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Dead bodies at river banks, the seemingly ghoulish practice goes much beyond Covid-19. This is why Hindus ‘bury’ too

OpIndia Staff -
Several Hindu communities in UP bury dead bodies at riverbanks, and its not a recent phenomenon as claimed by media
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AAP’s poster offering free logs to cremate the dead is real, here is what we found out

Nirwa Mehta -
The tractors carrying the logs for cremation were flagged off with much fanfare with AAP supremo and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's face printed on the flags.
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India today, Rajdeep Sardesai peddle lies about cremation ground for Covid-19 victims in Almora in Uttarakhand: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
While Almora admin has set up a dedicated cremation ground in Almora, India Today and Rajdeep Sardesai claimed it is open field
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Tragedy porn amid COVID-19 crisis: Photographs of funeral pyres from India selling for Rs. 23,000 each on stock image sites

OpIndia Staff -
Stock image site Getty Images is hosting dozens of photographs depicting Indian funeral pyres, selling them for up to Rs. 23,000
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Top mental health experts ask media not to create panic around Covid-19, criticise negative reporting from crematoriums

OpIndia Staff -
NIMHANS Director, other mental health professionals release open letter asking media to avoid “panic-inducing coverage” on Covid-19
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Maharashtra: Viral video shows corpses of Covid patients wrapped in garbage bag and polythene being taken for cremation

OpIndia Staff -
One of the corpses had a black garbage bag taped over it while the face was wrapped in a polythene bag.
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Hindu man mistaken for Muslim buried in Saudi Arabia, wife approaches Delhi HC seeking repatriation of mortal remains

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi High Court slammed the MEA for failing the take up the matter with Saudi Arabia, and asked them to file reply in two days
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Not only firecracker ban: Three other loony ideas the NGT has come up with to ‘save the environment’

OpIndia Staff -
The NGT has been criticised widely by people on social media for its crackdown on crackers across the country.
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Hathras victim cremated late night by her father in presence of police

OpIndia Staff -
Some media reports claimed that the cremation took place without the family's approval. However, the victim's father accompanied the police to the cremation ground where the rites were performed.
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West Bengal: Son of man who died of coronavirus was asked to pay Rs 51,000 to see father’s body

OpIndia Staff -
Staff from a private hospital in Bengal allegedly forced a family to pay Rs.51,000 to see remains of the father who had died of Covid-19.
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