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Fact-check: Did Indian Air Force shower flower petals on the migrant workers walking home amid coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
An image was shared on social media where a helicopter was seen showering flower petals as migrant workers walked home amid coronavirus lockdown
News Reports

Taiwan – The one word that gets China’s bats in a bunch. Here is how their recent tantrum played out

OpIndia Staff -
The Chinese Embassy's counsellor Ji Rong had recently issued a statement criticising The Hindu newspaper for providing a platform to Taiwan's health minister.
News Reports

East Delhi: Liquor shops closed after people defy social distancing rules and huddle to buy alcohol

OpIndia Staff -
Liquor shops had to be forced shut-in places such as Mayur Vihar and Krishna Nagar.
News Reports

Korean Industrialists seeking an exit from China, interested to invest in Uttar Pradesh: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The MSME Minister assured that the Uttar Pradesh Government would provide the required assistance to industrialists to set up factories in the State.
News Reports

Mumbai: Doctor booked for sexually assaulting a male Coronavirus patient in ICU

OpIndia Staff -
The complainant testified to the police that the doctor made sexual advances towards him in the ICU ward, despite the patient's resistance.
Opinions

On migrant workers, ticket prices and bureaucratic language

Abhishek Banerjee -
And there is absolutely no justification for states asking the so called migrants to pay for tickets back “home.”
News Reports

After Indore, Malegaon sees surge in burials in Muslim graveyards despite reported low coronavirus related deaths

OpIndia Staff -
While there has been a spike in burials in Muslim graveyards, the number of cremations in Malegaon, on the other hand, have remained more or less stable.
News Reports

Members of Tablighi Jamaat create ruckus yet again, this time in Alwar, Rajasthan: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
The decision to shift Tablighi Jamaat members to the shelter home was taken as they were outsiders and could not travel to their homes due to the lockdown.
News Reports

Liquor over life: People throng to buy alcohol as shops open, lockdown norms go down the drain

OpIndia Staff -
The MHA order had specified that liquor and paan shops cannot have more than 5 persons at a time. However, visuals of liquor stores from across the nation show social distancing norms being openly flouted.
Politics

After it is clarified that passengers don’t need to pay for Shramik Special train, Sonia Gandhi says Congress will pay, but how?

OpIndia Staff -
This offer to pay for the migrants' fare came two days after the Railway Ministry had clarified that the state and central governments are facilitating the movement of migrants through Shramik Special trains.
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