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Coronavirus outbreak

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Rourkela: Clashes erupt between locals and police personnel over lifting of coronavirus containment order

OpIndia Staff - 26 May, 2020

Earlier this month, health workers, police team and ASHA workers were attacked by the minority community residents of the containment zone in Rourkela

Media Fact-Check

Caravan India journalist spreads lies that 10 migrants have died due to hunger while going back in Shramik Express

OpIndia Staff - 26 May, 2020

On Tuesday, Caravan India journalist Vidya Krishnan took to Twitter to claim that 40 Shramik Express trains got lost and that the government 'forgot' to feed the passengers which led to death of at least 10 people.

News Reports

India’s coronavirus fatality rate among the lowest in the world: Union Health Ministry

OpIndia Staff - 26 May, 2020

Union Health Ministry Joint Secretary Luv Agarwal said that India's 0.3 per cent deaths per lakh population is the lowest fatality rate in the world

Opinions

Serving the people of Bharat when they need it the most: Here is why the Left is left behind

Ganesh Turerao - 26 May, 2020

RSS and Left, over the past two months, have shown what they can do in testing times, it is for India to choose, either selfless service for all or propaganda for some.

News Reports

WHO warns that Countries seeing a decline in COVID-19 cases can witness a ‘second peak’

OpIndia Staff - 26 May, 2020

The WHO has warned the countries which are reporting a decline in coronavirus cases that they can witness a 'second peak'.

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Companies, organisations prefer donating to PM CARES Fund, NGOs are ‘starving’, says report

OpIndia Staff - 26 May, 2020

The 100% tax exemption provided for donations to the PM CARES Fund is attracting many organisations, small and big, to divert their contribution away from NGOs, the report says.

Politics

Rahul Gandhi distances Congress from the Coronavirus mess in Maharashtra, shifts blame squarely to Uddhav Thackeray: Read how

OpIndia Staff - 26 May, 2020

Today, during a press conference held by Rahul Gandhi, he was asked about the Coronavirus pandemic and its spread in Maharashtra and he squarely shifted the blame to Uddhav Thackeray

Politics

Coronavirus outbreak: Congress demands a fresh Union Budget, claims the pandemic demands increased spending by the centre

OpIndia Staff - 25 May, 2020

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in his column has argued that the present scenario has rendered the Union Budget declared in February irrelevant

China to evacuate its citizens from India amidst pandemic and rising border tensions: Here are the details of the press release

OpIndia Staff - 25 May, 2020

A notice has been published on the Chinese embassy website which states that students, tourists and businessmen who have been stranded in India will be allowed to fly back to China on special flights

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