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News Reports

Amidst the COVID-19 surge, French President Emmanuel Macron shares a message in Hindi with Indians: Here’s what he said

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

Emmanuel Macron today uploaded a Facebook post in Hindi, expressing solidarity with India and promising medical equipments, including oxygen generators to fight the pandemic.

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China’s U-turn: A day after suspending cargo flights to India, Chinese airlines to ‘discuss’ new plan to resume services

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

Just a day prior, Sichuan Airlines had announced that it would suspend all cargo flights to India.

Government and Policy

UP govt announces free Remdesivir injections to critically ill, 44 arrested in black-marketing of life-saving drugs, oxygen cylinders

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

Yogi Adityanath has ordered police to take stringent action under the NSA Act against people found indulging in the illegal sale of life-saving drugs and oxygen cylinders

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Yogi Adityanath decides to rope in retired doctors and para-medical staff to deal with the COVID-19 crisis in the state

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

The decision to rope in retired medical staff was taken to help with the shortage of manpower amid rising coronavirus cases.

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Bhutan to send liquid oxygen to India from a new plant. Read details

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

The Indian Embassy stated that 40MT of liquid oxygen will be produced everyday at the Bhutanese oxygen Plant, which will then be transported to Assam via cryogenic tankers.

Media

NYPost uses old image to claim people are dying on streets from COVID-19 in India, replaces it with funeral pyre after being called out:...

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

Though the misleading image has been replaced, the NY Post is yet to update the title of the article which still reads that people in India are dying on streets due to COVID-19 outbreak

Opinions

I asked whether Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi have made contributions amid coronavirus pandemic. Here is the response I got

Nirwa Mehta - 27 April, 2021

From death threats to wishing I and my family get COVID and we suffer for medicines and oxygen: Congress supporters and leaders attacked me as I questioned The Gandhi family

Political Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did BJP spokesperson praise AAP for not politicising the COVID-19 crisis? Aam Aadmi Party shares manipulated media

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

AAP shared manipulated video to claim that BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi praised them for not politicising the oxygen crisis in the National Capital.

Opinions

From incompetence, negligence to misplaced priorities: How Kejriwal govt contributed to the worsening of Covid crisis in Delhi

Jinit Jain - 27 April, 2021

Arvind Kejriwal's priorities remained tweeting, advertisements and political goal scoring, not actually arranging for the transportation of medical oxygen.

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