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Moderna refuses to send COVID vaccines directly to Punjab govt, says will deal only with Centre

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab government had earlier reached out to global vaccine manufacturers including Sputnik, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson to procure vaccines.
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News Reports

Child rights body writes to Chattisgarh Chief Secretary demanding FIR and disciplinary action against IAS officer Ranbir Sharma

OpIndia Staff -
NCPCR said that the IAS officer violated the Juvenile Justice Act by physical assault on the minor boy and causing mental harassment
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News Reports

Project to translate Fatawa Alamgiri raises more than half of targeted funds, this is why organisers think it is important

OpIndia Staff -
The Jaipur Dialogues has estimated that the translating the Fatawa Alamgiri to Hindi will take 2-3 years and cost around ₹50 lacs.
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News Reports

No, farmer income will not ‘suffer’ with the new import policy of the govt for pulses: Here is why it is being implemented and...

OpIndia Staff -
Union govt clarifies that import of pulses needed to prevent inflation, and international availability can't impact farmer incomes
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News Reports

More ‘farmers’ join protests in Tikri and Singhu borders to mark ‘Black Day’ as demonstrations spark Covid-19 surge

OpIndia Staff -
More anti-farm law protesters are joining the ongoing protest at the Delhi-Haryana protest site in Tikri to strengthen their campaign.
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World

Under pressure from China, Turkey, Pakistan deport Uyghur Muslims who have taken refuge escaping Chinese atrocities

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The Islamic world, which has surrendered itself to the Chinese whims, has maintained a tight lip against China. With no courage to speak against China, the Islamic countries are now throwing the Uyghurs under the bus in exchange for Chinese money.
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World

Pakistan: Job vacancy for sanitary workers only limited to ‘non-Muslims’, discriminatory ad sparks outrage

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani Hindu rights activists questioned as to why such menial jobs are allocated to non-Muslims specifically.
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News Reports

Young boys beaten by IAS Ranbir Sharma speak up, were out visiting ailing grandmother, buying medicines

OpIndia Staff -
Surajpur District Collector Ranbir Sharma was caught on camera manhandling two boys over 'lockdown violation' in a viral video.
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Opinions

Himanta Biswa Sarma flags Twitter’s manipulative labels, but platform’s conduct should concern one and all: Here’s why

K Bhattacharjee -
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has called out Twitter over its recent conduct over the Congress toolkit controversy.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Honeytrapped by Pakistani agents under promise of marriage, two women, Kauser and Hina, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The sisters were allegedly in contact with ISI operatives via fake IDs on social media platforms
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News Reports

Lithuania labels China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims a ‘genocide’ and demands UN probe, quits China’s “17+1” group

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from condemning China for abuse of Uyghur Muslims, Lithuania also demanded actions on Tibet and Hong Kong
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News Reports

Pinarayi Vijayan’s decision to keep minority welfare portfolio with himself to appease Christians angers IUML: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has decided to keep the minority welfare portfolio with himself, a decision that angered IUML..
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News Reports

In a first, Uttar Pradesh tests 3 lakh people for Covid in a single day, 4.65 crore tests conducted in total

OpIndia Staff -
The Uttar Pradesh government has followed the '3T' formula of tracing, testing and treatment aggressively to tackle the rise in cases in both urban and rural areas.
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News Reports

UP CM Yogi Adityanath has been the most active CM on ground, and the results are visible

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath recently launched ‘Mera gaon, Corona mukt gaon’ campaign to declare villages free from coronavirus infection.
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News Reports

Six research scholars from Jamia Millia Islamia University selected under Modi govt’s ‘Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship’ scheme

OpIndia Staff -
Six scholars from 4 departments in Jamia university selected for Prime Minister Research Fellowship, five of them are girls
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News Reports

Delhi records the highest Covid death rate in May at 2.5%

Anurag -
Though the state of Maharashtra has reported the highest number of deaths in May at 17,779 deaths till Saturday, due to its higher positive ratio, the CFR is lower than other states.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: 442 patients on ventilator admitted in RUHS Jaipur die in just 20 days as machines not regularly cleaned, maintained

OpIndia Staff -
Relatives of the patients admitted to RUHS and are on ventilator support revealed that the administration is not cleaning of the endotracheal tube which is causing fatal infections.
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News Reports

‘Heat of the moment’: Chhattisgarh bureaucrat claims after video of him misbehaving with a youth over lockdown violations goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Ranbir Sharma, Surajpur District Collector, also instructed the police to hit the boy with the sticks after slapping him and smashing his phone.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Villagers in Jhunjhunu allege govt is ignoring them even as 95 test positive for COVID in just one day

OpIndia Staff -
Talking about being shunted by other villages and administration, a local resident said, "We are feeling helpless. Media doesn't come here. We want everyone to be tested again. Administration tells us to go to Surjagarh, but in a lockdown how can we go by ourselves?”
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News Reports

Wrestler Sushil Kumar arrested from Delhi in a murder case

OpIndia Staff -
Sushil Kumar was absconding from his home in Delhi after the police traced his involvement in the murder case.
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World

‘You kill Balochi, you kill Hazara’: UK’s Free Palestine protestor clashes with Pakistani protestors. Watch

OpIndia Staff -
The Palestine supporter said, "Why do we have a terrorist flag here? You are killing Balochis. F*ck you. Terrorist Pakistan. F*ck you Paki."
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Nurse caught preaching Christianity in tribal dominated area while on door-to-door Covid-19 duty

OpIndia Staff -
The nurse was making false claims that by praying to Jesus, people can save themselves from Covid-19 infection.
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News Reports

Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana: Uttarakhand govt to take responsibility of children who have lost their parents to Covid-19 till they turn 21

OpIndia Staff -
The children who have lost parents to the Covid-19 pandemic will be paid an allowance of Rs 3,000 per month by the Uttarakhand govt
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News Reports

‘Not part of Bosch India anymore’: Company issues clarification after employee bats for Hindu genocide, abuses Indian Army

OpIndia Staff -
Bosch India says its employee who was seen rejoicing the demolition of Hindu temples is not a employee of the company anymore
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News Reports

Exclusive: Dalits in Bihar’s Purnia rendered homeless after Islamist mob attack their colony and set it on fire: All we know so far

Jhankar Mohta -
At least 13 Dalit houses were reduced to ashes after a Muslim mob surrounded the colony in Purnia and set it on fire
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Police detains food delivery agents for violating lockdown despite having permission, Swiggy and Zomato suspend operations

OpIndia Staff -
Hyderabad Police on Saturday seized the vehicles of Zomato, Swiggy, Uber Eats and Dunzo delivery agents due to lockdown.
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Opinions

While Arvind Kejriwal spends crores to prove his ‘Hindu’ credentials, his minister Amanatullah Khan calls them ‘fungus’

Jinit Jain -
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan posted a thinly veiled genocidal comment against Hindus by referring them as 'Orange Fungus'
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News Reports

“Time is running out”, Tibetan govt-in-exile president urges the international community to stand against China

OpIndia Staff -
The newly elected president of the Tibetan government-in-exile said that they are committed to a peaceful resolution with China.
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News Reports

BJYM member arrested for criticising Sharad Pawar is the same person who had filed a complaint against Islamist Sharjeel Usmani

OpIndia Staff -
Pradip Gavade had filed a case against Sharjeel Usmani in February in the aftermath of the latter's Elgar Parishad 2021 address.
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News Reports

‘Green Fungus’: Hindus react as Islamist AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan makes a veiled genocidal comment

OpIndia Staff -
Amanatullah Khan calls Hindus 'orange fungus' responsible for all fungi in the country, netizens reply with 'green fungus'
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News Reports

Camel urine is pure, can be used to treat diseases, but cannot say the same about cow urine: Zakir Naik

OpIndia Staff -
"Drinking of camel urine is a common practice (among Muslims). It is coming down from centuries in the Arab (world)," Zakir Naik said
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News Reports

Mumbai Police’s cyber cell arrests BJP Yuva Morcha leader Pradip Gavade for criticising Sharad Pawar, nephew Rohit Pawar: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra BJYM Secretary Pradip Gawade was arrested by cyber cell of Mumbai Police for criticising Sharad Pawar, his nephew
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News Reports

Haryana: Nuh sarpanch says he gave a clean chit to Asif Khan under pressure, denies communal angle in the murder

OpIndia Staff -
The sarpanch of Khalilpur Kheda village confirmed that at least 4 to 5 FIRs were filed against Haryana's Asif Khan for various crimes
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh Police to question former CM Raman Singh over Congress toolkit, BJP says police acting under pressure

OpIndia Staff -
A case was registered in Raipur against Raman Singh and other BJP leaders for spreading news about the Congress toolkit
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News Reports

Navneet Kalra sold Chinese oxygen concentrators by telling people that it had ‘German technology’, made exorbitant profit, suspects ED

OpIndia Staff -
While the import price of one oxygen concentrator was around ₹15000, Navneet Kalra and his aide sold it for ₹69,999.
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News Reports

IMA, whose chief wanted to use hospitals to convert Hindus to Christianity, targets Baba Ramdev

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has come out strongly against Baba Ramdev over comments against Allopathy.
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Opinions

It’s too early to talk about the 2024 Lok Sabha election, but let us still

Rahul Roushan -
Almost exactly two years ago when Narendra Modi led BJP scored an emphatic victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the supporters were overjoyed and the haters demoralized.
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Opinions

Twitter’s attempt to shield Congress over toolkit controversy exposes USA’s ‘regime change’ operation against Modi

K Bhattacharjee -
The conduct of Twitter has been suspect for a very long time. But of late, it has become far more apparent.
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News Reports

Hindustan Times tries hard to compare Kolkata mayors, arrested in Narada scam by CBI, to Subhash Chandra Bose: How they failed in their own...

OpIndia Staff -
Through its catchy headline, HT tries to draw equivalence between Netaji Subash Chandra Bose and 3 accused in Narada case.
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Government and Policy

India to produce 65%-70% of Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V for the world, starting August after complete tech transfer: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Indian envoy to Russia DB Venkatesh Varma on Saturday said that Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V will be locally produced in India
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Social Media

Twitter adds ‘manipulated media’ to more toolkit tweets after Sambit Patra’s: Here are the tweets which got the tag

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter has labeled 5 more tweets on the 'Congress toolkit' by BJP politicians as 'manipulated media' on Saturday.
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Politics

As Kamal Nath wants to ‘burn the country’ again, read about his role in the 1984 genocide and why he thinks he should be...

OpIndia Staff -
In an interview with Barkha Dutt in 2016, Kamal Nath said that he should be applauded for his 'service' during the anti-Sikh riots.
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Politics

Congress now admits that PM’s pic on vaccination certificates is justified, wisdom dawns after states get responsibility for vaccination: Read how

OpIndia Staff -
Congress ruled states like Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have replaced PM Modi photo on vaccine certificate with that of their CMs
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath government launches ‘Mera Gaon, Corona Mukt Gaon’ campaign, declares rewards for best performing wards

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath govt has announced that the best performing three villages and wards in cmbating Covid-19 will be rewarded
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News Reports

‘Indian Corona’: How Kamal Nath used ‘Indian strain’ trope, now proved to originate in US and Denmark, to exonerate China, tarnish India

OpIndia Staff -
Video of Kamal Nath has come forward in which he could be seen absolving China for COVID and implicating India, calling it 'Indian Corona'
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News Reports

Supreme Court objects to Allahabad HC’s ‘Ram Bharose’ order against Yogi govt, says don’t issue orders that cannot be implemented

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court stayed the recent order passed by the Allahabad High Court in relation to the Covid-19 management in Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Rebel YRSCP MP, arrested and tortured, granted bail by Supreme Court: The allegations levelled by him against CM and what court said

OpIndia Staff -
The Court, while granting him bail, barred the rebel YSRCP MP from giving press statements and interviews to the media.
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News Reports

11.5 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses wasted in Rajasthan, BJP leader slams Congress for the criminal act: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
A total of 11.5 lakh Covid-19 vaccine which amounts to almost 7 per cent, has been wasted in the Congress-ruled state.
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News Reports

‘No such variant exists’: Modi Government asks social media firms to remove reference to ‘Indian variant’ of COVID-19

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, the Indian government asked all social media companies to take down any content that refers to an "Indian variant" of COVID-19
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News Reports

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo apologises after reports that he advised his brother and NY Governor Andrew Cuomo to deny sexual harassment allegations

OpIndia Staff -
CNN said that Chris Cuomo advising his brother and NY Governor Andrew Cuomo was improper, but he won’t face any disciplinary action
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