Thursday, April 29, 2021

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BJP leader Tajinder Bagga requests Delhi CM to convert Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics into COVID care centres

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Tajinder Bagga said that with 20 beds each in the mohalla clinics, the Delhi govt can create 20,000 beds for Covid-19 patients in a day
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Columnist with The Wire, Al Jazeera amongst others apologises over spreading fake news of a funeral, NDTV’s Ravish Kumar continues to be brazen

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Sharad Sharma, the elder brother of Anubhav Sharma informed that he performed the last rites for funeral of his brother with his own hands.
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Sonu Nigam says ‘how dare you’ to Tripura DM who raided a wedding, Hindu priests also criticise the DM’s behaviour

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Calling the incident deplorable, Nigam questioned how dare the West Tripura DM speak to people in an unruly fashion and touch them.
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The Wire, Tribune quote IMA’s Dr. Navjot Dahiya who called PM Modi a ‘super spreader’, but skip this important point

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Dr Dahiya, VP IMA who called PM Modi a 'super spreader' is also a spokesperson for Punjab Congress.
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Remember the horrible forest fire in California? It was arson, to cover up a murder

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Police in California's Solano Country have confirmed that the Markley Fire that killed 2 senior citizen and burned down a large forest area was a cover up for murder.
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Govt of India calls out Wall Street Journal’s mischievous attempt to portray that govt censored hashtags on social media

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Facebook had accidently blocked a hashtag which was later reinstated. Wall Street Journal blamed GoI censorship for the block
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In Focus

Bharat Biotech reduces the price of Covaxin for state governments a day after Covishield price for states cut by SII

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Bharat Biotech has announced that it is reducing the price of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin for the state governments to Rs 400 from Rs 600
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Top sellers of India’s misery: Hindustan Times, AFP, Bloomberg and Nur Photo emerge biggest contributors of crematorium photos on Getty Images

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Several media houses, agencies and photographers selling photos of funeral pyres from India at Rs 23,000 per photo on Getty Images
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50-year old woman came to vote in place of 31-year old woman, BJP’s Kalyan Chaubey says, TMC goons gherao his car

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With final phase of voting concluding in West Bengal today, the results of the high octane elections will be declared on 2nd May, 2021.
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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

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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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Loksatta quietly edits its ‘fact-check’ on RSS Swayamsevak’s supreme sacrifice, claims the report was based on an unverified Tweet

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Loksatta had also quoted the original Tweet from where it had picked up the story, that tweet has been deleted by the user now
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Media takes false viral story about ‘Muslim hero’ at face value, but resorts to fake claims to prove deceased RSS worker a liar

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The mainstream media is not only disproportionately signal-boosting 'Muslim hero' stories but also denigrating genuine heroes who happen to be from the RSS to serve a political agenda.
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Hinduphobic professor Audrey Truschke found stalking parents of students at Rutgers University who had passed resolution against Hinduphobia

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Voices against Hinduphobia gained prominence in Rutgers University after it defended Hinduphobnic ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke
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Coronavirus
Latest status and reports from India

India
18,548,891
Total cases
Updated on 29 April, 2021 8:36 PM
India
15,187,180
Recovered
Updated on 29 April, 2021 8:36 PM
India
205,942
Deaths
Updated on 29 April, 2021 8:36 PM

Data automatically updated from this public source

150,562,255
Updated on 29 April, 2021 8:36 PM

Opinions

Fact-checking a dead Sanghi – the reason why Indian media stoops so low

Rahul Roushan -
Hinduphobia is real, and it has manifested itself when two newspapers decided to discredit the ultimate sacrifice of an 85 years old RSS Swayamsevak.

The claims that actual COVID-19 deaths in India are 10 times the reported numbers defy logic, circulated to spread panic

Kushal Mehra -
Claim that Covid-19 death toll is twice the govt figure is understandable but the 10 times claim fails to pass basic smell test

I asked whether Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi have made contributions amid coronavirus pandemic. Here is the response I got

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From death threats to wishing I and my family get COVID and we suffer for medicines and oxygen: Congress supporters and leaders attacked me as I questioned The Gandhi family

From incompetence, negligence to misplaced priorities: How Kejriwal govt contributed to the worsening of Covid crisis in Delhi

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Arvind Kejriwal's priorities remained tweeting, advertisements and political goal scoring, not actually arranging for the transportation of medical oxygen.

Joy, then embarrassment: Why Indian liberal class is so fond of US politicians and how their uncritical adoration led to massive loss of face

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Indian liberals hailed the election of US President Joe Biden to the White House as the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Feasting on the dead: Reuters’ morbid obsession with watching Hindus burn amid the rising COVID-19 pandemic

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One photograph that we saw splashed all over social media was one that had an aerial view of a burning ghat in India by Reuters
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Politics

Delhi HC slams Kejriwal govt on number of Remdesivir vials delivered after it understates the figure

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Delhi Government had stated it only got 2,500 vials of Remdesivir but the records show they got 52,000 vials, as per reports.

CM of India’s richest state yet to take decision on free vaccines as the nation gears up for Chinese coronavirus vaccination

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Congress corporator accompanied by Maha INC chief threatens govt employees, says they deserve to be ‘burned down’

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Despite not wearing a mask herself, transgender Congress councillor thrashes two Hindu Sadhus: Watch

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EC sab record karti hai: TMC’s Anubrata Mondal to be kept under surveillance, yet again

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Congress MP wants PM Modi to allow oxygen corridor with Pakistan to tackle COVID-19 crisis in Punjab

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Rajasthan: Thousands gather to mourn death of minister Saleh Mohammad’s father as Covid guidelines go for a toss. Watch video

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Fact-check: Did BJP spokesperson praise AAP for not politicising the COVID-19 crisis? Aam Aadmi Party shares manipulated media

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Amidst rising COVID-19 cases, Election Commission bans victory processions on May 2, both during and after counting

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Loksatta, Indian Express ‘fact-check’ 85-year-old Swayamsevak’s supreme sacrifice amid Covid pandemic, his daughter sets record straight

After the story went viral on social media, mainstream media seem to have taken it upon themselves to 'fact-check' the grieving family
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Top mental health experts ask media not to create panic around Covid-19, criticise negative reporting from crematoriums

NIMHANS Director, other mental health professionals release open letter asking media to avoid “panic-inducing coverage” on Covid-19
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News18 retracts graphic misquoting UP CM Yogi Adityanath on coronavirus pandemic and oxygen crisis, issues apology

The mainstream Hindi channel plugged a wrong graphic misquoting the CM when he was sharing an update on the medical oxygen supply in the state.
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NDTV’s ‘charlatan’ Harvard ‘Covid expert’ who claimed 5 M people will die in India by August not an infectious disease expert: Details

Eric Feigl-Ding was warned 'many times' to stop promoting himself as someone equipped with 'specialised knowledge'.
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Specials

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OpIndia Explains

All you need to know about the Big Basket data breach: Hackers allegedly release data of 20 million Big Basket users for free

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On April 25, a hacker group identified as ShinyHunters allegedly released data of 20 million Big Basket users for free on a hacker forum.
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OpIndia Scoops

Delhi CM Relief Fund collected Rs 35 crore since beginning of pandemic but ‘NIL’ was utilised for COVID, RTI reveals

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RTI activist Vivek Pandey had filed two RTIs on two different dates, both the time details on expenditure detail on COVID was unavailable
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Delhi HC suggests using CNG cylinders to transport Oxygen, union govt says not possible: Understanding the technical and legal aspects

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Both Gas Cylinder Rules and PESO guidelines on converting cylinders for oxygen do not permit use of CNG cylinders to carry oxygen
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Cafe on Kabristan: A restaurant in Ahmedabad where people dine among the dead and which was once frequented by painter M.F. Husain

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The New Lucky Restaurant in Ahmedabad is the world's first graveyard cafe, housing 26 graves in total
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Media Fact-Check

Hindustan Times publishes a misleading article by Congress worker Praveen Chakravarty: Has India inoculated only 7% of its population?

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Hindustan Times today published an opinion piece by 'Data analyst' Praveen Chakravarty, who is a Congress party worker.
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Oxygen cylinder vendors in Delhi selling oxygen in black by putting ‘not available’ sign on their shops, reveals a Twitter user

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Uttarakhand government suspends Char Dham Yatra amidst rising Covid cases

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Punjab: Protesting ‘farmers’ have laid seize to Future Group’s storage facility for 4 months, company approaches HC

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Did Priyanka Gandhi really arrange for oxygen at Medanta Hospital, Lucknow from Chhattisgarh? Here is what we know

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Param Bir Singh slapped with SC/ST Act, weeks after writing letter exposing Maha Home Minister

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TV actor Sushant Singh abuses mental health experts who wanted Covid patients not to be exposed to negative news

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World

‘White supremacist terrorism most lethal threat’, says US President Joe Biden as he dismisses Wall Street’s contribution to America

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No, UP Police did not take away oxygen cylinder man arranged for his mother in critical condition for ‘VIP’, viral video claims fake

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US govt officials purchased body parts of aborted babies for ‘science’, reveals emails between FDA officials and human tissue procurement firm

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Australian Porsche driver who filmed and mocked four policemen dying after hit by a truck sent to prison, judge describes the act as “heartless...

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White House chief medical advisor Dr Fauci says Covaxin is effective against the B.1.617 variant of Coronavirus found in India

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No, Ghaziabad girl who ‘donated from piggy bank for PM CARES fund’ did not die ‘waiting for oxygen’, is alive and healthy, father reveals

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