Monday, July 13, 2020

Politics
- 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
  
  Politics
  
  Jyotiraditya Scindia says Sachin Pilot is being sidelined by Congress party during ongoing political drama in Rajasthan
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020
  
  Jyotiraditya Scindia has issued a statement over the political drama unfolding in Rajasthan.
  
  News Reports
  
  Amid Rajasthan political crisis, ‘rebel’ Sachin Pilot meets former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020
  
  'Rebel' Congress leader Sachin Pilot met former Congress leader and BJP politician Jyotiraditya Scindia in Delhi amid Rajasthan political crisis
  
  Politics
  
  Sachin Pilot quitting Congress? Kapil Sibal ‘worried’ for Congress, tweets about ‘horses leaving stables’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020
  
  Political crisis in Rajasthan seems have deepened as senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal took to Twitter to express his concern for the grand old party.
  
  Politics
  
  Sachin Pilot reaches Delhi with 25 MLAs amid speculations of Rajasthan government collapse, Gehlot holds late night meetings
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020
  
  Ashok Gehlot claimed that the State government was stable and would continue to remain so despite all efforts to the contrary
Opinions
- 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.
  
  Opinions
  
  Here is a short list of anti-Brahmin people and ideas Congress has nurtured and supported
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 11 July, 2020
  
  The Congress party has been trying to paint the Yogi Government as 'anti-Brahmin'.
  
  Opinions
  
  Police encounters and ‘secular privilege’ in Indian politics
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 11 July, 2020
  
  Between 2002 and 2007, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found 440 cases of suspected “fake” encounters by the police across India.
  
  Opinions
  
  The spin around Vikas Dubey encounter reminds about the police-raid against Mohammad Shahabuddin in Siwan
  
  shwetank - 10 July, 2020
  
  While people are saying “dead men tell no story” after Vikas Dubey encounter, Md Shahabuddin narrated no tales even after jailed for years
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
  
  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
  
  News Reports
  
  Delhi anti-Hindu riots: Sahil’s father Parvez died in 3 different ways, in 2 different locations, 16 Hindus named in the FIR
  
  अजीत भारती - 10 July, 2020
  
  Sahil Parvez had stated that his father was shot in front of their house in his statement to the media. His complaint letter to the police several weeks later suddenly shifts the location, identifies 16 'attackers' by name and makes a lot of contradictory claims, read details.
  
  OpIndia Scoops
  
  Delhi Riots Chargesheets: Before murdering Ratan Lal, the Islamist mob had held 2 other police constables hostage
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 9 July, 2020
  
  The chargesheet filed by Special Investigation Team of Delhi Police in the murder of Ratan Lal and deadly attacks by rioters on IPS Amit Sharma and IPS Anuj Kumar mentions at least 17 accused.
  
  OpIndia Scoops
  
  Used cartridges from the rooftop: What was collected from the scene where Ratan Lal was murdered and what it all means
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 9 July, 2020
  
  During the anti-Hindu Delhi riots, the brutal murder of Ratan Lal was one of the first acts of violence that shook the nation from the 24th of February to the 26th of February
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Lawyer licensed in India, England & New York (US immigration law). Write columns on politico-legal developments.

Indian Muslims do not stand to suffer due to the CAA-NRC combo: Here are the laws and guidelines explained

No nationwide NRC has been announced yet and, hence, any comparison with the requirements/criteria of Assam NRC is plainly misguided.

Kartikeya Tanna - 23 December, 2019

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Huffington Post report on Electoral Bonds: Unlimited sensationalism with little to no sense

There are several bizarre surmises in the Huffington Post series on Electoral Bonds that make no sense whatsoever

Kartikeya Tanna - 2 December, 2019

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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

News Reports

Former RSS pracharak, Hindu Samhati founder Tapan Ghosh succumbs to Coronavirus in Kolkata

OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020

Hindu right wing leader in West Bengal and Hindu Samhiti founder Tapan Ghosh dies of COVID-19 in Kolkata hospital

News Reports

Raza Academy demands ban on Islamic movie ‘Muhammad: The Messenger of God’, warns of ‘law and order problems’

OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020

The Raza Academy has issued a statement demanding a ban on the 2015 movie 'Muhammad: The Messenger of God' by Majid Majidi.

News Reports

Did you know that Pakistan had awarded Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden with ‘Hilal-i-Pakistan’

OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020

In 2008 Joe Biden and Richard Lugar were awarded 'Hilal-i-Pakistan', the second highest civilian award in Pakistan

News Reports

Pope says he is pained to see the transformation of Hagia Sophia into mosque by Turkish government

OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020

Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was pained to see the transformation of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque

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The curious case of ‘Drone Boy’ who has made 600 drones using broken mixer grinders and televisions. A fact-check

Raju Das - 9 July, 2020

While 'drone boy' Prathap NM has claimed to have made 600 drones using e-waste, not a single photo or video of them exist

News Reports

‘Drone boy’ Prathap NM makes a statement after OpIndia fact-check: Here is why his explanation makes little sense

OpIndia Staff - 11 July, 2020

'Drone boy' Prathap NM says he won't show his drones due to intellectual property issues, but will show certificates from unregistered events

Politics

Sachin Pilot reaches Delhi with 25 MLAs amid speculations of Rajasthan government collapse, Gehlot holds late night meetings

OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020

Ashok Gehlot claimed that the State government was stable and would continue to remain so despite all efforts to the contrary

News Reports

Pakistanis are shocked that Turkish actress does not cover herself head-to-toe in real life like her role in TV show Ertugrul, slams for wearing...

OpIndia Staff - 11 July, 2020

Pakistani Islamists troll Turkish actress Esra Bilgiç for her modern clothing, not traditional dress like her historical role in a TV show

Entertainment

Stand-up comedian apologises for insulting memorial to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Arabian sea after MNS workers vandalised studio

OpIndia Staff - 11 July, 2020

The stand-up 'comedian' Agrima Joshua had made scornfully derisive remarks in her video against the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj memorial that is going to be erected in the Arabian Sea

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