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There are no rules anymore: How journalists have only themselves to blame for the viral photo of Danish Siddiqui’s corpse

K Bhattacharjee - 16 July, 2021

Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed in Afghanistan during clashes with Taliban and a photo of his dead body is now viral.

Media

Journalist asks people to not circulate photo of dead reporter, after sharing photos of funeral pyres he clicked, netizens call her hypocrite

OpIndia Staff - 16 July, 2021

Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed by the Taliban during clashes at Spin Boldak district in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

News Reports

Uttarakhand: Tourists caught showing fake RT-PCR reports, highest from Delhi. Details

OpIndia Staff - 15 July, 2021

Recently, Uttarakhand had to send back more than 5,000 vehicles (around 8000 people) headed for Nainital and Mussoorie as the travellers couldn’t produce necessary documents, hotel reservation papers and RT-PCR reports.

Opinions

A doctor’s diary: An experience of a dermatologist as a patient, as an attendant and physician during COVID-19 pandemic

Guest Author - 15 July, 2021

As India slowly crawls back to normalcy amid the looming threat of the third wave of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, a doctor describes how he lived through the second wave in three different roles.

News Reports

Bangladesh to lift strictest ever lockdown for Eid despite surge in Covid-19 cases

OpIndia Staff - 15 July, 2021

Experts have expressed caution over the move as even during the lockdown the number of coronavirus cases and fatalities had increased

News Reports

PM Modi expresses concerns over tourists thronging markets at hill stations without masks amid raging pandemic

OpIndia Staff - 13 July, 2021

PM Modi warned the tourists, flouting Covid protocols, that the third wave of the pandemic would hit the country only when we invite it

News Reports

Serum Institute of India to commence production of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine from September: Details

OpIndia Staff - 13 July, 2021

The Serum Institute of India has already received cell and vector samples from Russia's Gamaleya Centre and the cultivation process has begun

World

Over 600 frontline workers in Thailand get infected despite being jabbed with China-made Covid vaccine Sinovac: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2021

After China made Sinovac failed to protect people from covid infection, Thailand contemplates giving a third booster dose of different make

News Reports

Australian MP Craig Kelly wants UP CM Yogi Adityanath to take charge of COVID management. Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff - 11 July, 2021

Craig Kelly, Australian Member of Parliament, taking notice of the success of the Uttar Pradesh government in containing the pandemic, lauded the effective leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in crushing the wave.

News Reports