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Sunday, May 16, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  Rebel YRS Congress MP who was arrested for criticising Andhra CM Jagan Reddy tortured in custody, images of injuries go viral
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  Guntur Magistrate ordered medical examination of rebel YRS Congress MP Raghu Rama Krishnam Raju to ascertain his custodial torture
  
  News Reports
  
  UP Aam Aadmi Party launches sexist attack on Smriti Irani after she highlighted how states had ignored warning on Covid second wave
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  The Uttar Pradesh unit of Aam Aadmi Party today posted a sexist tweet attacking Union Minister Smriti Irani.
  
  News Reports
  
  West Bengal Governor travels across the state and Assam to console those ravaged by post-poll violence
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  West Bengal Governor visited various villages and met the affected family members who were attacked or killed in the post poll violence
  
  News Reports
  
  Most affected people in Bengal post-poll violence are from Scheduled Caste, says NCSC chief
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  NCSC chief Vijay Sampla said that the way incidents of violence have happened in West Bengal after May 2 is worrisome
  
  News Reports
  
  After u-turns on vaccine, Akhilesh Yadav now peddles half-baked data to prove that India is far behind in the vaccination process
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  Akhilesh Yadav India's vaccination numbers are very low using data of percentage of population vaccinated against Covid-19
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  Massive Eid gatherings show the futility of lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic in India, it is time to lift them now
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 14 May, 2021
  
  The Muslim community across the world is celebrating Eid ul-Fitr today. With it, the holy month of Ramadan comes to an end.
  
  News Reports
  
  Kejriwal govt sets aside Rs 50 crores for free vaccination of Delhi residents, while spending far more on PR: Details
  
  Jinit Jain - 14 May, 2021
  
  While AAP government in Delhi spent Rs 150 crores on PR from Jan to March, it has only allocated Rs 50 crores for the free vaccination of Delhi's 2 crore population.
  
  Opinions
  
  The façade of Indian secularism: How the uncomfortable truth about realities of Sanatanis is hidden by Lutyens ecosystem
  
  Vinayak - 13 May, 2021
  
  The neatly ordered world according to the Nehruvian idea of India is nothing more than brushing the rubbish under the carpet and pretending upon the cleanliness while ignoring the fact that someday the rubbish will overflow the bounds of the rug.
  
  Opinions
  
  Israel: Here is why the average Hindu supports them
  
  mrityunjay - 13 May, 2021
  
  Israel has no history of animosity against India and her citizens and Israel has stood during India in thick and thin.
  
  Political History of India
  
  Jawaharlal Nehru: History has been kinder to him because he rewrote it
  
  Vinayak - 13 May, 2021
  
  Even in the Macaulay tinted version of history parroted by the Congress his contributions pale in comparison to Mohandas Gandhi who too benefited from the same.
Fact-Check
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  News Reports
  
  Congress leader Udit Raj run Dalit organisation shares 13-year-old image to claim that dogs are scavenging bodies of Covid-19 victims
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  Udit Raj run All India Parisangh shares stock image from 2008 to attack PM Modi for the current Covid-19 situation in the country
  
  News Reports
  
  Did the Modi govt approve Covaxin for 12-year-olds? Here is the truth
  
  OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2021
  
  As of May 10, a total of 17,01,76,603 vaccine doses have been administered according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
  
  Fact-Check
  
  Did BJP leader Tejasvi Surya ‘apologise’ for his alleged ‘communal’ remarks on the BBMP bed scam? Here are the facts
  
  Shashank Bharadwaj - 8 May, 2021
  
  After Tejasvi Surya took the names of 17 employees in the BBMP case who are Muslims, Congress party and media houses had attacked him
  
  News Reports
  
  Turkish govt-owned news portal publishes misleading photograph with Indian Covid stats
  
  OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021
  
  Photograph of Nepalese cremation ground passed as India's while publishing Covid-19 stats by Turkish News outlet TRT World
Media
- Media
  
  The Hindu quietly changes headline after columnist calls Tejasvi Surya a virus: Here are her previous problematic comments
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  The Hindu published an opinion-editorial by columnist Vaishna Roy on Friday where it called BJP MP Tejasvi Surya a virus.
  
  News Reports
  
  Legendary Australian cricketer slams world media for ‘vulture’ journalism, says Incredible India deserves respect: Here is what he said
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  In a recent post, the former cricketer has expressed his overwhelming support for India and slammed international media for vulture journalism
  
  News Reports
  
  5 years ago, The Week published an article insulting, mocking, lying about Veer Savarkar, today they apologise: Read full details
  
  Dibakar Dutta - 15 May, 2021
  
  After a lawsuit filed by Veer Sarvarkar's grand nephew, The Week apologises for a article on Sarvarkar published in 2016
  
  Media
  
  How NDTV played with words to give impression that Kerala woman died due to Israel, deleted and reposted, but still did not mention Palestine
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  NDTV subtly peddled an agenda trying to paint Israel as the aggressors and Palestine as the victim after a Indian woman died in terror attacks
  
  News Reports
  
  ‘We were used by media, everyone from DM to CMO helped’: Family of RSS worker who died of COVID denies The Print report of...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2021
  
  Phone call recordings expose lies of The Print alleging that RSS worker didn't get help from govt before dying of Covid-19
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  News Reports
  
  Jerusalem conflict: The history of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount and the holiest Jewish temple that preceded it
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  The Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock was built on the same spot where the Second Temple of the Judaism was located
  
  Opinions
  
  Islamists praise Hitler while cursing Israel, but did you know that Hitler wished he were a Muslim too?
  
  T Waraich - 13 May, 2021
  
  "The Mohammedan religion would have been much more compatible to us than Christianity. Why did it have to be Christianity with its meekness and flabbiness?" Hitler is quoted as saying,
  
  News Reports
  
  China: Strong wind blows away floor panels in 100m high glass bridge, tourist left clinging to railings
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 May, 2021
  
  The incident took place in Piyan Mountain near the city of Longjing in China.
  
  Opinions
  
  Manoj Das the storyteller: Alive forever, in a million smiles and a million memories
  
  Sanghamitra - 4 May, 2021
  
  How does something as insignificant, and as regular as death binds a writer who is alive in a thousand stories.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  News Reports
  
  Jerusalem conflict: The history of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount and the holiest Jewish temple that preceded it
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  The Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock was built on the same spot where the Second Temple of the Judaism was located
  
  News Reports
  
  While Delhi govt was alleging inadequate oxygen supply, data show it was returning oxygen to suppliers, asked them to store the excess
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2021
  
  Due to lack of storage plants and not enough demand, Delhi govt had returned oxygen and asked the suppliers to store them
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  No documents or ID proof? Here is how the vulnerable section of the society will get their COVID vaccine
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 12 May, 2021
  
  How will the vulnerable population of India who do not have a valid ID proof get Coronavirus vaccine? Ministry has a prescribed procedure for it
  
  News Reports
  
  Herman Knippenberg – The Dutch diplomat who sent the ‘Serpent’ Charles Sobhraj behind bars
  
  Anurag - 12 May, 2021
  
  Herman Knippenberg was a Dutch diplomate in Thailand who had gathered vital information about Charles Sobhraj in Bangkok
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UP Aam Aadmi Party launches sexist attack on Smriti Irani after she highlighted how states had ignored warning on Covid second wave

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

The Uttar Pradesh unit of Aam Aadmi Party today posted a sexist tweet attacking Union Minister Smriti Irani.

PM Modi had alerted Chief Ministers about Covid-19 second wave in 6 meetings, opposition CMs skipped the meetings to attend election rallies

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

PM Narendra Modi had repeatedly asked the states to prepare for a second wave of Covid-19 during his meetings with the chief ministers

Congress leader Udit Raj run Dalit organisation shares 13-year-old image to claim that dogs are scavenging bodies of Covid-19 victims

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

Udit Raj run All India Parisangh shares stock image from 2008 to attack PM Modi for the current Covid-19 situation in the country

Demolished building that housed Al Jazeera and other media offices was used by Hamas, says IDF in statement

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

The Israel Defense Forces have demolished the Al Jalaa Building that housed the offices of Al Jazeera and others.

West Bengal Governor travels across the state and Assam to console those ravaged by post-poll violence

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

West Bengal Governor visited various villages and met the affected family members who were attacked or killed in the post poll violence

PM Modi orders audit of ventilators given by central Govt after reports emerge that ventilators lying unused, leased to private hospitals

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

PM Modi asked for an immediate audit of the ventilators given to the state governments at a high-level meeting on Saturday

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In Focus

Gujarat: Here’s why the death certificate stats from March to May so far do not prove allegations of massive undercounting of Covid deaths

News Reports

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

There are significant concerns that the death tally in Gujarat is vastly greater than what is being admitted by the Government. A recent media...

Editor's Picks

News Reports

Rebel YRS Congress MP who was arrested for criticising Andhra CM Jagan Reddy tortured in custody, images of injuries go viral

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

Guntur Magistrate ordered medical examination of rebel YRS Congress MP Raghu Rama Krishnam Raju to ascertain his custodial torture

World

Israel demolishes Al Jalaa building that housed Al Jazeera and other international media offices short time after warning

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

Israel had issued a warning that it will demolish the Al Jalaa building that houses Al Jazeera office, after which it was demolished.

Media

The Hindu quietly changes headline after columnist calls Tejasvi Surya a virus: Here are her previous problematic comments

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

The Hindu published an opinion-editorial by columnist Vaishna Roy on Friday where it called BJP MP Tejasvi Surya a virus.

Government and Policy

Punjab: After Modi Govt implements direct benefit transfer, agencies procure record wheat quantity, 9 lac farmers receive Rs 23,000 cr

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

A farmer named Gurdip Singh from Chak Kalan village said, "I am very happy with this system with money coming directly. I sold my entire crop to government agencies as the MSP was also better this time."

News Reports

5 years ago, The Week published an article insulting, mocking, lying about Veer Savarkar, today they apologise: Read full details

Dibakar Dutta - 15 May, 2021

After a lawsuit filed by Veer Sarvarkar's grand nephew, The Week apologises for a article on Sarvarkar published in 2016

Government and Policy

Maharashtra wants Bharat Biotech to set aside 50% vaccines manufactured at the proposed Pune plant for itself: Report

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said that he would request Bharat Biotech to reserve 50% of the vaccines manufactured at the proposed Pune plant for distribution within the state

Coronavirus
Latest status and reports from India

India

24,671,967

Total cases

Updated on 16 May, 2021 12:31 AM

India

20,768,937

Recovered

Updated on 16 May, 2021 12:31 AM

India

270,124

Deaths

Updated on 16 May, 2021 12:31 AM

Data automatically updated from this public source

162,995,285

Updated on 16 May, 2021 12:31 AM

Opinions

Massive Eid gatherings show the futility of lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic in India, it is time to lift them now

K Bhattacharjee - 14 May, 2021

The Muslim community across the world is celebrating Eid ul-Fitr today. With it, the holy month of Ramadan comes to an end.

Kejriwal govt sets aside Rs 50 crores for free vaccination of Delhi residents, while spending far more on PR: Details

Jinit Jain - 14 May, 2021

While AAP government in Delhi spent Rs 150 crores on PR from Jan to March, it has only allocated Rs 50 crores for the free vaccination of Delhi's 2 crore population.

The façade of Indian secularism: How the uncomfortable truth about realities of Sanatanis is hidden by Lutyens ecosystem

Opinions

Vinayak - 13 May, 2021

The neatly ordered world according to the Nehruvian idea of India is nothing more than brushing the rubbish under the carpet and pretending upon the cleanliness while ignoring the fact that someday the rubbish will overflow the bounds of the rug.

Israel: Here is why the average Hindu supports them

Opinions

mrityunjay - 13 May, 2021

Israel has no history of animosity against India and her citizens and Israel has stood during India in thick and thin.

Jawaharlal Nehru: History has been kinder to him because he rewrote it

Political History of India

Vinayak - 13 May, 2021

Even in the Macaulay tinted version of history parroted by the Congress his contributions pale in comparison to Mohandas Gandhi who too benefited from the same.

Here are 12 instances when the leftist media fanned fear against vaccines just before the second Covid wave

Opinions

Jinit Jain - 12 May, 2021

Leftist propaganda websites hosted articles that raised doubts about Indian vaccines, thereby fuelling vaccine hesitancy in the months leading to the resurgent coronavirus outbreak.

Politics

Most affected people in Bengal post-poll violence are from Scheduled Caste, says NCSC chief

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

NCSC chief Vijay Sampla said that the way incidents of violence have happened in West Bengal after May 2 is worrisome

After u-turns on vaccine, Akhilesh Yadav now peddles half-baked data to prove that India is far behind in the vaccination process

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

Another goof up: Congress party posts Field Marshal Manekshaw’s image to remember Field Marshal Cariappa on his death anniversary

Politics OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

NCPCR writes to Assam DMs over rehabilitation of children who fled West Bengal due to post-poll violence

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2021

VHP says more than 3500 villages and 40000 plus Hindus affected by Bengal violence, urges judiciary to take note

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2021

Journalists join hands with Congress trolls to spread propaganda against BJP over Delhi High Court ordered probe by police

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2021

West Bengal: BJP MP Subhas Sarkar attacked with stones and bricks in Bankura, BJP blames TMC goons

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2021

‘Delhi’s govt was just complaining, not trying to handle logistics of oxygen supply’: Director of INOX

Editor's picks OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2021

While Rahul Gandhi demands centralised vaccine purchase, Karnataka Congress demands permission to purchase vaccines directly

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2021

Fact-Check

Did the Modi govt approve Covaxin for 12-year-olds? Here is the truth

Did BJP leader Tejasvi Surya ‘apologise’ for his alleged ‘communal’ remarks on the BBMP bed scam? Here are the facts

Turkish govt-owned news portal publishes misleading photograph with Indian Covid stats

Scroll journalist mischievously shares misleading, old report to insinuate that union govt is funding a trial of using Gayatri Mantra to treat Covid-19

Media

News ReportsOpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

Legendary Australian cricketer slams world media for ‘vulture’ journalism, says Incredible India deserves respect: Here is what he said

In a recent post, the former cricketer has expressed his overwhelming support for India and slammed international media for vulture journalism

MediaOpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

How NDTV played with words to give impression that Kerala woman died due to Israel, deleted and reposted, but still did not mention Palestine

NDTV subtly peddled an agenda trying to paint Israel as the aggressors and Palestine as the victim after a Indian woman died in terror attacks

News ReportsOpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2021

‘We were used by media, everyone from DM to CMO helped’: Family of RSS worker who died of COVID denies The Print report of...

Phone call recordings expose lies of The Print alleging that RSS worker didn't get help from govt before dying of Covid-19

MediaJinit Jain - 12 May, 2021

Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint indulges in tragedy porn while emotionally manipulating a grieving family of RSS worker

Instead of giving a distressed family some space and letting them grieve the loss of a loved one, Gupta sends his vultures to settle political scores.

Specials

Our special offering of interviews, detailed reports, explainers, and more...

News Reports

Jerusalem conflict: The history of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount and the holiest Jewish temple that preceded it

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

The Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock was built on the same spot where the Second Temple of the Judaism was located

OpIndia Explains

No documents or ID proof? Here is how the vulnerable section of the society will get their COVID vaccine

Nirwa Mehta - 12 May, 2021

How will the vulnerable population of India who do not have a valid ID proof get Coronavirus vaccine? Ministry has a prescribed procedure for it

News Reports

Herman Knippenberg – The Dutch diplomat who sent the ‘Serpent’ Charles Sobhraj behind bars

Anurag - 12 May, 2021

Herman Knippenberg was a Dutch diplomate in Thailand who had gathered vital information about Charles Sobhraj in Bangkok

News Reports

Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ Air Defence System: What is it and how does it work

Shashank Bharadwaj - 12 May, 2021

To counter the low-cost warfare initiated by Hamas, the Israel Defence Forces has activated its state-of-art air defence system - 'Iron Dome' to protect its civilian population from the barrage of rockets.

News Reports