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WB polls: From flouting EC guidelines to manhandling BJP leaders, allegations pile up on TMC leaders during 7th phase of polling

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A TMC leader was accused of showing up wearing a cap with Mamata Banerjee's photo printed on it, while another TMC leader was accused of threatening BJP leader.
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OpIndia Scoops

Delhi CM Relief Fund collected Rs 35 crore since beginning of pandemic but ‘NIL’ was utilised for COVID, RTI reveals

Anurag -
RTI activist Vivek Pandey had filed two RTIs on two different dates, both the time details on expenditure detail on COVID was unavailable
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News Reports

Hemkunt Foundation accuse Rajasthan Police of detaining oxygen cylinders meant for critical COVID patients

OpIndia Staff -
Citing cases of black marketing of oxygen cylinders, Bhiwadi police justified their action.
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News Reports

Noida: Hospitals ordered to clear 200 beds, were occupied by patients with little need of hospitalization

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Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Sunday that all Covid-19 hospitals in Uttar Pradesh will be required to publicly announce the number of vacant beds twice a day.
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News Reports

Delhi Police refutes allegations that it is clamping down on ‘volunteers who are amplifying resource information’ on COVID crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Copy-paste toolkit gang and social media influencers come together to spread falsehood about Delhi Police amid coronavirus pandemic
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Government and Policy

After massive criticism and NSA-level talks, USA lifts export ban over vaccine raw material needed by SII

OpIndia Staff -
The US govt has finally decided to lift the embargo over the critical raw material and send them for manufacture of Covishield at the earliest.
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News Reports

Yogi govt to bear cost of COVID treatment in private hospitals under Ayushman Bharat

OpIndia Staff -
"No patient should be deprived of the treatment," Yogi Adityanath said.
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Media

Purported letter by Times Now employees accuses channel of going soft on Kejriwal due to ads, channel rubbishes letter as malicious

OpIndia Staff -
Employees at Times Now have written to Times Group MD Vineet Jain to register their anguish about the coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in Delhi.
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News Reports

Congress party continues propaganda against Indian vaccine makers, invents another fake scam to allege they will earn more profit than Reliance Industries

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Congress claimed that Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech will earn ₹1,11,100 crore from vaccine sale, almost 4 times of Reliance profit
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News Reports

Fact-Check: Does Kejriwal’s ad now appear on PornHub? Netizens declare it ‘shocking if true!’

Anurag -
A screenshot of Kejriwal's ad playing on Pornhub is making rounds on Twitter. However, our investigation showed it was fake.
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News Reports

Two Pakistani diplomats caught stealing items from a store in South Korea, one case dropped due to diplomatic immunity

OpIndia Staff -
On analysing the CCTV footage, the Yonsan police identified the 'hat thief' as a 35-year-old Pakistani diplomat.
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News Reports

Union Health Ministry issues guidelines for vaccinating 18+ individuals against Coronavirus, read details

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Eligible individuals between the age of 18-44 years (as of Jan 1, 2022) can register online for Coronavirus vaccine from April 28 onwards
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Entertainment

Actor Gurmeet Choudhary, who played Lord Ram in TV series, to open 1000 bed hospitals in Patna and Lucknow

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier in January, he had taken to social media to say that he will be making a generous contribution for the construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya.
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Social Media

From calling COVID pandemic a hoax to sharing unrelated image of burning pyres to panic mongering: Here are some tweets Govt of India got...

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Government of India on Saturday asked Twitter to remove such problematic posts from its platform, lest it lead to a dangerous situation.
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News Reports

No mask, no social distancing: Punjab Congress MLA seen dancing at a party flouting all Covid-19 norms

OpIndia Staff -
The shocking visuals of the MLA of the ruling party dancing at a party come at a time when the state of Punjab is reeling under the Covid-19 crisis.
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News Reports

UP govt places order for 1 crore doses of vaccines from Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech for phase 3 vaccination drive

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UP govt has ordered 50 lakh doses each of Covaxin and Covishield vaccines from Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India
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News Reports

A week after the opposition leaders demand ‘Modi picture on death certificates’, fake news peddlers do the needful

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An image of a man holding a vaccination certificate spread on social media claiming that death certificates have Modi's photo now
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News Reports

Video of a doctor claiming empty Nebuliser can replace oxygen cylinder goes viral, doctor apologises after experts slam him for wrong claim

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Alok had claimed that empty nebuliser machine draws oxygen from the atmosphere, and it can be used in place of oxygen cylinder
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Politics

While Delhi continues to suffer an oxygen crisis, Arvind Kejriwal ads appear on India Today 25 times in 10 hours

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A Twitter user is posting images every time Arvind Kejriwal appears on India Today. The count at present is 15 in 6 hours.
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News Reports

Patna HC directs setting up dedicated email ID to receive complaints of private hospitals regarding oxygen supply, slams state govt for inaction

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Patna High Court said that failure of State to provide healthcare to its citizens is a violation of Article 21 of the Indian Constitution
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Opinions

‘Liberals’ normalise wishing death on Hindus, hope for ‘Sanghis’ to suffer painful death and ‘eternal pain’ amidst Covid-19 crisis

K Bhattacharjee -
As Covid-19 cases surge across the country, healthcare across multiple states are stretched. Yet, hate continues unabated.
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Media

‘Neutral’ The Quint publishes video promoting Congress’ work during Covid ‘coincidentally’ just day before Rahul Gandhi wants his party to help in pandemic

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Quint sets ground for Rahul Gandhi to come and take moral credit for Youth Congress' efforts amid coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

Hindu priest Sri Krishna Bhat of Hampi Badavi Linga temple passes away. Here is how he served Sanatan Dharma

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Unlike other priests, Sri Krishna Bhat was often seen climbing the 3-metre long Shivalinga and clearing the flowers offered to the deity the previous day.
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Crime

Wanted to turn Bangladesh into Taliban state: Confesses arrested top leaders of hardcore Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam

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Mamunul Haque and other arrested hardcore Islamist leaders of Hefazat-e-Islam say they wanted to turn Bangladesh into a Taliban state
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News Reports

551 PSA oxygen generation plants to be set up across India using PM CARES fund

OpIndia Staff -
The in-house captive oxygen generation facility would address the daily requirement of medical oxygen in the hospitals and the district.
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News Reports

As Rajasthan health infra crumbles, here is how the state administration failing in the Coronavirus crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan officials responsible for managing Oxygen, Hospital and ICU beds, Covid-19 drugs are failing in their duties
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News Reports

Jaipur Golden Hospital doctor says no oxygen was supplied despite written assurance from Delhi Govt, after which patients died

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Dr. D.K. Baluja, the MD at Jaipur Golden Hospital, made the allegation against the Delhi Government on Saturday.
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News Reports

Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi talks about vaccine hesitancy, hails frontline workers’ courage amid rising Covid cases

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In his monthly radio show Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi spoke to frontline workers and assured citizens that the government and administration is doing its best to tide over the pandemic.
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News Reports

Punjab hospital blames Capt Amarinder Singh govt for oxygen shortage as six critical patients die, govt blames hospital for admitting patients

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Punjab CM said hospital flouted orders to private hospitals facing oxygen shortage to shift patients to government medical colleges
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News Reports

Govt asks Twitter to restrict accounts spreading fake news on Covid-19, not due to ‘criticism of handling’ coronavirus crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Social media has been filled with multiple fake news which do nothing but fan panic amid the second wave of coronavirus.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Two nurses, Abid and Ankit, arrested for stealing and auctioning Remdesivir injection of dying man

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, around 6 security personnel deployed at the hospital tried to protect the accused but were later overpowered and arrested by the police as well.
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News Reports

After Russia, China and Germany offer help to India, America also offers support, stays silent on lifting embargo on vaccine raw material

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India's global partners such as France, Russia, Germany have not only expressed solidarity with India's fight against the pandemic but have also extended help at the time of crisis.
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal spent Rs 150 crore on ads in the first 3 months of 2021, RTI reveals

OpIndia Staff -
The AAP government spent an average of Rs 1.67 crore daily on ads and publicity amid the second wave of coronavirus.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Naxalites kidnap 3 jawans after a deadly ambush, 1 killed, 1 released and 1 still in captive

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This is the third such incident after the unfortunate Bijapur-Sukma Naxalite attack earlier this month in which 22 jawans lost their lives
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: No shortage of oxygen in the state, assures CM Yogi Adityanath amid coronavirus crisis

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Do not let the guard down said Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath while urging people to follow Covid-19 protocols
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News Reports

Rajasthan Health Minister faces flak for meeting Salman Khan’s bodyguard while state is under curfew for COVID, people ask what was so urgent

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Amid the rising coronavirus cases, Rajasthan has implemented strict lockdown, severely restricting movement even of essential commodities and services.
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News Reports

Bharat Biotech announces Covaxin prices for state governments and private hospitals for Phase 3 of Covid-19 vaccination program

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Bharat Biotech said that Covaxin price for the state governments will be ₹600, and the price for private hospitals will be ₹1200
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News Reports

UP CM orders continuous monitoring of hospital beds, oxygen, Covid-19 medicine status, orders strict action against black marketing and rumours

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The UP CM directed that all hospitals where Covid-19 patients are being treated should publish the details of vacant beds twice a day
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World

Russian Embassy in Belarus taunts Foreign Affairs Minister of Lithuania with ‘small penis’ jibe, deletes and then tweets again

OpIndia Staff -
The Foreign Affairs Minister of Lithuania had posted a tweet in solidarity with Czechia which is embroiled in a bitter row with Russia
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News Reports

Kanpur Medical College denies reports that Param Vir Chakra awardee Abdul Hamid’s son died due to lack of oxygen, says reports are false and...

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Kanpur Medical college principal said that they are not facing oxygen shortage as the reports on Ali Hasan's death claimed
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News Reports

‘If you talk against Jihad, we will chop your tongue off, Inshallah’: Terrorist issues death threat against J&K BJP chief Ravinder Raina

OpIndia Staff -
Social media websites were awash with a video of an unidentified terrorist threatening to assassinate JK BJP chief Ravinder Raina
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News Reports

Imran Khan expresses solidarity with India over COVID-19 crisis hours after BSF shot down two Pakistani drones along the LoC

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Pakistan PM Imran Khan had on Saturday afternoon posted a tweet expressing solidarity for Indians battling COVID-19.
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Politics

Arvind Kejriwal appeals for oxygen from other states after spending crores on ads, gets slammed by netizens

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has appealed to states to provide them with oxygen if they have anything to spare.
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News Reports

The Wire withdraws fake news about Rajnath Singh, says it was based on other news reports

Dibakar Dutta -
The Wire removes fake report claiming that Rajnath Singh had asked people to recite Ramcharitmanas to fight against Covid-19
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News Reports

UP Police files against FIR against social media users for spreading rumours on COVID-19 deaths

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UP Police alleged that a mischievous and planned attempt was being made to tarnish the reputation of UP government
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News Reports

As result day draws near, Mamata Banerjee declares that she will move SC against the Election Commission after the elections

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Mamata Banejree alleged that EC is helping BJP by detaining TMC supporters to make sure that they can't vote for TMC
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Politics

Congress slams Arvind Kejriwal for spending crores on publicity but not securing oxygen supply

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Delhi Congress leader Ajay Maken has slammed CM Arvind Kejriwal over the oxygen crisis in the Union Territory.
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News Reports

RSS support group accuses Delhi Police personnel of beating up its volunteers for delivering medical supplies to the needy

OpIndia Staff -
Members of Friends of RSS allege they were beaten by Delhi police while delivering masks, sanitisers and vaporisers to a needy family
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Opinions

Pandemic, Politics and Propaganda

Saket Suryesh -
The devastations Covid-19 is leaving across the Globe will take centuries to heal and the scars it will leave on human souls will forever torture us.
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News Reports

‘Most affordable vaccine today’: SII CEO Adar Poonawalla issues clarification over Covishield costs after opposition parties cry foul

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SII CEO Adar Poonawalla has issued a statement to address the controversy regarding the cost of Covishield.
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