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Cipla issues caution against Remdesivir scammers: Preying on the vulnerable and how you can save yourself

OpIndia Staff -
Cipla has issued an advisory for the public to beware of the scammers who are defrauding people on pretext of arranging Remdesivir injections
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News Reports

Railway pointsman who saved child of a visually impaired woman donates half his prize money to the family

OpIndia Staff -
Mayur Shelke has also appealed that all the people who have contacted to meet him and offer rewards to him should instead donate to the child's family or others who are in need.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee holds massive rally in Dakshin Dinajpur, refers to PM, HM as “goons”

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal goes into 6th phase of voting in current assembly elections.
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World

Pfizer and 10 other corporates donated $1 million each to Joe Biden’s inaugural committee, totalling $61.8 million: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
U.S. President Joe Biden’s inaugural committee raised $61.8 million from contributions by corporations like Pfizer and Uber, labour unions and other wealthy individuals for his inauguration events
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News Reports

After Rakesh Tikait got vaccinated himself, BKU issues another threat to the Modi govt amid the Coronavirus pandemic: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
After so-called farmers deciding to march from Punjab to Delhi yet again, Rakesh Tikait led Bhartiya Kisan Union has been issuing threats, warning the BJP government to not make any attempts to vacate the protesting site
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Media Fact-Check

Hindustan Times publishes a misleading article by Congress worker Praveen Chakravarty: Has India inoculated only 7% of its population?

Nupur J Sharma -
Hindustan Times today published an opinion piece by 'Data analyst' Praveen Chakravarty, who is a Congress party worker.
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Opinions

Fake stories of suffering by social media ‘influencers’ amidst COVID-19 outbreak: What it says about our moral compass?

Jinit Jain -
Many social media 'influencers' have been caught sharing fake stories of sufferings to gain followers and funds amidst raging COVID-19 pandemic
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News Reports

Late-night urgent hearings by Delhi and Bombay high courts on oxygen and Remdesivir shortage

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi High Court instructed centre to curtail production state-run steel and petroleum industries to meet oxygen demand.
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Opinions

I am tired and extremely disoriented: How I got the Chinese virus and lived to tell the tale

Nirwa Mehta -
OpIndia Editor Nirwa Mehta takes you through her journey of surviving COVID.
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News Reports

‘Sterlite Copper can produce over 1000 MT oxygen per day, allow us to open’: Vedanta writes to TN govt, Health Minister

OpIndia Staff -
“We would be grateful to be allowed this opportunity to support the nation’s needs. Our staff stands prepared to get these two plants operational in the shortest possible time and begin dispatching oxygen to the critical areas as per your direction,” the letter continued.
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News Reports

Priyanka Gandhi’s Twitter faux pas, takes three attempts for condolence tweet

OpIndia Staff -
At 10:38 AM, four minutes after her first tweet, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted correct condolence message to correct intended recipient on third attempt.
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News Reports

Sri Lanka asks ship carrying nuclear material for China to leave Hambantota, had docked after developing technical snag

OpIndia Staff -
A top official of the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Authority informed, “The ship failed to declare its dangerous cargo - uranium hexafluoride and we decided to order it to leave our waters immediately.”
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Crowd gathered in Jaipur’s Jama masjid pelts stones on police team, vehicles damaged

OpIndia Staff -
The stone pelting incident reportedly happened at the Jama Masjid in Jaipur's Sanganer area.
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News Reports

Sitaram Yechury’s son passes away due to Covid-19

OpIndia Staff -
The CPI(M) General Secretary in his tweet thanked all the medical staff who treated his son Ashish Yechury
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News Reports

Action under NSA and Gangster Act against black marketers of oxygen cylinders, Covid-19 medicines, warns UP CM Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath took aim at black marketers trying to make a profit through the illegal sale of oxygen cylinders and COVID-19 medicines
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News Reports

As ICMR study proves high efficacy of made in India Covid vaccines, read how politicians and media had stoked vaccine hesitancy against Covaxin

OpIndia Staff -
For many months, doomsday predictors had fuelled vaccine hesitancy by making all kinds of baseless claims about Covaxin
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News Reports

Is Serum Institute really making a huge profit and charging discriminatory price from states for Covid-19 vaccine? Read details

Raju Das -
Serum Institute had offered GOI a discount for 1st 100 million doses, it will not be making huge profits from states as alleged
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News Reports

‘Remdesivir is not magic bullet, 85 percent of Covid patients do not need hospitalisation: Top doctors issue advisory

OpIndia Staff -
Doctors from AIIMS, Narayana Health and Medanta issued advisory amidst rising number of coronavirus cases.
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News Reports

After lobbying for foreign vaccines, Rahul Gandhi calls Serum Institute’s Adar Poonawalla ‘Modi’s friend’, claims few industrialists will earn profit from vaccine

OpIndia Staff -
After relentless attack on Ambani and Adani, Rahul Gandhi now targets Adar Poonawalla, calls him Modi's friend
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Fact-Check

TMC, Kashmiri Journalist and propagandists found posting fake images and videos amidst Covid-19 crisis

OpIndia Staff -
TMC's campaign handle 'Banglar Gorbo Mamata' was found spreading deliberate lies and fake news during the Covid pandemic.
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News Reports

Moneycontrol deletes report, NDTV brazens out misleading reports on oxygen export after central government calls out malicious propaganda

OpIndia Staff -
After central government slammed media for spreading falsehoods about oxygen exports, Moneycontrol takes down its report
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News Reports

India becomes the fastest country in the world to administer over 13 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses: Centre

OpIndia Staff -
India becomes the fastest country to administer 13 crore COVID-19 doses.
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News Reports

Netflix stock dips due to a dramatic slowdown in subscriber addition, company blames production delays due to Covid-19

OpIndia Staff -
Netflix is seemingly unfazed by this dramatic underperformance, and expects to bounce back in the latter half of 2021.
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News Reports

‘Chacha mayor hain hamare’: Raipur mayor’s nephew Shoaib Dhebar misbehaves with cops when caught without mask, video viral

OpIndia Staff -
An image had surfaced on social media claiming that Shoaib was fined just Rs 5, whereas the fine for not wearing a mask is Rs 500 in Chhattisgarh. Later another image had surfaced which showed a Rs 500 fine.
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News Reports

Kerala professor compares Modi with Hitler and right-wing with Nazi Germany in lecture to students, spews venom on Hindus and ‘Hindu parties’

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala professor Gilbert Sebastian give hateful lessons against RSS & PM Modi, compares rise of right wing with Mussolini & Hitler
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News Reports

After mishandling the coronavirus outbreak in Maharashtra, the MVA government to import foreign Covid-19 vaccines

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said that the state will be importing COVID-19 vaccines from abroad and launch an extensive inoculation drive.
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News Reports

Nashik: Oxygen leaks from tanker, 22 patients dead as ventilators were stopped

OpIndia Staff -
The incident occurred at Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik.
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News Reports

Haryana Health Minister accuses Kejriwal-led Delhi Government of ‘looting’ oxygen tanker

OpIndia Staff -
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij stated that they are being 'forced' to give their oxygen to Delhi.
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News Reports

No, Indian govt did not export medical oxygen as country grappled coronavirus pandemic. Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
India did not export 9884 MT of medical oxygen between January to March 2021 amid raging coronavirus pandemic
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News Reports

Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin effective against double mutant Covid-19 strain: ICMR study

OpIndia Staff -
The ICMR on Wednesday released the results of a study that proves that Covaxin neutralizes multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 including the double mutant strain.
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News Reports

Gujarat Congress leader gets schooled by Reliance Group President for trying to shame company over oxygen supply

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader tries to shame Mukesh Ambani for helping Maharashtra with oxygen and not Gujarat, Reliance fact-checks
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News Reports

Serum Institute of India announces prices to be charged from state governments and private hospitals for COVISHIELD: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Serum Institute of India to provide COVISHIELD at Rs 400 to state governments, Rs 600 to private hospitals
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News Reports

Congress leader writes to PM Modi demanding imposition of health and financial emergency in Maharashtra amidst COVID-19 outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Dr Ashish Deshmukh wrote to PM Modi asking to impose health and financial emergency in Maharashtra
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Opinions

Breathing oxygen? Thank a tree hugger in Aarey forest

Sanghamitra -
As media reports started going oxygen, oxygen, oxygen in the last few days, the 'liberals' recalled their primary school science lessons.
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News Reports

No masks, abuses and ruckus: How a Shiv Sena corporator abuses power to threaten doctors on duty

OpIndia Staff -
The doctors of Bhagwati Hospital have threatened to resign after being humiliated by the Shiv Sena corporator.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: SC inquiry commission gives clean chit to UP Police in Vikas Dubey encounter case

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court's inquiry commission found no evidence of wrongdoing against Uttar Pradesh Police in Vikas Dubey encounter case
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News Reports

India Inc step in after PM Modi addresses the nation on Covid crisis, here is how TATA, Reliance and others are pitching in

OpIndia Staff -
SAIL has informed that it has provided over 33,000 tons of medical oxygen from its steel plants so far.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Mob pelts stones, attacks police for asking them to not offer namaz in huge crowd

OpIndia Staff -
To control the violent mob, police had to resort to using tear gas. However, even then the mob was out of control. Eventually they had to call in additional forces.
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News Reports

Himanta Biswa Sarma announces free vaccine to all above 18 years, orders 1 crore doses of Covaxin for Assam

OpIndia Staff -
The government announced that the funds collected in Assam Arogya Nidhi will be utilized for the procurement of vaccines.
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News Reports

The curious case of vaccines in Chhattisgarh: Why aren’t we talking about this?

Nirwa Mehta -
In February itself Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had said that his state government will make the vaccines free for all.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announces free vaccine for all above 18 years

OpIndia Staff -
Yesterday, the UP government had announced that there will be no lockdowns as of now, instead, steps will be taken to boost medical infra and supply of oxygen and necessary medicines.
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News Reports

Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan makes a u-turn on vaccines, after promising free vaccines, wants Centre to foot the bill

OpIndia Staff -
In March 2020, Kerala had allocated Rs 20,000 funds to fight the Chinese virus pandemic.
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News Reports

As SC hands over Mahabaleshwar temple to a committee, read how Congress fought against BJP’s effort to free Hindu temples, for their wealth

OpIndia Staff -
BJP govt in 2008 had denotifed the Gokarna Mahabaleshwar temple, but the subsequent Congress govt had opposed the decision
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News Reports

PM Modi urges states to refrain from imposing lockdown, only use it as a “last resort” to contain Coronavirus

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"We have to save the country from lockdown", PM Modi said, urging states to focus on micro containment zone instead
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News Reports

West Bengal: Election Commission announces by-poll on Eid, opposition slams poll panel for ‘bias against Muslims’

OpIndia Staff -
The decision taken by EC to conduct by-polls on Eid has left opposition parties miffed who are now doubting EC's 'intent'
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News Reports

AAP supported farmer protests hampering war against Covid-19, oxygen supplier writes to GOI saying tankers delayed due to roadblocks by protestors

OpIndia Staff -
Inox Air Products said that they are facing delays in Delhi while transporting oxygen due to road blockades by the farmer protestors
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Law

‘Won’t interfere in ongoing polls’, Supreme Court junks petition filed by TMC leader seeking 100% VVPAT verification of votes

OpIndia Staff -
SC rejected plea by TMC leader Gopal Seth seeking 100% VVPAT matching saying it is not inclined to interfere in ongoing poll process
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News Reports

After getting vaccinated himself, Rakesh Tikait says the Modi government will be responsible if farmers get COVID-19

OpIndia Staff -
Rakesh Tikait had recently said that 'farmers' protests is not Shaheen Bagh than can be stopped in the name of coronavirus
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News Reports

‘Farmers’ to march from Punjab to Delhi amid Covid surge, Yogendra Yadav says they will not let govt quell the protest in the name...

OpIndia Staff -
This 'farmer' march comes at a time when Delhi is going through a surge in Coronavirus cases, with testing facilities getting overwhelmed.
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Politics

Sanjay Raut threatens Kannadigas in Mumbai, BJP terms his remarks ‘anti-national’: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
In an editorial published on Sunday in Saamana, Sanjay Raut threatened Kannadigas in Mumbai, BJP has slammed the remark
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