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Anurag

Anurag is a Chief Sub Editor at OpIndia with over 22 years of professional experience, including more than six years in journalism. He is known for deep dive, research driven reporting on national security, terrorism cases, judiciary and governance, backed by RTIs, court records and on-ground evidence. He also writes hard hitting op-eds that challenge distorted narratives. Beyond investigations, he explores history, fiction and visual storytelling. Email: [email protected]

News Reports

Musk says Twitter Blue will cost $8 per month, Blue check verification badge among other features included: Read Details

Media houses have reported that Blue Tick on Twitter will cost $8 which is misleading. Blue Tick or verified badge will only be a part of Twitter Blue which is a set of services.

Anurag - 2 November, 2022

Opinions

As The Wire scapegoats Devesh over its Meta fiasco, here is why Siddharth Varadarajan is equally responsible for its forgery and fraud

Siddharth Varadarajan cannot wash his hands of Meta fiasco after The Wire retracted its reports amid allegations of forgery.

Anurag - 1 November, 2022

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Case registered against a man for arguing in rustic dialect that Ambedkar wasn’t a great man

Pratapgarh Police has filed a case against a man for criticising Dr BR Ambedkar in rustic language.

Anurag - 31 October, 2022

News Reports

Retired army personnel claims his statement attributing Capt Vikram Batra’s Param Vir Chakra to Barkha Dutt’s interview was ‘not what he meant’ after severe...

Retired Major General Yashpal Mor in a session on Unacademy had said that had it not been for journalist Barkha Dutt interviewing Captain Vikram Batra, he would not have become famous and not have been awarded the Param Vir Chakra.

Anurag - 30 October, 2022

Social Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did a man earn USD 1,00,000 by getting 1,000 COVID vaccine shots in just 16 days

One Jack Raines had shared on various social media networks that he earned USD 1,00,000 in just 16 days by getting 1,000 shots of COVID-19 vaccines in New York. However, the satirical post was taken as fact by many.

Anurag - 30 October, 2022

News Reports

AAP-led Punjab govt spent over 1.8 crores on Facebook ads with over 77% in Gujarat, here is what we found

Punjab government spent over 1.8 crores in less than a month on Facebook ads, 77%+ money spent to target audience from Gujarat

Anurag - 27 October, 2022

News Reports

Wikipedia covering up The Wire’s wrongdoings? Meta fiasco wiped off from Wire’s page, Tek Fog allegations removed too

Wikipedia refused to let Meta Vs The Wire saga to appear on its platform, redirected Tek Fog page to The Wire.

Anurag - 26 October, 2022

Opinions

From mocking his Gau Puja to spreading fake news about Rishi Sunak eating beef: How UK’s first Hindu PM was subjected to Hinduphobic attacks

There are attempts to disconnect new Prime Minister Designate of the UK Rishi Sunak from his Hindu roots with lies about his beef eating

Anurag - 25 October, 2022

News Reports

Son of the National Conference spokesperson and doctor to separatist leader Geelani co-authored The Wire’s Tek Fog, was part of Meta saga, read details

Along with Devesh Kumar, Ayushman Kaul, who is currently with London based Logically.ai, which offers services of doxxing amongst others, co-authored TekFog absurdity and was also part of Meta controversy

Anurag - 23 October, 2022

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