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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Politics
- Politics
  
  Did you know Farooq Abdullah’s daughter Sara Abdullah had a rough time convincing her family for marrying ‘Hindu’ boy Sachin Pilot: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020
  
  Sara Abdullah had to suffer a lot of hardship to marry Sachin Pilot because her family did not want her to marry a 'Hindu' man.
  
  News Reports
  
  Police stopped my car, took my keys away: BTP MLA from Rajasthan says he is being forcefully stopped from going anywhere
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020
  
  BTP has 2 MLAs in the Rajasthan assembly and party chief Mahesh Vasava had issued a notice asking them to remain neutral and not support either Congress, BJP or Pilot.
  
  News Reports
  
  Union Minister reveals senior Congress leader requested 35, Lodhi Estate be allotted to another INC MP so Priyanka Gandhi could stay on
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020
  
  With the SPG cover withdrawn, Priyanka Gandhi should have vacated the Lodhi Estate bungalow, but she continued to stay on, say reports.
  
  Politics
  
  Youth Congress is horrified at KP Sharma Oli’s Ayodhya comment, but Congress itself said there is no evidence for existence of Shri Ram
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020
  
  Youth Congress, the youth wing of the Congress party, jumped on the scene and demonstrated what appeared to be unnecessary bravado.
  
  Opinions
  
  The death of BJP MLA Debendra Nath Roy shows that no opposition political leader is safe in West Bengal
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 13 July, 2020
  
  BJP MLA in West Bengal, Debendra Nath Roy, was found hanging in public on Monday.
Opinions
- Political History of India
  
  How Ambedkar busted the myth of ‘Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb’ through his speeches and book ‘Pakistan or Partition of India’
  
  Saket Suryesh - 14 July, 2020
  
  Ambedkar was, in reality, always wary of the Communists and their propensity of creating chaos and anarchy.
  
  Opinions
  
  The death of BJP MLA Debendra Nath Roy shows that no opposition political leader is safe in West Bengal
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 13 July, 2020
  
  BJP MLA in West Bengal, Debendra Nath Roy, was found hanging in public on Monday.
  
  Politics
  
  Sharad Pawar, Mamata Banerjee, Jagan and Himanta Biswa: How Congress ignored key regional leaders and eventually lost those states
  
  Jhankar Mohta - 13 July, 2020
  
  Choosing loyalists over popularity and calibre has cost Congress dearly. Losing key regional leaders has decimated the party to ruins in many states.
  
  Opinions
  
  Agrima Joshua apologising to Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance shows that the Woke slogan of ‘speaking truth to power’ is only an excuse to undermine...
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 12 July, 2020
  
  Agrima Joshua tagged Aditya Thackeray and asserted that she was convinced that it was BJP supporters trolling her in the guise of Shiv Sena.
  
  Opinions
  
  Aakar Patel abuses Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar – reasons go beyond hatred for Modi
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 12 July, 2020
  
  The 'Woke' secular-liberal camp of current times is defined by its elitist arrogance and crass snobbery. 'Human rights activist' Aakar Patel is one such specimen.
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  News Reports
  
  Amid political crisis in Rajasthan Congress, news agencies and media houses publish report based on fake Twitter account of Sarah Pilot
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020
  
  Media houses publish report on Rajasthan Congress political crisis based on fake Twitter account of Sachin Pilot's wife Sarah Pilot
  
  Social Media Fact-Check
  
  Fact-Check: Is the West Bengal government recruiting only Muslims in its latest recruitment drive?
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020
  
  The WhatsApp message claims that only Muslims have been employed by the West Bengal government for a particular post.
  
  News Reports
  
  Journalist shares image of a Pakistani cannibal who ate a baby as ‘RAW agent captured in Nepal’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 10 July, 2020
  
  The photo of a RAW agent supposedly arrested in Nepal is actually photo of a Pakistani cannibal who was convicted of eating children
  
  Fact-Check
  
  India Today journalist Ashraf Wani peddles fake news claiming Kashmiri woman was killed by Army bullets in Pampore
  
  OpIndia Staff - 10 July, 2020
  
  A lady was caught in the crossfire after some terrorists attacked an Army convoy near a Mosque in Pampore. She was brought to hospital and was discharged soon after first-aid.
Media
- Editor's picks
  
  The Caravan’s ‘health journalist’ is upset that BMC sanitised the Bachchans’ residence after Amitabh and Abhishek test positive for coronavirus
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020
  
  Health journalist Vidya Krishnan shows ignorance of health protocol for Coronavirus, objects to sanitisation of COVID-19 patient
  
  News Reports
  
  Virologist who spent weeks documenting his ‘battle’ against Coronavirus from hospital on NBC News finds out he was not infected
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 July, 2020
  
  On Tuesday, Fair revealed that he was never diagnosed with the Chinese virus and had tested negative for it multiple times.
  
  News Reports
  
  The Wire issues half-hearted correction after being called out by NCPCR for their blatantly fake news about ‘eight-fold increase in complaints post lockdown
  
  OpIndia Staff - 10 July, 2020
  
  The Wire retracted it after the author of the article said that she had no evidence to support her stunning claim.
  
  Media
  
  The Wire accused Yogi Adityanath of being ‘casteist’ for not killing Vikas Dubey hours before the encounter of the gangster
  
  Editorial Desk - 10 July, 2020
  
  Notorious gangster, Vikas Dubey, who was arrested from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh was killed in an encounter in the wee hours of the morning on Friday
  
  News Reports
  
  Nepal irked over reports of KP Oli’s alleged affair with Chinese ambassador, cable operators ban Indian channels
  
  OpIndia Staff - 10 July, 2020
  
  As per reports, the ban is not official and has been brought in by cable operators. Nepal's Nepal’s information minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada, when asked whether the Nepalese government is mulling a ban on Indian channels, had stated that it would be better if Indian media practises self-restraint.
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire
  
  Culture and History
  
  Nindāstuti: A Dharmic Paradigm of Devotion through Apparent Censure
  
  Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 7 July, 2020
  
  Nindāstuti is a form of Shleshakavya - a poetic composition that is laden with double-entendres and is looked upon as a form of Dvesha-bhakti
  
  News Reports
  
  Read about the valorous tale of 1965 Param Vir Chakra winner Abdul Hamid – ‘The Tank Destroyer’ – on his birth anniversary
  
  OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2020
  
  Abdul Hamid is remembered for his extraordinary bravery in the battle of Asal Uttar, one of the fiercest tank battles fought during the 1965 India-Pakistan war.
  
  News Reports
  
  Bahuda Yatra: Lord Jagannath in Puri is returning to his temple today, read about the festival and rituals associated
  
  OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2020
  
  Bahuda Yatra is the festival where Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadra are brought back to their temple in their respective Rathas.
  
  Culture and History
  
  The battle of Rezang La: When 123 Indian soldiers faced impossible odds against 3000 well-armed Chinese and fought to the last man
  
  Guest Author - 22 June, 2020
  
  On a freezing and unforgiving November night, 123 Indian soldiers – frostbitten, weary, hungry and heavily outnumbered – defied the might of the rampaging Chinese Army. On 18 November 1962, Major Shaitan Singh and men of Charlie Company, 13 Kumaon Regiment, forever passed into the mists of legend.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  News Reports
  
  AMU girl complains about being threatened and hounded since CAA was passed, told she will be made to wear “brass hijab”
  
  Jhankar Mohta - 13 July, 2020
  
  Calling her a "Sanghi", the fellow AMU students had attacked her for calling out sexualisation of women in the varsity
  
  OpIndia Scoops
  
  Secret meetings, plan of action and riots: How Safoora Zargar and others are intertwined in the murder of Ratan Lal during Delhi riots
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 13 July, 2020
  
  Name of Jamia Millia Islamia student Safoora Zargar appears multiple times in Ratan Lal murder chargesheet
  
  News Reports
  
  All you need to know about Ashok Gehlot’s links to the Fairmont Hotel that is being raided by ED
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 July, 2020
  
  The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids on the Fairmont Hotel in Jaipur on Monday.
  
  OpIndia Scoops
  
  ‘Maaro, Kafiro ko Maaro’: From creating fake alibi to mobilising thousands of Muslims against Hindus, read what Tahir Hussain did in his own words
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 11 July, 2020
  
  Disclosure Statement in the chargesheet which was narrated and signed by Tahir Hussain in his own words, reveal a sinister design during Delhi riots
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Gandhi family’s Associated Journals Limited “unethically” took possession of land meant for SC/ST hostel in Mumbai, says report

News Reports

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

Land sanctioned for Dalits hostel was taken over by AJL and converted into a commercial property, says report.

Kerala racket smuggled 150 kgs of gold since September 2019: NIA

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

The NIA had arrested two key accused in Kerala gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, from Bengaluru on Saturday

Did you know Farooq Abdullah’s daughter Sara Abdullah had a rough time convincing her family for marrying ‘Hindu’ boy Sachin Pilot: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

Sara Abdullah had to suffer a lot of hardship to marry Sachin Pilot because her family did not want her to marry a 'Hindu' man.

Google to join hands with Prasar Bharati for edutainment series to help business owners amid Covid-19

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

Google and Prasar Bharati to bring edutainment series for small businesses amid Covid-19 pandemic

‘I swear by Kashmiri mothers and sisters that I will wear a suicide jacket to destroy a Temple built in Pakistan’: Pakistani man in...

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

Islamists in Pakistan had recently opposed the construction of Shri Krishna temple in Islamabad, the country’s capital.

Hindus in Nepal protest against oppression of the Hindu community in Pakistan, burn Imran Khan’s effigy

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

Activists from the Hindu Community in Nepal protested outside the Pakistan Embassy in Kathmandu against the atrocities committed against Pakistani Hindus.

At least 7 stand-up comedians deactivate or protect their Twitter accounts after netizens dredge up deplorable old tweets and videos

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

Unnerved by the possibility that they might be entrapped in a legal dispute, comedians deactivate/protect their Twitter account after users highlighted their reprehensible old tweets insulting Hindu Gods and Goddesses

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News Reports

Melting French glacier lead to resurfacing of Indian newspapers which could be from 1966 plane crash

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

Air India 101 had collided in the summit of the Mont Blanc mountain range on January 24, 1966, killing all 117 people on board

News Reports

Rajasthan crisis deepens: Congress fires Sachin Pilot as Deputy CM and state Congress chief, accuses him conspiring with BJP to destabilise govt

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala today announced that Congress rebel leader Sachin Pilot has been sacked as Rajasthan state Congress chief and removed from his post of Deputy Chief Minister of the state.

Politics

Youth Congress is horrified at KP Sharma Oli’s Ayodhya comment, but Congress itself said there is no evidence for existence of Shri Ram

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

Youth Congress, the youth wing of the Congress party, jumped on the scene and demonstrated what appeared to be unnecessary bravado.

News Reports

Employee Welfare Scheme launched in the name of late Arun Jaitley; Family donates pension for Group ‘C’ employees of Rajya Sabha

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

The Employee Welfare scheme will be called 'Arun Jaitley Financial Assistance for group C employees scheme'.

News Reports

No actionable evidence so far to link BJP leader Kapil Mishra and Anurag Thakur with the Delhi anti-Hindu riots: Police to HC

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

The Delhi Police said before the High Court that the PILs against political leaders including Kapil Mishra were "motivated"

News Reports

Another YouTuber, Imtiyaz Shaikh alias Umesh Dada, arrested for issuing rape threats against comedian Agrima Joshua

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2020

Agrima Joshua had shared a clip of her a year-old video in which she had made contemptuous remarks for the Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial in Arabian Sea, drawing publice ire

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