Monday, March 30, 2020

Politics
- News Reports
  
  Coronavirus: AAP shrugs off responsibilities after pushing lakhs of UP-Bihar migrants under the bus in middle of pandemic, indulges in blame games
  
  Editorial Desk - 29 March, 2020
  
  As the Chinese coronavirus pandemic slowly engulfs the country, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is back to doing what it does the best, shrug off responsibility and play petty politics.
  
  News Reports
  
  FIR registered against AAP MLA Raghav Chadha for making false accusations against Uttar Pradesh government
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2020
  
  Following the misleading claims made by Raghav Chadha, the Uttar Pradesh government had decided to take action against him for spreading fake news of UP government harassing migrant workers.
  
  News Reports
  
  UP govt to take action against AAP MLA Raghav Chadha for spreading fake news that UP CM had got migrant workers returning to UP...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020
  
  Responding to reports that AAP govt dropped migrant workers at UP border lying that UP buses were waiting for them, Raghav Chadha said a lie
  
  News Reports
  
  Punjab CM, who had passed resolution against CAA, requests MEA to fly Sikh families out of Afghanistan after ISIS attack against Kabul Gurudwara
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020
  
  Armed Islamic terrorists had attacked a Gurudwara Kabul in Afghanistan on 27 March killing 28 people and left hundreds injured
  
  News Reports
  
  Mamata Banerjee now blames centre for not providing enough Covid-19 test kits, union health minister says Bengal has used just 10% of tests available
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 March, 2020
  
  Dr Harsh Vardhan’s letter dated March 25 reportedly said that Bengal has four testing centres, the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) and Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) in Kolkata, Midnapore Medical College and the North Bengal Medical College.
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  People of Maharashtra are suffering for a mistake they didn’t make and will continue to suffer if Uddhav Thackeray govt lets the Coronavirus spread
  
  shwetashalini1100 - 29 March, 2020
  
  The failure of Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray as a decision-maker and a leader in the Covid-19 war
  
  Media
  
  Undeserved media praise for ‘secular’ Chief Ministers makes us less safe amidst the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic, not more
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 28 March, 2020
  
  India is in crisis. The number of people who have tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus is now disturbingly close to the 1000 mark.
  
  Opinions
  
  Wuhan Coronavirus: If India is testing too few, why is the percentage of ‘positives’ in India so low?
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 26 March, 2020
  
  Since the time the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic began, India has been facing a constant barrage of criticism
  
  Opinions
  
  Beijing’s propaganda war to escape blame for Chinese Virus won’t work
  
  Nitin Gokhale - 26 March, 2020
  
  Chinese propaganda machinery seems bent upon creating a narrative so as to distance China from questions pertaining to the origins of Coronavirus
  
  Government and Policy
  
  India under Lockdown: The downsides of under-reacting were simply too scary
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 25 March, 2020
  
  India is officially on lockdown for 21 days and downsides of not taking this extreme measure were too scary in the face of Coronavirus spread
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  News Reports
  
  Media used a ‘not a doctor’ to fear monger about Lockdown, now furthers a contradictory report by him as that by John Hopkins University
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020
  
  A report by IANS says that CDDEP and John Hopkins University prepared a report arguing against Coronavirus Lockdown, but JHU has denied involvement in it
  
  News Reports
  
  The Quint transforms an engineer to a doctor, peddles fake news saying India is already in the middle of community transmission of Coronavirus
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020
  
  Dr Girdhar Gyani is not even a 'doctor' as claimed by 'journalist' Poonam Agarwal of the Quint. He is an Engineer with a PhD degree.
  
  Media Fact-Check
  
  Shekhar Gupta’s The Print publishes article denigrating India’s efforts to curb Coronavirus pandemic: Here’s why it’s completely off the mark
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 27 March, 2020
  
  Writing for The Print, Shivam Vij claimed that PM Modi's lockdown will not save the country from Coronavirus but will kill the economy
  
  News Reports
  
  Here is why India Today’s chart on economic relief to poor for coronavirus crisis is a sad joke
  
  OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020
  
  India Today compares revival package announced by other countries with India's package for poor to show that India's package is not enough
Media
- Media
  
  After John Hopkins University, Princeton University distances itself from report painting grim picture of India amidst Coronavirus outbreak
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020
  
  The report from which Princeton University has distanced itself claimed that the ongoing 21-day lockdown will not be able to contain spread of Coronavirus
  
  News Reports
  
  Journalist behind The Wire and National Herald fake news claiming Varanasi Dalits forced to eat grass during lockdown served legal notice for misinformation
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020
  
  The notice says the children were eating 'akhri daal', a kind of wild pulse and it is perfectly edible.
  
  Media
  
  Undeserved media praise for ‘secular’ Chief Ministers makes us less safe amidst the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic, not more
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 28 March, 2020
  
  India is in crisis. The number of people who have tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus is now disturbingly close to the 1000 mark.
  
  News Reports
  
  Media used a ‘not a doctor’ to fear monger about Lockdown, now furthers a contradictory report by him as that by John Hopkins University
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020
  
  A report by IANS says that CDDEP and John Hopkins University prepared a report arguing against Coronavirus Lockdown, but JHU has denied involvement in it
  
  News Reports
  
  The Quint transforms an engineer to a doctor, peddles fake news saying India is already in the middle of community transmission of Coronavirus
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020
  
  Dr Girdhar Gyani is not even a 'doctor' as claimed by 'journalist' Poonam Agarwal of the Quint. He is an Engineer with a PhD degree.
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire
  
  Opinions
  
  P.P. Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar: The Man who transformed modern India and its trajectory
  
  Abhinav Khare - 25 March, 2020
  
  Just a small idea of Dr. KB Hedgewar of boys playing together in a playground developed world’s largest cadre-based voluntary organization.
  
  Satire
  
  Suffering through Modi’s #ThaliBajao abhiyan is worse than dying from a mysterious Chinese virus. Like, seriously!
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 22 March, 2020
  
  I need a therapist. Coronavirus has led to a total lockdown and I have been spending past 10 days at home on forced quarantine with my Sanghi father.
  
  News Reports
  
  Satyaniti and Swaraj constitute the historical backbone of the socio-political order of India, through the ages
  
  Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 19 March, 2020
  
  Satyaniti, this dharmic anarchism, is the result of the Indic civilisation embracing the dynamism of life, and the spontaneity and capacity to self-organize of human beings.
  
  Social Media
  
  Dhinchak Pooja is back with a new song spreading awareness on coronavirus and we can’t keep calm
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 March, 2020
  
  In her latest video, Dhinchak Pooja is seen grooving with a group of people, who have worn masks and have stethoscopes around their necks.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  News Reports
  
  After Reliance, Mahindra and Vedanta, Tata group steps in: Commits to contribute Rs 500 cr to fight Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic
  
  Jhankar Mohta - 28 March, 2020
  
  Many business tycoons including Ratan Tata have been coming forward pledging their support amidst the unprecedented Coronavirus outbreak
  
  News Reports
  
  ‘Teachers are the instigators, University is the hotbed of Maoism, Naxalism and Jihad’: Jamia Millia Islamia student reveals
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 26 March, 2020
  
  Non-Muslim Jamia students reveal a shocking scenario which pulls down their veil of 'solidarity' of their students and teachers' community.
  
  News Reports
  
  Meet the suspended Jamia professor: Believes Islam is the solution to Global Warming and Democracy and eager for the establishment of Islamic Caliphate
  
  OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2020
  
  Dr Abrar Ahmad seems to be an Islamist who salivates at the prospects of reestablishment of Islamic Caliphate
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Chinese man’s death by Hantavirus causes furore. Here is all you need to know
  
  OpIndia Staff - 24 March, 2020
  
  Even as the world is struggling to curb the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus, the Hantavirus has surfaced in China.
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Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP Hooligans attack BJP Karyakartas on their way to file nominations for upcoming MPTC elections

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2020

BJP workers were going to file nomination for the Mandal Parishad elections when they were attacked by YSRCP goons

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Naidu go back: Angry protestors hurl slippers, block TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu’s convoy during his Amaravati tour

OpIndia Staff - 28 November, 2019

Naidu's govt had taken 33,000 acres from farmers under land pooling, promising the construction of a world-class capital city.

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Andhra Pradesh: Jagan’s govt set to demolish Chandrababu Naidu’s Amravati residence, notice served

OpIndia Staff - 21 September, 2019

In June, an illegally constructed meeting hall, 'Praja Vedika' was demolished by the APCRDA on the orders of AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

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Amidst allegations of stealing govt furniture and corruption, Andhra Pradesh ex-speaker commits suicide

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2019

K Siva Prasad Rao had several corruption charges registered against him, his son and daughter after Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSRCP came to the power.

News Reports

YSR Congress MLA Vundavalli Sridevi registers a complaint with NCW after TDP leaders allegedly made casteist and sexist remarks on Ganesh Chaturthi

OpIndia Staff - 13 September, 2019

On September 3, YSR Congress MLA Vundavalli Sridevi had alleged that casteist remarks and hurtful comments were used against her by some TDP leaders when she attempted to visit a Ganesh Puja pandal.

News Reports

Dalit MLA from YSRCP accuses TDP leaders of casteist slurs against her, leaves Ganesh Puja venue in tears

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2019

YSRCP MLA Dr Vundavalli Sridevi has demanded that action is taken against the TDP leaders who made such casteist comments.

Politics

Telangana: In a big jolt to TDP, nearly 60 prominent party leaders join BJP

OpIndia Staff - 20 August, 2019

The BJP national working president JP Nadda was in Hyderabad on Sunday to welcome the former TDP members into BJP.

News Reports

I thank Telugu Desam Party for ‘Modi Go Back’ posters, I will go back to Delhi and sit on PM’s chair: PM Modi in...

OpIndia Staff - 10 February, 2019

PM Modi said that he has faith in crores of Indians that they will fulfill TDP's wishes of sending back Modi to Delhi to occupy PM's chair again

News Reports

Doors of NDA closed forever for Chandrababu Naidu: Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2019

Shah alleged that Naidu changes loyalties to stay in power and that he betrayed N T Rama Rao who had formed the TDP.

News Reports

Fancy dress enthusiast MP Naramalli Sivaprasad resorts to cosplay to demand for special status for Andhra Pradesh

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2019

He has dressed up as folk dancer, tantrik, Adolf Hitler and even Sardar Patel amongst others to mark protest

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King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand goes into isolation with his harem of 20 concubines in Germany, books an entire luxury hotel

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2020

Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn has booked out the entire Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl in Bavaria, with permission from local council

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OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2020

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News Reports

Pakistan heaps praise on China amid Coronavirus pandemic, Imran Khan’s advisor says stranded students in Wuhan grateful to Pakistan for not evacuating them

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2020

The world has a lot to learn from China regarding the prevention and control of communicable diseases: Imran Khan’s adviser said

News Reports

UP Govt takes over Jaypee Sports City to house migrants returning from Delhi in quarantine

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2020

Authorities in Noida have decided to take over the Jaypee Sports City in order to house the migrants fleeing to UP from Delhi.

News Reports

Coronavirus fight: Assam man offers to donate 4 acres of land to build a hospital for treatment of COVID-19 patients

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2020

Krishna Mahanta has written a letter to the Kaliabor Sub-Divisional Officer offering to donate land for COvid-19 hospital

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Infosys employee Mujeeb Mohammad arrested for asking people to ‘spread the virus’ by sneezing in public, fired by the company

OpIndia Staff - 27 March, 2020

Although earlier Infosys said that it could be a case of mistaken identity, later they admitted he was their employee & fired him

News Reports

PM Narendra Modi launches “Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund” to receive public donations for fight against Covid-19

OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020

This fund will enable micro-donations and large number of people will be able to contribute with smallest of denominations

News Reports

Manufactured crisis? Delhi govt cut electricity and water supply of migrant workers, told them buses were waiting for them at UP border

OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020

Essentially, it seems like the Delhi government manufactured a crisis and forced migrant workers to flock to the UP border amidst Coronavirus lockdown

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