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ICMR approves self-use rapid antigen testing kit for Covid-19: Read about Mylab’s Coviself

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Coviself is a do-it-yourself kit for Covid-19 testing, manufactured by Pune-based Mylab Discovery Solutions Ltd.
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News Reports

Rashtriya Janata Dal posts abusive Tweet against Bihar’s ex-Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, quietly deletes after backlash

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Rashtriya Janata Dal quietly deleted the post from its timeline after a number of social media users flagged it for the abusive rant.
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News Reports

As Black Fungus cases rise, experts say it is not an infection that is contagious: Read details

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Black Fungus spores are present naturally in the environment, and it affects Covid-19 patients with high glucose and low immunity levels
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World

Extremists in Uganda chase Christian Pastor while shouting ‘Allahu-Akbar’, beheads him for debating about Islam

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Islamic extremists in eastern Uganda beheaded a Christian pastor hours after he engaged in a public debate with Muslims about Christianity and Islam.
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Crime

FIR registered against Newslaundry columnist Sharjeel Usmani for his derogatory tweet against Hindus and Lord Ram

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Maharashtra Police has registered an FIR against far-left website Newslaundry columnist and former AMU student leader Sharjeel Usmani
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News Reports

Left red-faced after its ‘toolkit’ expose, Congress rushes to file FIR against BJP leaders at various places

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Ever since the 'toolkit' expose, the mortified members of the Congress party are trying to salvage their lost credibility
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Social Media

After toolkit expose, Congress leaders attack ‘Kapda Mantri’ Smriti Irani, here is how her ministry worked during the pandemic

Akshita Bhadauria -
From facing a shortage of domestic manufacturers of the kits India went on to become the 2nd largest producer of the PPE kits in just two months from the onset of the pandemic.
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News Reports

Anti-viral drug 2-DG is not commercially available yet, do not fall prey to fraudsters: warns Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

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Dr Reddy's said that commercial launch and supply of 2DG to major government and private hospitals is expected to commence in mid-June
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Crime

Mob shouts ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans after Eid celebrations in UP’s Kannauj, Imam and 3 others arrested

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Uttar Pradesh police arrested four accused, including a local Muslim cleric (imam), for raising pro-Pakistan slogans in the Jalalabad area of Kannauj.
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Fact-Check

Propaganda outlet Alt News ties itself up in knots while giving clean chit to Congress over the toolkit

OpIndia Staff -
By altering their report, Alt News has actually gone a step further to strengthen the claims that the toolkit is genuine and Youth Congress workers were actually following the instructions exactly as told.
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News Reports

‘If friendly media does not publish, send it to Caravan and National Herald’: Congress’ modus operandi as per toolkit

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The fifth page which is in continuation to point VII of the document recommends using media organizations such as ThePrint, The Wire, Scroll, The Quint and Outlook to highlight and publicize all Covid related stories.
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News Reports

Pro-Palestine Islamists march on British streets, call for a united attack on Israel by Muslim nations

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Pro-Palestinian supporters call for Muslim nations' united attack on Israel to take back Jerusalem.
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News Reports

UP: Fruit vendor Md Farman caught spitting on cut watermelons, arrested by Muzaffarnagar Police

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Muzaffarnagar police have informed that the accused Md Farman has been arrested.
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News Reports

From Gouri Amma to KK Shailaja: The patriarchal Left-wing political parties have no space for women at the top

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Questions raised on anti-women culture of leftist parties after new Kerala govt drops former health minister KK Shailaja
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News Reports

Brazen Hinduphobia of Unacademy: Online education platform paints Hindus as anti-Muslim bigots, blames third party after outrage

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Hindus were described as attacking Muslims for celebrating Eid in their area in a mock test paper published by Unacademy
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News Reports

Shahenshah Khan poses as Brahmin to marry Hindu woman in Uttar Pradesh, later assaults her after identity is revealed

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The Hindu woman said that Shahenshah Khan married her posing as a Brahmin. and sexually assaulted her after she found out the truth
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Monitoring Committees prove their effectiveness in combating Covid-19, conduct over 2 lakh tests in rural areas in a day

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Monitoring committees have visited 79,512 villages as part of a Covid-19 screening campaign launched by the Yogi Government on May 5
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News Reports

Barabanki: While Muslim organisations protest demolition of 100-year-old illegal ‘mosque’, residents of the building had fled after receiving notice

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Officials say that the demolished 100 year old mosque in Barabanki was an illegal structure built on encroached government land
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News Reports

Propaganda outlet Alt News ends up exposing itself, shows how they work with Congress to attack BJP’s political moves

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Alt News offered ludicrous arguments and used lies to declare that Congress toolkit is a forged document made by BJP
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News Reports

Singapore not to invoke ‘Fake News Law’ against Arvind Kejriwal, says they are satisfied with Indian govt’s response on his ‘Singapore variant’ jibe

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Singapore says statements by Arvind Kejriwal can invite action under Protection from Online Falsehoods & Manipulation Act (POFMA)
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News Reports

PIL filed in SC seeking NIA investigation into the Congress “toolkit”, seeks suspension of party’s registration if the probe finds them guilty

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Lawyer Shashank Shekhar Jha files PIL in the Supreme Court seeking a probe by NIA on the alleged toolkit prepared by Congress
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News Reports

Black fungus scare: Rajasthan govt declares mucormycosis as an epidemic, separate treatment ward set up in Jaipur

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The government has set up a separate ward for the treatment of patients with Mucormycosis at the Sawai Main Singh hospital in Jaipur.
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News Reports

Netizens demand arrest of ‘comedian’ Abish Mathew after his sexist tweet on Mayawati goes viral

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The tweet had sexist, insulting statement against the prominent Dalit leader and former UP CM.
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Social Media

Here is how you can find empty slots near you for Covid-19 vaccine by sending just a WhatsApp message

OpIndia Staff -
The WhatsApp chatbot 'MyGov Corona Helpdesk' helps people to find Covid-19 vaccination centres nearer to them
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Social Media

Islamists in India trend #Quds_हमारा_है to proclaim Jerusalem belongs only to Muslims

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Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem, which is the holy site for Jews, Christians and Muslims.
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News Reports

Congress toolkit: The uncanny resemblances between the actions of Congress supporters and instructions in the AICC document are hard to miss

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Several comments and actions by Congress leaders and supporters show that they were following the toolkit prepared by AICC
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News Reports

Mangaluru: Doctor who refused to wear a mask inside supermarket booked under Epidemic Act

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A case has been registered against Dr. B Srinivas Kakkilaya under Epidemic Act at East (Kadri) police station following his refusal to wear a mask while he went shopping at a supermarket in the city on Wednesday May 19.
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News Reports

Kejriwal’s lies called out internationally, but AAP ministers continue to brazen it out

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Jain claimed that it is wrong to say that no Singapore strain exists and that they will provide further clarification on it soon.
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Media

Ex-NDTV journalist removed from his post of Media Advisor to Uttarakhand CM

OpIndia Staff -
Mansera is a Haldwani based journalist, who was associated with NDTV in the recent past and worked with a number of print publications in Hindi for the past two decades.
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News Reports

How did the left-liberals, Congress and their friendly media media become successful in creating ‘vaccine hesitancy’ in India

Dibakar Dutta -
The continued effort at creating this 'vaccine hesitancy' is now endangering the lives of countless people, who have fallen prey to their propaganda.
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News Reports

After Congress toolkit labels Kumbh as a Covid ‘super spreader’, Swami Avdheshanand condemns its politicisation

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Swami Avdheshanand expresses his vexation over Congress toolkit, which in a well-planned manner tried to malign India's culture, heritage and values
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News Reports

Bengal: Day after dharna, CBI adds CM Mamata and WB Law Minister as parties in Narada scam hearing in HC

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Calcutta High Court had come down heavily on the conduct of the TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee for her 'dharna politics' at CBI office on May 17.
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Government and Policy

Nitin Gadkari clarifies his remarks on vaccine production, informs about govt’s efforts to ramp up manufacturing

OpIndia Staff -
Gadkari in his clarification mentioned that he was unaware that the GOI is already facilitating vaccine manufacturing by 12 companies.
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News Reports

Toolkit controversy: Congress admits that one of the two ‘leaked’ documents was indeed created by them

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In a tweet, Gowda admitted that the AICC made a research note on Central Vista for the party and 'it is genuine' he said.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Locals deny police claim that three protestors killed in police firing in Silger were Maoists, demand probe

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Villagers in Chhattisgarh allege that police fired on them when they were protesting against a police camp, and no Maoists were involved
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News Reports

As WHO finally admits that Covid-19 virus can be ‘airborne’, read how it had refused the possibility for a year, rejected evidence given by...

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WHO had rejected studies by aerosol scientists confirming that Covid-19 virus can be airborne, relying on decades old faulty theories
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News Reports

‘Deferring deadline does not absolve WhatsApp’: Modi govt again gives stern warning over privacy policy

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Earlier, WhatsApp had announced that its new controversial privacy policy has been deferred and it wont come into effect on May 15th.
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Social Media

Feminism in India founder’s ‘All Muslims are terrorists’ tweet goes viral, a day after she aplogised for derogatory tweet on Mayawati

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Pasricha clarified that her tweet was a sarcastic one, directed at the online trolls who were making racially hateful statements towards the then Miss America Nina Davuluri.
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News Reports

Who drafted the Congress toolkit? Here is what we know

Akshita Bhadauria -
Saumya Varma’s LinkedIn profile reveals that she is a policy and political research consultant working with the office of Rajeev Gowda, the Chairman of All India Congress Committee since April 2017.
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News Reports

Blackmailing, extorting money from minor’s family over explicit images: Delhi police arrest culprit Md Aamir

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Faced with constant intimidation, the victim's father had filed a complaint with the Alipur police station in Delhi.
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News Reports

‘Delhi CM does not speak for India’: MEA responds to Kejriwal’s ‘Singapore Variant’ fear-mongering

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The official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs revealed that the Singapore government had called the High Commission raising a strong objection to Kejriwal’s statement.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Congress MLA booked for abetment of woman’s suicide, body found at his residence

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Singhar is said to have met the widowed woman on a matrimonial site last year and got engaged to her in December 2020 while still being married to his first wife.
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News Reports

Silence for 7 months, then multiple letters after Covid second wave hit: Maha CM’s communication with PM revealed by RTI

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Maharashtra CM did not contact PM Modi for seven months over Covid-19 support, RTI reveals.
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Politics

Dynasty Politics: Pinarayi Vijayan appoints son-in-law Mohammad Riyaz, an accused in riots case, as a minister in his cabinet

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Riyaz is infamous for leading ‘beef cooking’ protests after the center sought to regulate cattle purchase and sale. He had also unsuccessfully contested for the Kozhikode Lok Sabha seat in 2019.
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News Reports

Probe ordered against cricketer Kuldeep Yadav for getting Covid-19 vaccine at a guesthouse

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Kuldeep Yadav received first dose of Coronavirus vaccine at Kanpur Nagar Nigam guest house, not the scheduled hospital
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News Reports

Pakistan: Radical mob attacks police station to lynch a blasphemy accused

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Fearing danger to the life of the suspect, the cops shifted him to an undisclosed location and kept him under tight security.
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News Reports

Kerala: As Chinese coronavirus pandemic rages, Pinarayi Vijayan is all set to take oath as the CM in a grand ceremony

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Massive crowd to gather for Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan's swearing in ceremony.
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News Reports

Delhi CM Kejriwal fear-mongers about new Covid strain, gets fact-checked by Aviation Minister and Singapore govt

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Aviation minister Hardeep S Puri reminded Delhi CM that flights have been banned since March 2020 and India doesn't even have an 'air bubble' service with Singapore.
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World

US’ Nancy Pelosi calls for diplomatic boycott of China 2022 Olympics

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The Beijing games are scheduled to begin from 4th February 2022. The Tokyo Summer olympics scheduled for later this year were postponed in wake of Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

Petition wants Delhi High Court to cancel Center’s approval for Covaxin to conduct trials for 2-18 age group

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The petitioner wants Delhi High Court to quash govt notification allowing Covaxin trials for the 2-18 age group.
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