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Thursday, April 22, 2021
- Politics
As ICMR study proves high efficacy of made in India Covid vaccines, read how politicians and media had stoked vaccine hesitancy against Covaxin
For many months, doomsday predictors had fuelled vaccine hesitancy by making all kinds of baseless claims about CovaxinIs Serum Institute really making a huge profit and charging discriminatory price from states for Covid-19 vaccine? Read details
Raju Das -Serum Institute had offered GOI a discount for 1st 100 million doses, it will not be making huge profits from states as allegedAfter mishandling the coronavirus outbreak in Maharashtra, the MVA government to import foreign Covid-19 vaccines
Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said that the state will be importing COVID-19 vaccines from abroad and launch an extensive inoculation drive.Haryana Health Minister accuses Kejriwal-led Delhi Government of ‘looting’ oxygen tanker
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij stated that they are being 'forced' to give their oxygen to Delhi.Gujarat Congress leader gets schooled by Reliance Group President for trying to shame company over oxygen supply
Congress leader tries to shame Mukesh Ambani for helping Maharashtra with oxygen and not Gujarat, Reliance fact-checks
- Opinions
Breathing oxygen? Thank a tree hugger in Aarey forest
As media reports started going oxygen, oxygen, oxygen in the last few days, the 'liberals' recalled their primary school science lessons.Journalism: The new performance art
With the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists have screamed "Beware of the Ides of March" to anyone who would listen - Barkha Dutt for example.From censorship to propaganda and disinformation: Here’s how China seeks to reshape the narrative on the repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
From outrightly denying the existence of Uyghur repression, China has evolved its strategy to hardened public stance, vigorously deflecting criticism and showing a tenacity to confront its critics in the West.Of Grief and Grievances: Maharashtra suffers as MVA leadership sinks to low-level politics in crisis
As Maharashtra continued to peak with the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases in the nation, CM Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray clearly made his choice to ‘fall’ in the second kind.Why did 9 anti-Modi parties demand from Election Commission that rallies must be held?
Let us get into the dirt and start pointing fingers, if that is what everyone wants. How did the second wave come to be?
- Fact-Check
Is Serum Institute really making a huge profit and charging discriminatory price from states for Covid-19 vaccine? Read details
Raju Das -Serum Institute had offered GOI a discount for 1st 100 million doses, it will not be making huge profits from states as allegedTMC, Kashmiri Journalist and propagandists found posting fake images and videos amidst Covid-19 crisis
TMC's campaign handle 'Banglar Gorbo Mamata' was found spreading deliberate lies and fake news during the Covid pandemic.Pro-AAP vlogger Dhruv Rathee spreads fake news about only BJP campaigning for Bengal elections, gives clean chit to TMC, Left, and Congress
While TMC, Congress and the Left are all continuing with rallies and crowded election campaigns, Dhruv Rathee made a ranting Facebook post blaming only the BJP. He did not share it on Twitter.Fact-Check: Did the centre terminate the insurance cover for healthcare workers killed in the line of Covid duty?
Some reports have suggested that GoI has cancelled the insurance scheme for Health workers. In reality it was extended for one month and new plans will be announced soon.
- Media
As ICMR study proves high efficacy of made in India Covid vaccines, read how politicians and media had stoked vaccine hesitancy against Covaxin
For many months, doomsday predictors had fuelled vaccine hesitancy by making all kinds of baseless claims about CovaxinMoneycontrol deletes report, NDTV brazens out misleading reports on oxygen export after central government calls out malicious propaganda
After central government slammed media for spreading falsehoods about oxygen exports, Moneycontrol takes down its reportIndia Today shares prescription medicines containing steroids, which could be fatal for some, for ‘home treatment’ of Covid-19
India Today cited Canada-based Dr Zain Chagla to urge people to 'self-medicate' in the face of the Coronavirus crisisFrom sitting on upturned dustbins to photo ops at crematorium grounds, Barkha Dutt gets questioned for her ‘vulture journalism’
While the situation on ground is indeed grim, people on social media have been calling out the dramatics by journalists who could have perhaps focused on the news instead of their brand building.Journalism: The new performance art
With the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists have screamed "Beware of the Ides of March" to anyone who would listen - Barkha Dutt for example.
- Variety
Breathing oxygen? Thank a tree hugger in Aarey forest
As media reports started going oxygen, oxygen, oxygen in the last few days, the 'liberals' recalled their primary school science lessons.Taiwan man marries the same woman four times, divorces thrice to get extra paid leaves, employer fined for refusing to pay
The bank clerk in Taiwan pulled off this bizarre stunt up until he managed to get his 8 days paid leave extended up to 32 daysAs ESPN goes for gender-neutral terms, here is how Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals match commentary may read like
The 'Gentleman's Game' is no longer one as gentleman is not an inclusive term and it offends those who put pronouns in Twitter bios.Indonesia: Man almost marries the wrong woman after Google Maps guides him to the wrong location
After the groom's party enter the bride's house for a wedding in Indonesia, someone in the group realised they are in the wrong house
- Specials
How China’s ‘Re-education through labour’ policy put minorities in labour camps even before the Uyghur crisis: About the Masanjia camps
The letter went into detail about the conditions at China's Masanjia Labor Camp, including the gruelling hours, verbal abuse and physical abuseGovernment of India opens COVID-19 vaccine for everyone above 18 years of age: All you need to know
On April 19, the Government of India announced the Phase 3 Strategy of Covid-19 vaccination.As Commonwealth Games Village turns into a Covid-19 facility, here is the chronology of the 2010 Congress scam
According to an RTI filed by the Indian Express in 2020, over 50 cases of payment disputes related to the Commonwealth Game scam still remain pending.While Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘Corona App’ shows ample beds available for Covid-19 patients, hospitals deny
A number of tweets by users and a check by OpIndia has found that the 'real-time' data in the Delhi government's Corona App is far from reality.
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As ICMR study proves high efficacy of made in India Covid vaccines, read how politicians and media had stoked vaccine hesitancy against Covaxin
For many months, doomsday predictors had fuelled vaccine hesitancy by making all kinds of baseless claims about CovaxinIs Serum Institute really making a huge profit and charging discriminatory price from states for Covid-19 vaccine? Read details
Raju Das -Serum Institute had offered GOI a discount for 1st 100 million doses, it will not be making huge profits from states as allegedAfter mishandling the coronavirus outbreak in Maharashtra, the MVA government to import foreign Covid-19 vaccines
Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said that the state will be importing COVID-19 vaccines from abroad and launch an extensive inoculation drive.Haryana Health Minister accuses Kejriwal-led Delhi Government of ‘looting’ oxygen tanker
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij stated that they are being 'forced' to give their oxygen to Delhi.Gujarat Congress leader gets schooled by Reliance Group President for trying to shame company over oxygen supply
Congress leader tries to shame Mukesh Ambani for helping Maharashtra with oxygen and not Gujarat, Reliance fact-checks
- Opinions
Breathing oxygen? Thank a tree hugger in Aarey forest
As media reports started going oxygen, oxygen, oxygen in the last few days, the 'liberals' recalled their primary school science lessons.Journalism: The new performance art
With the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists have screamed "Beware of the Ides of March" to anyone who would listen - Barkha Dutt for example.From censorship to propaganda and disinformation: Here’s how China seeks to reshape the narrative on the repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
From outrightly denying the existence of Uyghur repression, China has evolved its strategy to hardened public stance, vigorously deflecting criticism and showing a tenacity to confront its critics in the West.Of Grief and Grievances: Maharashtra suffers as MVA leadership sinks to low-level politics in crisis
As Maharashtra continued to peak with the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases in the nation, CM Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray clearly made his choice to ‘fall’ in the second kind.Why did 9 anti-Modi parties demand from Election Commission that rallies must be held?
Let us get into the dirt and start pointing fingers, if that is what everyone wants. How did the second wave come to be?
- Fact-Check
Is Serum Institute really making a huge profit and charging discriminatory price from states for Covid-19 vaccine? Read details
Raju Das -Serum Institute had offered GOI a discount for 1st 100 million doses, it will not be making huge profits from states as allegedTMC, Kashmiri Journalist and propagandists found posting fake images and videos amidst Covid-19 crisis
TMC's campaign handle 'Banglar Gorbo Mamata' was found spreading deliberate lies and fake news during the Covid pandemic.Pro-AAP vlogger Dhruv Rathee spreads fake news about only BJP campaigning for Bengal elections, gives clean chit to TMC, Left, and Congress
While TMC, Congress and the Left are all continuing with rallies and crowded election campaigns, Dhruv Rathee made a ranting Facebook post blaming only the BJP. He did not share it on Twitter.Fact-Check: Did the centre terminate the insurance cover for healthcare workers killed in the line of Covid duty?
Some reports have suggested that GoI has cancelled the insurance scheme for Health workers. In reality it was extended for one month and new plans will be announced soon.
- Media
As ICMR study proves high efficacy of made in India Covid vaccines, read how politicians and media had stoked vaccine hesitancy against Covaxin
For many months, doomsday predictors had fuelled vaccine hesitancy by making all kinds of baseless claims about CovaxinMoneycontrol deletes report, NDTV brazens out misleading reports on oxygen export after central government calls out malicious propaganda
After central government slammed media for spreading falsehoods about oxygen exports, Moneycontrol takes down its reportIndia Today shares prescription medicines containing steroids, which could be fatal for some, for ‘home treatment’ of Covid-19
India Today cited Canada-based Dr Zain Chagla to urge people to 'self-medicate' in the face of the Coronavirus crisisFrom sitting on upturned dustbins to photo ops at crematorium grounds, Barkha Dutt gets questioned for her ‘vulture journalism’
While the situation on ground is indeed grim, people on social media have been calling out the dramatics by journalists who could have perhaps focused on the news instead of their brand building.Journalism: The new performance art
With the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists have screamed "Beware of the Ides of March" to anyone who would listen - Barkha Dutt for example.
- Variety
Breathing oxygen? Thank a tree hugger in Aarey forest
As media reports started going oxygen, oxygen, oxygen in the last few days, the 'liberals' recalled their primary school science lessons.Taiwan man marries the same woman four times, divorces thrice to get extra paid leaves, employer fined for refusing to pay
The bank clerk in Taiwan pulled off this bizarre stunt up until he managed to get his 8 days paid leave extended up to 32 daysAs ESPN goes for gender-neutral terms, here is how Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals match commentary may read like
The 'Gentleman's Game' is no longer one as gentleman is not an inclusive term and it offends those who put pronouns in Twitter bios.Indonesia: Man almost marries the wrong woman after Google Maps guides him to the wrong location
After the groom's party enter the bride's house for a wedding in Indonesia, someone in the group realised they are in the wrong house
- Specials
How China’s ‘Re-education through labour’ policy put minorities in labour camps even before the Uyghur crisis: About the Masanjia camps
The letter went into detail about the conditions at China's Masanjia Labor Camp, including the gruelling hours, verbal abuse and physical abuseGovernment of India opens COVID-19 vaccine for everyone above 18 years of age: All you need to know
On April 19, the Government of India announced the Phase 3 Strategy of Covid-19 vaccination.As Commonwealth Games Village turns into a Covid-19 facility, here is the chronology of the 2010 Congress scam
According to an RTI filed by the Indian Express in 2020, over 50 cases of payment disputes related to the Commonwealth Game scam still remain pending.While Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘Corona App’ shows ample beds available for Covid-19 patients, hospitals deny
A number of tweets by users and a check by OpIndia has found that the 'real-time' data in the Delhi government's Corona App is far from reality.
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