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News Reports

Adani Vidya Mandir school in Ahmedabad will be converted to COVID-19 care centre: Gautam Adani

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

The Adani Foundation will be turning its school in Ahmedabad into a COVID care Ccentre.

News Reports

‘I don’t want to be another Ayesha’: Muslim woman, tortured for dowry, appeals to PM Modi, CM Yogi to save her from in-laws

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

A video has gone viral on the internet where a Muslim woman called Hina Khan is pleading with authorities to save her life.

News Reports

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal hospitalised, had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 20

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

Sunita Kejriwal has been admitted at the Max Hospital in New Delhi's Saket. She had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 20.

News Reports

‘Govt trying to suppress voice of farmers amidst COVID-19 spike’: Rakesh Tikait insists on carrying on his drama amidst deadly pandemic

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait asserted that the 'farmers protests will continue and insisted that his drama at the border will continue

News Reports

‘Shooter Dadi’ Chandra Tomar passes away in Meerut after testing positive for Covid

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

'Shooter Dadi' Chandro Tomar has passed away after being infected with the novel Coronavirus.

Opinions

Peddling falsehoods during Covid crisis: Here are 3 blatant lies by Arundhati Roy in her Guardian article

Jinit Jain - 30 April, 2021

Arundhati Roy recently penned an article in the British daily The Guardian to peddle lies, misinformation and propaganda against the Modi government

News Reports

Union Government announces ₹15,000 crore interest-free 50 year loan for states to spend on capital projects

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

Union Govt to provide an additional amount upto Rs 15,000 crore to states as interest-free 50-year loans for capital projects

Media

Newslaundry, ThePrint columnists, journalists, Congress ‘youth icon’ and other Islamists celebrate Rohit Sardana’s death

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

Islamists on social media are celebrating the death of Rohit Sardana and hurling the worst kind of abuses at him.

News Reports

How to identify fake Remdesivir injections from a real one? IPS officer shares the simple steps

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

IPS Monica Bhardwaj has pointed out a total of 6 identifiers that can help differentiate between a counterfeit and authentic Remdesivir jab.

News Reports

“A commerce graduate will tell how to treat Covid-19?” Supreme Court imposes cost of Rs 1,000 on petitioner seeking directions on Covid-19 treatment

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

Suresh Shaw had filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to issue directions on medication and treatment of Covid-19

News Reports

Dasna temple priest Yati Narsighanand Saraswati’s Twitter account suspended: What happened

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

The official account of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati has been suspended by Twitter.

Media

Senior Aaj Tak journalist Rohit Sardana passes away due to Covid, was busy helping others even as he suffered from Covid himself

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

Rohit Sardana, popular news anchor at Aaj Tak, has passed away on Friday after testing positive for Covid-19.

Media

As international media turns into vultures, MEA tells diplomats to not get overpowered by negative reports: Here is why he is right

Editorial Desk - 30 April, 2021

S Jaishankar has spoken to diplomats to not get bogged down by negative reports in international media about India and COVID-19 and take charge.

News Reports

Netizens trend #ArrestPChidambaram after he asks for a ‘revolt’ against Modi govt

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

In a tweet, P Chidambaram said, "People must revolt against a government that is assuming all the people of India are fools."

News Reports

Slain Pakistani Islamic terrorist Usman Khan had conned the Christian priest inside prison, convinced him of ‘change of heart’

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

Usman Khan was considered a ‘poster boy for deradicalisation’ following his release from prison after being convicted on charges of terrorism. Less than a year after his release, he went into a stabbing spree at an event where he was invited.

Government and Policy

‘Reservation’ in the COVID-19 vaccine process? Chhattisgarh’s Congress CM writes to PM Modi, suggests ‘socially weaker’ be given priority

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghe has suggested that govt implement a form of reservation in the COVID vaccine process

News Reports

‘Bring Delhi under President’s rule, or there will be dead bodies piled up on roads’: AAP MLA Shoaib Iqbal on Covid crisis

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

AAP MLA appeals for immediate President's rule in Delhi to handle the Covid crisis.

News Reports

Chinese state media now claims that cases of a mutant strain found in India detected in China, 11 taken to the hospital: Details

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2021

Chinese state media is now claiming that they have detected some cases of mutant strains of COVID-19 found in Indian in China.

News Reports

Bombay HC refers to RSS Swayamsevak Narayan Dabhadkar’s sacrifice, says his death ‘reflection on Maharashtra Govt’s healthcare system’

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

“Had we woken up earlier, both could have lived”, Bombay HC said referring to RSS Swayamsevak Narayan Dabhadkar’s sacrifice

News Reports

Exit polls predict a close contest in West Bengal, clear verdict in Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Exit polls predict win for NDA in Assam and Puducherry, LDF in Kerala, DMK+ in Tamil Nadu, and mixed verdict for West Bengal

News Reports

Bharat Biotech reduces the price of Covaxin for state governments a day after Covishield price for states cut by SII

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Bharat Biotech has announced that it is reducing the price of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin for the state governments to Rs 400 from Rs 600

News Reports

Top sellers of India’s misery: Hindustan Times, AFP, Bloomberg and Nur Photo emerge biggest contributors of crematorium photos on Getty Images

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Several media houses, agencies and photographers selling photos of funeral pyres from India at Rs 23,000 per photo on Getty Images

News Reports

BJP leader Tajinder Bagga requests Delhi CM to convert Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics into COVID care centres

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Tajinder Bagga said that with 20 beds each in the mohalla clinics, the Delhi govt can create 20,000 beds for Covid-19 patients in a day

News Reports

Columnist with The Wire, Al Jazeera amongst others apologises over spreading fake news of a funeral, NDTV’s Ravish Kumar continues to be brazen

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Sharad Sharma, the elder brother of Anubhav Sharma informed that he performed the last rites for funeral of his brother with his own hands.

News Reports

Sonu Nigam says ‘how dare you’ to Tripura DM who raided a wedding, Hindu priests also criticise the DM’s behaviour

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Calling the incident deplorable, Nigam questioned how dare the West Tripura DM speak to people in an unruly fashion and touch them.

News Reports

The Wire, Tribune quote IMA’s Dr. Navjot Dahiya who called PM Modi a ‘super spreader’, but skip this important point

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Dr Dahiya, VP IMA who called PM Modi a 'super spreader' is also a spokesperson for Punjab Congress.

World

Remember the horrible forest fire in California? It was arson, to cover up a murder

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Police in California's Solano Country have confirmed that the Markley Fire that killed 2 senior citizen and burned down a large forest area was a cover up for murder.

News Reports

50-year old woman came to vote in place of 31-year old woman, BJP’s Kalyan Chaubey says, TMC goons gherao his car

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

With final phase of voting concluding in West Bengal today, the results of the high octane elections will be declared on 2nd May, 2021.

News Reports

Tragedy porn amid COVID-19 crisis: Photographs of funeral pyres from India selling for Rs. 23,000 each on stock image sites

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Stock image site Getty Images is hosting dozens of photographs depicting Indian funeral pyres, selling them for up to Rs. 23,000

News Reports

Loksatta quietly edits its ‘fact-check’ on RSS Swayamsevak’s supreme sacrifice, claims the report was based on an unverified Tweet

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Loksatta had also quoted the original Tweet from where it had picked up the story, that tweet has been deleted by the user now

News Reports

Media takes false viral story about ‘Muslim hero’ at face value, but resorts to fake claims to prove deceased RSS worker a liar

T Waraich - 29 April, 2021

The mainstream media is not only disproportionately signal-boosting 'Muslim hero' stories but also denigrating genuine heroes who happen to be from the RSS to serve a political agenda.

News Reports

Govt of India calls out Wall Street Journal’s mischievous attempt to portray that govt censored hashtags on social media

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Facebook had accidently blocked a hashtag which was later reinstated. Wall Street Journal blamed GoI censorship for the block

Hinduphobic professor Audrey Truschke found stalking parents of students at Rutgers University who had passed resolution against Hinduphobia

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Voices against Hinduphobia gained prominence in Rutgers University after it defended Hinduphobnic ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke

News Reports

Oxygen cylinder vendors in Delhi selling oxygen in black by putting ‘not available’ sign on their shops, reveals a Twitter user

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

One Twitter user said that the black marketeer demanded Rs 20000 advance & Rs 15,000 after delivery of 1 oxygen cylinder in Delhi

Opinions

Fact-checking a dead Sanghi – the reason why Indian media stoops so low

Rahul Roushan - 29 April, 2021

Hinduphobia is real, and it has manifested itself when two newspapers decided to discredit the ultimate sacrifice of an 85 years old RSS Swayamsevak.

News Reports

Uttarakhand government suspends Char Dham Yatra amidst rising Covid cases

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

The Char Dham yatra was to begin from 14 May, 2021 this year.

News Reports

Delhi HC slams Kejriwal govt on number of Remdesivir vials delivered after it understates the figure

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Delhi Government had stated it only got 2,500 vials of Remdesivir but the records show they got 52,000 vials, as per reports.

News Reports

Punjab: Protesting ‘farmers’ have laid seize to Future Group’s storage facility for 4 months, company approaches HC

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Future Supply Chain Solutions Ltd has submitted in court that food items Wirth Rs 66 lakhs have already been destroyed and items worth Rs 1.5 crores will perish soon f the blockade continues.

News Reports

Did Priyanka Gandhi really arrange for oxygen at Medanta Hospital, Lucknow from Chhattisgarh? Here is what we know

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

A Delhi-based NGO had arranged for oxygen tanker at Medanta Hospital, Lucknow, when the levels were at critical stage

News Reports

Param Bir Singh slapped with SC/ST Act, weeks after writing letter exposing Maha Home Minister

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Ghadge claims Singh had filed five FIRs against him to get him suspended after he refused to obey Singh's illegal instructions.

News Reports

TV actor Sushant Singh abuses mental health experts who wanted Covid patients not to be exposed to negative news

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2021

Television actor Sushant Singh on Wednesday abused the mental health experts who suggested that the media should have some restrain and focus on reporting facts instead of sensational and hysterical reportage.

World