Choksi.
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OpIndia Explains

Hart Island: Once a psychiatric institution and now the resting place for Covid patients in New York

Dibakar Dutta -
Interestingly, Hart Island had witnessed a spike in burials during the height of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, although the scale was much lower than the one caused by the Wuhan Coronavirus.
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Media

Troll newspaper The Telegraph’s latest wisdom – Lakshadweep will become Kashmir because tree trunks are being painted

Nirwa Mehta -
This deranged piece in The Telegraph was triggered after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan passed a resolution in Kerala Assembly demanding that the Lakshadweep administrator Praful Khoda be recalled.
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News Reports

Hemant Soren does a Kejriwal: After announcing free vaccines for all in Jharkhand, now wants center to pay for it

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According to the data available with the Union Home Ministry, Jharkhand has wasted an overwhelming 37.3% of the vaccine doses provided.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Geo News anchor Hamid Mir taken off air for exposing the Pakistan army’s atrocity on journalists. Here is what he said

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We are up against a cowardly enemy which believes that we don't know them. We know who you are," Hamid Mir had criticised the Pakistani military establishment recently.
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News Reports

‘Padhe likhe moorkh’: Union Minister Hardeep S Puri’s reply to ex-IAS officers over Central Vista is going viral. Watch

OpIndia Staff -
Puri said, “These are not educated fools but a disgrace to the country.” He further added, “I will not put my signatures on a letter that talks about superstitious belief.”
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News Reports

UP govt orders genome sequencing to study virus mutation to be better prepared for the next waves of pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
In an attempt to enhance health infrastructure ahead of the third wave which is said to affect children, CM Yogi Adityanath has directed the health department to complete the setting up of pediatric ICUs (PICU) and mini PICUs in hospitals by June 20 along with other measures.
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News Reports

6-year-old Kashmiri girl’s cute appeal to ‘Modi Sahab’ gets online class load reduced

OpIndia Staff -
The video went viral on social media, winning hearts, bringing a smile to everyone's face amid the gloom and doom of the pandemic.
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