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Wuhan coronavirus

Law

Lawyer slapped with contempt action after he curses Calcutta High Court Judge to be infected by Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2020

Justice Dipankar Datta of the Calcutta High Court has recommended initiating contempt proceedings against a lawyer Bijoy Adhikary after the latter cursed him to "be infected with coronavirus"

News Reports

Enraged Canadian leader reminds Donald Trump of help during 9/11 after the American President blocks N-95 mask exports

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2020

While Donald Trump blocked N-95 mask exports to Canada, he had recently threatened India with retaliation over her ban on malaria drug believed to be beneficial in the treatment of coronavirus

Crime

BJP woman panchayat candidate and her husband brutally killed in West Bengal, ‘political killings continue’, says party

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2020

A BJP woman Panchayat candidate Shakuntala Haldar and her husband Chandra Halder were found dead in Kankasa village of Kultali, West Bengal under mysterious conditions

News Reports

Taiwan government bans the use of Zoom software over ‘cybersecurity concerns’

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2020

Taiwan cabinet has asked its govt agencies to stop using Zoom Video Communications Inc’s conferencing software

News Reports

AIIMS doctor, who deliberately hid his coronavirus infection, used to visit a mosque daily, media spread fake news about him contracting virus from patients

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2020

Coronavirus infected doctor of the AIIMS, whose identity is being withheld from the media, is allegedly a Muslim and was a daily frequenter to a mosque in his neighbourhood

News Reports

Hyderabad YouTuber denies putting hate message, claims fake account created in his name to malign him

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2020

Hyderabad-based YouTuber Shahrukh Adnan has also asked the police to look into the 'fake profile' created to malign him.

News Reports

From 693 to 326: India records a decline in the total new number of Wuhan Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2020

The decline in the number of new cases of Coronavirus in India in the last 24 hours, once again provides a glimmer of hope

News Reports

Online survey holds China’s opacity and mismanagement responsible for the global coronavirus pandemic, 67% say it is to blame

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2020

Manoj Kewalramani conducted an online survey from a period of March 26, 2020, until April 3, 2020. During that time, responses were invited through email and by sharing the questionnaire on different social media platforms.

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