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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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...

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
SII CEO Adar Poonawalla has issued a statement to address the controversy regarding the cost of Covishield.
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News Reports

‘No shortage of oxygen’, clarifies AIIMS director after communists spread fake news that emergency in AIIMS was closed due to oxygen shortage

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While AIIMS Delhi added more oxygen outlets in emergency ward, communists spread fake news that it has run out of oxygen
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World

Pakistan: Islamic scholar turned politician gets trolled for doing ‘Nagin dance’ and other ‘haram’ things on TV during Ramzan

OpIndia Staff -
Islamic scholar and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) politician Aamir Liaquat Hussain sparked a massive controversy for doing 'haram' Nagin dance on TV during Ramzan transmission.
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Law

‘Have you made any effort to collect the oxygen?’: High Court slams Delhi Govt for failing to ensure supply of medical oxygen

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Government was rapped in the Delhi High Court on Saturday during the hearing on the supply of medicinal oxygen to hospitals.
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News Reports

Advocate representing Jaipur Golden Hospital slams Delhi Govt in HC, blames them for poor oxygen supply after multiple deaths

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Jaipur Golden Hospital had filed a petition in the court over the shortages of oxygen in the national capital amidst surging COVID-19 cases
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News Reports

Punjab and Haryana High Court closes ‘Illegal Confinement’ case of activist Nodeep Kaur after she opted to use ‘other remedy’

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Counsel of Nodeep Kaur told court that she would avail “other remedy” with regard to "maltreatment" and "custodial torture"
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News Reports

Years after marriage, Haryana woman finds out her husband ‘Ramesh’ is a Muslim, stages sit-in protest after she is pressurised to convert to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
7 years after marriage, Rajwinder Kaur finds out that her husband Ramesh is Muslim, pressurised to convert to Islam after that
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OpIndia Explains

Rutgers Student Association passes historic resolution against Hinduphobia: All you need to know about the lead up to it

OpIndia Staff -
Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) passed a resolution (No. 1451-XX) to adopt a scholarly definition of Hinduphobia.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 5 die in Yavatmal after drinking sanitiser in the absence of alcohol

OpIndia Staff -
The relatives of the deceased claimed that the men were addicted to alcohol and in its absence they drank sanitiser to quench their addiction
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Opinions

What does an Indian liberal do with the money they get for writing tragedy porn?

Abhishek Banerjee -
How many European parliaments are discussing how to help India during the Covid-19 crisis like they supposedly did for “farmers” of Punjab?
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Government and Policy

Union govt had asked states to grant permission to industrial oxygen producers to produce medical oxygen in the first week of April 2020

OpIndia Staff -
Within a day of receiving the proposal, the union ministry had issued orders for industrial oxygen makers to produce medical oxygen
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News Reports

Delhi Police resurrects the idle plant in Mundka to address oxygen demand in hospitals: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police personnel on Friday stepped up the efforts to help hospitals procure medicinal oxygen.
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Government and Policy

Arvind Kejriwal set up only 1 out of 8 oxygen plants for which Modi govt sanctioned funds through PM CARES in December 2020: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi HC slammed both the Delhi government and the central government due to the oxygen crisis in the National Capital.
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News Reports

As NDTV journalist and others rejoice at the fake news, Baba Ramdev rubbishes claims of a COVID-19 outbreak at Patanjali

OpIndia Staff -
Following the sensational Covid-19 figures presented by mainstream media reports, Yogi Adityanath took to Twitter to issue a clarification
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Media

NDTV journalist casts aspersion on Modi govt transporting oxygen tankers via train: Here are the facts that they forgot to consider

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV journalist Saket Upadhyay took to Twitter to say that he refuses to be an Oxygen Express 'cheerleader' because the entire excise, he believed, was a PR stunt.
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News Reports

Virar hospital in Mumbai where fire tragedy claimed 13 lives did not get a NOC from the fire department: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Investigations have revealed that though a fire audit was conducted in the Virar hospital, they did not get a NOC from the fire department
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Social Media

How ex-Navbharat Times journalist lost sense of decency, called DD journalist a ‘bhakt’ and ‘liar’ for sharing personal story of mother’s COVID-19 recovery

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Senior Doordarshan journalist Ashok Shrivastav slams ex-Navbharat Times journalist Avinish Mishra on Twitter after latter calls Shrivastav a 'liar'
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