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Feminism in India Editor Japleen Pasricha called out for sexist jibe at Mayawati, blames it on ‘internalised sexism’

OpIndia Staff -
Japleen Pasricha, founder-CEO and Editor-in-Chief at Feminism in India, has apologised for a sexist jibe at Mayawati.
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Social Media

Comedian Neville Shah apologises for ‘quota admission’ joke after 5 year old video clip went viral

OpIndia Staff -
Stand-up comedian Neville Shah has issued an apology after a video clip of his performance five years ago went viral on social media.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee’s govt clears proposal to form a State Legislative Council. Here is why

OpIndia Staff -
The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting, conducted via video conferencing, by the CM and several Departmental Secretaries.
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News Reports

14000 gelatin sticks, 4000 detonators and other explosives seized from two locations in Maharashtra: Details

OpIndia Staff -
In a raid by Thane’s Crime Branch Unit in Maharashtra, cops seized 12000 gelatin sticks and 3000 detonators from Bhiwandi.
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Politics

After relentless PR hailing KK Shailaja’s ‘Kerala Model’ of Covid care, Vijayan govt to get new health minister

OpIndia Staff -
KK Shailaja has been dropped as Health Minister after the 'Kerala Model' of Covid-19 management was hailed by the media.
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News Reports

A week after BMC floated global tender for Covid vaccines, it gets zero bids. Here is why

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar had stated that there will be no advanced payments and vaccine companies will be penalised if they delay delivery.
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News Reports

CNN fires Pakistan-based contributor Adeel Raja after anti-Semitic tweets generate backlash

OpIndia Staff -
Amidst ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, Adeel Raja had recently posted a tweet in which he said the world needs a another Hitler.
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Politics

Congress toolkit says party blocked beds in ‘friendly’ hospitals amidst COVID-19 crisis to paint itself as a messiah on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Social media is awash with a new toolkit, allegedly created by the Congress party, detailing its plan to extract political mileage.
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News Reports

Congress toolkit exposes nexus between the party and international media, used journalists to peddle anti-Modi propaganda

K Bhattacharjee -
A new Congress toolkit is circulating on social media that reveals the depths to which the party sank during the pandemic.
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News Reports

Congress cries foul as its bombshell ‘toolkit’ stands exposed, threatens to take legal action

OpIndia Staff -
AICC Chairman in a Tweet threatened that a case is being filed against BJP leaders JP Nadda and Sambit Patra for forgery.
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Editor's picks

Latest Congress toolkit: Paint Kumbh as Covid superspreader, and Eid as ‘happy gathering’. Here are the details

Akshita Bhadauria -
From maligning Kumbh to attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Central Vista project, working with 'friendly' journalists to get 'tailored' articles defaming India and Modi govt, here is what the Congress 'toolkit' asks its social media and PR teams to do.
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News Reports

Charity ‘toolkit’: How Sonu Sood’s foundation sought help from BJP’s Tejasvi Surya but took all the credit himself

Anurag -
Netizens have often raised suspicions that Sonu Sood had been falsely claiming credit for arranging help for Covid-19 patients without having done so.
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News Reports

‘This is your blessing’: INMAS director whose team developed 2-DG drug thanks his physics teacher Rajnath Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Dr AK Mishra, the director of INMAS, stated that Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh was his physics lecturer back in the 1980s.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Congress leader assaults hospital employee, gets violent after the director could not attend her call

OpIndia Staff -
Bina Gupta had called up the private hospital’s director to speak with him as her acquaintance was admitted in his hospital. However, the doctor was on duty and could not attend her call.
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News Reports

Ex-President of Indian Medical Association Dr KK Aggarwal dies due to Covid-19 complications

OpIndia Staff -
Dr. KK Agarwal was undergoing treatment at AIIMS for Covid-related complications and was on a ventilator support.
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News Reports

‘Irrational and ineffective’ Plasma therapy dropped from govt of India’s Covid treatment protocol

OpIndia Staff -
The rampant use of plasma therapy had also resulted in black marketing of the same with donors charging thousands for plasma thus commercializing the entire process.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath reserves ambulances for women and children in all districts to tackle emergencies

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath said that the state has been equipping itself to fight the anticipated third wave of Covid-19
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World

Lebanon launches six rockets towards Israel, all six fall inside Lebanon, IDF retaliates

OpIndia Staff -
Last Thursday, too, Lebanon fired three rockets towards Israel, all of which landed in the Mediterranean Sea.
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News Reports

Newslaundry columnist Sharjeel Usmani gives communal angle to crime to defame Hindus and ‘Jai Shri Ram’

OpIndia Staff -
The crime in Haryana which Sharjeel Usmani used to defame Hindus is suspected to be a case of personal rivalry.
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Crime

Haryana: Police rules out communal angle in murder of Mewat youth Asif, two groups are old political rivals. Details

OpIndia Staff -
As per police, Asif had beaten up Pradeep's group members 20 days back, and Pradeep decided to avenge the attack.
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Government and Policy

Tripura government launches portal to support businesses hit by the second wave of COVID-19

OpIndia Staff -
Biplab Kumar Deb announced an online portal 'Jagrut Tripura' to assist businesses that were hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee continues her tradition of sitting on dharna for accused, TMC leaders released on bail

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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee gheraoed the CBI office in Kolkata's Nizam Palace in support of Narada case accused.
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Social Media

Twitter flags ‘men cannot get pregnant’ as ‘hate speech’, suspends Spanish politician

OpIndia Staff -
Opposing the temporary suspension, Francisco José Contreras said biological truth should not be regarded as 'hate speech'.
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World

US President Joe Biden approves $735 million weapons sales to Israel amidst tensions with Palestine

OpIndia Staff -
US President Joe Biden has approved the sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel amid tensions with Palestine.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Cops book 50 covidiots for flouting Covid guidelines and offering Namaz

OpIndia Staff -
The police had received information about a large gathering of Muslims at the Mahim Cemetery in Mumbai on Friday (May 14).
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Opinions

From Mumbai 26/11 attacks to Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati assassination plot: How Islamic terrorists use Hindu symbols

Jinit Jain -
Delhi Police recently averted a major assassination attempt against Dasna Devi Temple head-priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati.
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World

Turkey President Erdogan seeks Christian support for sanctions against Israel, calls Pope Francis

OpIndia Staff -
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken with Pope Francis over the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Entertainment

Odisha: Sonu Sood clarifies after Ganjam DM says they had not received any communication from him regarding bed for COVID patient

OpIndia Staff -
The Collector and District Magistrate of Ganjam has called out Sonu Sood after the actor claimed to have arranged a bed.
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News Reports

Punjab: CM Capt Amarinder accused of threatening Congress MLA for raising his voice in 2015 sacrilege case

OpIndia Staff -
Pargat Singh revealed to media that Punjab CM through Captain Sandhu said that he should be ready to face action.
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News Reports

West Bengal: TMC goons pelt stones at CBI office, attack journalists, try to break into Raj Bhawan

OpIndia Staff -
TMC goons reached Raj Bhawan and began agitating outside the premises. Later, some of the hooligans tried to scale the gate.
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News Reports

From vandalising synagogue with Nazi’s hooked cross to chants of ‘death to Jews’: Anti-Jew hate on the rise amid Israel-Palestine conflict

OpIndia Staff -
Synagogues were also vandalised in Germany last week following the escalation of violence between Palestine and Israel. Protests and also become violent in France in Saturday.
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News Reports

Cyclone Tauktae: Indian Navy rescues four crew members of tug vessel stranded off Udipi coast

OpIndia Staff -
Four crew members of Coromondel Supporter XI rescued by Indian Navy.
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News Reports

Watch: Portals of Kedarnath Mandir open in Uttarakhand, strict Covid-19 protocols followed

OpIndia Staff -
Portals of Kedarnath Dham opened on May 17, after the winter break.
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Opinions

Suicides among the Clergy of the Catholic Church in India: A disturbing trend

Suren -
Life in a convent or monastery is demanding, with rigorous prayer, penances and learning. Life as a parish priest is demanding in a very different manner. A parish priest’s life is a lonely one.
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Opinions

As ‘liberals’ and Islamists in India #StandWithIsrael, a deep dive into their profiles shows visceral hate for Hindus, Jews

Akshita Bhadauria -
It perhaps will not be completely incorrect to say that under the garb of Israel-Palestine conflict, some radicals in India are displaying their hate for Hindus in full glory.
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World

IDF eliminates Islamic Jihad commander in airstrike, rocket from Gaza hits chicken coop, injure civilians in Israel

OpIndia Staff -
Islamic Jihad commander Hussam Abu Harbeed has led attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians for 15 years. the IDF says.
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News Reports

AAP’s idea of targeting Modi govt: Lists only Muslim countries as beneficiaries of Vaccine Maitri, slammed by netizens

Jinit Jain -
Two hours after its first tweet that contained a list of Muslim-majority countries, AAP posted a string of tweets mentioning the remaining countries that had received vaccines from India.
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News Reports

First batch of anti-COVID oral drug 2-DG launched: All you need to know about the DRDO-developed medicine

Jhankar Mohta -
India's indigenous anti-viral oral 2-DG drug is expected to be made available to all hospital by June, 2020
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News Reports

Pakistani news channel with over 2 million subscribers calls for Jihad against Israel, says US ‘chairman’ Joe Biden slapped Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
The anchor Noor-Ul-Arfeen lamented that the Muslims in the world say that they are bound by international relations and treaties and thus not ready for Jihad.
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News Reports

Assassination plot against Yati Narsighanand Saraswati foiled, Police recovers Bhagwa kurta, Kalava, Mala and Chandan-tika from JeM terrorist

OpIndia Staff -
The accused, identified as Jan Dar, is a resident of Pulwama, and was in Delhi to reportedly assassinate Dasna Devi Temple head priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati
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News Reports

Virologist Shahid Jameel, who had predicted India will not suffer 2nd wave, quits as head of Govt panel: Here’s his other controversial comments

Jinit Jain -
Shahid Jameel had in January 2021 said that India would not witness another bout of the coronavirus outbreak.
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News Reports

When Vinod Dua spewed venom against PM Modi even when he was hospitalised

OpIndia Staff -
Venom-spewing "journalist" Vinod Dua had talked against PM Modi even when he was hospitalized in March 2021
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World

How this Malaysian girl is getting rape threats and facing action by school administration for calling out teacher’s rape joke

OpIndia Staff -
The 17-year-old girl was shocked when she received a rape threat from one of her male schoolmates.
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News Reports

Bill Gates had stepped down as director of Microsoft while his affair with an employee was being probed: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Bill Gates had in March 2020 announced that he was stepping down from the board to devote more time to serve humanity.
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News Reports

West Bengal: TMC leaders including minister Firhad Hakim receive bail after arrest by CBI in Narada case, CM Mamata dared CBI to arrest her

OpIndia Staff -
Reports suggest, arrest memos have been signed for all four Trinamool Congress leaders who will be presented before the magistrate later today by the CBI.
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Fact-Check

Fact Check: Was CM Yogi Adityanath stopped from entering a village by the residents?

OpIndia Staff -
Meerut Police stated that the CM did not enter the lane as it was a containment zone. He only spoke to family members of patients and asked about their recovery and healthcare provisions.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: As Covid situation improves, CM Yogi prepares govt for the third wave

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh is prepared for the anticipated third wave of Covid-19, said CM Yogi during the press conference.
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News Reports

Cyclone Tauktae now an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’, to hit Gujarat coast later today

OpIndia Staff -
As per IMD Cyclone Tauktae has intensified into an 'extremely severe cyclonic storm.'
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News Reports

Supply vessel stranded amidst Cyclone Tauktae in the Arabian Sea, 9-member crew await Navy’s rescue chopper

OpIndia Staff -
Vessel Coromondel Supporter IX lost control on May 15 and has been stuck in rocks off Karnataka coast. The crew is waiting for rescue.
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News Reports

Vinod Dua’s daughter, who wanted all ‘bhakts’ dead, receives help from a ‘bhakt’ MP while her mother needed critical COVID medicines

OpIndia Staff -
BJP supporters lodged their protest about minister chipping in to help the elites in India, when commoners are equally suffering, especially when the elites have not asked for their help.
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