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Switzerland embassy fact-checks Chinese media story on Covid origins, says the ‘Swiss scientist’ they had quoted does not exist

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese State media outlets, including the Global Times, the People’s Daily, had carried articles with comments from one Wilson Edwards, on the origins of Covid-19 and the WHO's independence.
World

Indonesia’s lead Sinovac scientist dies of suspected Covid-19, at least 131 vaccinated health workers have died since June

OpIndia Staff -
Indonesia reported 1,040 more deaths over the past 24 hours, double the number just a week ago as it experiences Asia's worst coronavirus outbreaks.
News Reports

RTI reply reveals that Arvind Kejriwal sought central govt help in fight against Covid for the first time in April 2021

OpIndia Staff -
While Delhi govt is alleging no help from central govt in fight against Covid, Arvind Kejriwal wrote to centre first time only in April 2021
Interviews

Exclusive: Prof M Vidyasagar, chair of COVID Supermodel Committee on ‘SUTRA’ model, second and third wave, vaccine hesitancy and more

Akshita Bhadauria -
Professor M Vidyasagar talks about the 'Sutra' model, need to mitigate vaccine hesitancy and why we cannot let the lockdown fatigue set in.
Media

New York Times ‘COVID reporter’ wants the world to stop talking about the ‘lab leak theory’ because of its ‘racist roots’, retracts

OpIndia Staff -
New York Times 'COVID-19 reporter' took to Twitter to say that the world should not talk about the 'lab leak theory' as far as COVID is concerned because it has racist roots.
News Reports

‘No such variant exists’: Modi Government asks social media firms to remove reference to ‘Indian variant’ of COVID-19

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, the Indian government asked all social media companies to take down any content that refers to an "Indian variant" of COVID-19
Opinions

Did the media highlight that Gaza violence began after Palestinians refused to follow COVID rules?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Israel can’t interfere with freedom of religion just like that. At least, they could allow people to have small gatherings, of say 20 people or 50 people, or something like that.
Law

Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi defends Navneet Kalra in HC, ASG says concentrators black-marketed by him had only 32% output

OpIndia Staff -
Navneet Kalra filed an appeal in the Delhi High Court with Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing on his behalf.
News Reports

Creating vaccine hesitancy, fear, unused ventilators in Congress-ruled states and more: Read JP Nadda’s scathing letter to Sonia Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
"In a nation that has almost no recent history of vaccine hesitancy, your party has the dubious record of trying to actively create it, that too, in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic," JP Nadda's letter to Sonia read.
News Reports

Activist who raised questions about Hemkunt Foundation’s funding and donations faces abuses, death threats

OpIndia Staff -
Yuvraj Pokharna, one of the activists who raised questions against Hemkunt Foundation's fundraiser is getting abuses and threats on social media and phone.
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