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Blame game ensues after Mid-Day finds BMC officials at Mumbai airport took bribes from international passengers to allow escape from mandatory quarantine

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An investigation by Mid-day found that BMC officials deployed at the Mumbai international airport took bribes from international fliers to help them skip mandatory isolation
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Permission for IPL in Mumbai despite shutdown of other private business sparks outrage

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The permission to allow IPL in Mumbai uninterrupted, however, sparked outrage among netizens.
Entertainment

45 crew members of Ram Setu movie test positive for COVID-19 the day Akshay Kumar gets hospitalised for coronavirus

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Versatile actor Akshay Kumar had tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday
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New Zealand snubs Australia to stand with China over WHO’s Covid-19 origin report

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China is currently New Zealand's biggest trading partner with annual two-way trade of more than NZ$32 billion ($22.3 billion).
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Maharashtra: MBBS book linking COVID-19 outbreak to Tablighi Jamaat withdrawn after objections raised by Students Islamic Organisation

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A reference book for MBBS students in Maharashtra attributed the coronavirus outbreak in India to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation
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USA: Abusive woman passenger threatens to sue Uber after getting banned, gets banned from Lyft too

OpIndia Staff -
Ride-hailing service Lyft has said that they are removing the said woman from their community and will not let her use their cabs. Interestingly, the woman had in a video, stated that she prefers Lyft.
Opinions

Ex-CEO of Rajya Sabha TV draws a ludicrous comparison between free vaccinations in the past with COVID-19 immunisation: Here’s why he is wrong

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Gurdeep Singh Sappal, the former CEO of Rajya Sabha TV and a Congress loyalist, ranted against nominal price of COVID-19 vaccines charged at private vaccination centres
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‘India’s low-cost vaccines have rescued the world’: Top US scientist says India’s efforts need wider recognition

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American Scientist Dr Hortez said India's COVID-19 vaccine rollout has 'rescued the world' by providing a large supply of low-cost vaccines.
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Russia reports world’s first case of humans infected with H5N8 strain of bird flu

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The highly contagious H5N8 strain is lethal for birds, however, it was never reported to have spread to humans.
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Maharashtra: Coronavirus cases see a sharp rise, govt warns of another lockdown

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On every day of the second week of February, Maharashtra reported more than 3,000 coronavirus cases, something it had not reported in at least a month.
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