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Raebareli officials clarify no corpse found buried in sand at Gegaso ghat, 2015 image of corpses floating in Ganga shared as recent

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Raebareli officials clarify no corpse found buried in sand at Gegaso ghat, 2015 image of corpses floating in Ganga shared as recent

Following reports of decomposed bodies being found in the Ganga over a couple of days, reports emerged that several bodies were found buried in sand at two locations along the Ganga river in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. Visuals of the site were widely shared on social media.

Many mainstream media houses like NDTV, Hindustan Times, India TV, DNA and Zee News also reported the same.

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Rae Bareli ADM calls viral video showing bodies buried in the sand ‘misleading’

However, the administration in Rae Bareli district in Uttar Pradesh has confirmed that the viral videos showing bodies buried in the sand at Gegaso ghat is indeed “misleading and false”. ANI quoted Raebareli ADM (E) Ram Abhilash saying that ADM (Lalganj) along with CEO, local police and SHO inspected the ghat but didn’t find anything as such.

“Misinformation is being spread”, said Ram Abhilash, debunking the viral video that showed multiple bodies buried in sand.

Old pictures of corpses floating in the water passed off as current

Similarly, after reports of 100 unidentified and decomposed bodies found floating in the Ganga emerged, two separate images showing corpses floating in the river Ganga started doing the round on social media. One of the images showed dogs scavenging on several decomposed bodies floating in the water.

Aam Aadmi Party MP Sushil Kumar Gupta shared the photo on his Facebook page. The archive of the post can be viewed here.

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Another image which did the rounds with a similar claim showed vultures and crows flying over floating dead bodies.

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These two images went viral on social media with many users sharing them as that of the recent incident. However, these two images being passed off as current are actually from 2015.

A reverse image search of the first image found that the image was uploaded on the stock photo website Getty Images on 14 January 2015.

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The second photo of vultures and crows flying around near the river is also from the same incident. This photo on Getty Images also states that it was taken on January 14, 2015, in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh at the Pariyar ghat.

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In 2015, ANI had also Tweeted the same image with a caption: “Scores of dead bodies float in river Ganga and its bank in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district”.

On searching, it was found that many media houses like The Indian Express and NDTV had reported this incident on January 14, 2015.

Malayalam language news channel Asianet News Network, which also shared one of the images, apologised after learning that the image was that from 2015.

Though dead bodies were found in Ganga, these viral visuals doing the round on social media are not recent

So it is sufficiently clear now, that though several dead bodies have been recovered from Ganga in the past week, these viral images of scavenger dogs and crows gathering around the bodies in the river are from 2015 and according to the Rae Bareli administration, the viral video showing many bodies buried in the sand at Gegaso ghat is also misleading and false.

Chitrakoot jail shootout: Three CCTV cameras found to be non-functional, jail officials suspended for laxity

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Chitrakoot jail shootout: Three CCTV cameras found to be non-functional, jail officials suspended for laxity

Three inmates at Chitrakoot jail in Uttar Pradesh, including dreaded gangsters Mukim Kala and Merazuddin, were killed in a gang war that broke out inside the jail on May 14 (Friday). They were shot dead by sharpshooter Anshu Dixit, who was later killed by police as he refused to surrender. Taking serious note of the incident, Yogi Adityanath Government has ordered a probe.

According to a report by India Today, it has been learnt that three CCTV cameras installed in the Chitrakoot jail were not functioning at the time when the shootout took place. Due to this, The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended two jail officials, Jail Superintendent, S P Tripathi and Jailor Mahendra Pal. They were suspended on Friday on charges of laxity.

Later in the day, three warders, namely, Sanjay Khare, Harishankar Ram, and Amit Kumar were also suspended on similar charges.

Meanwhile, security in the premises has been beefed up after the incident. Additional forces have been called in and 20 jawans of the UP Police have been stationed inside the Chitrakoot jail.

Chitrakoot Jail shootout

On May 14, an inmate identified as Anshu Dixit shot dead two prisoners Mukim Kala and Merajuddin using a pistol at around 10 am. Both of them are close aides to don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. Mukim Kala was a gangster from Western UP and Merazuddin was a don from Easter UP. Anshu, a sharpshooter from Sitapur, was shot dead by police in a retaliatory firing.

DG Prisons Anand Kumar said that the entire sequence of events will be investigated to know how a pistol reached inside the prison.

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

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

On Saturday, the Congress party committed a major blunder on social media after posting an image of Field Marshal Manekshaw instead of Field Marshal Cariappa on the latter’s death anniversary.

The Congress party on Saturday took to Twitter to express their tribute to Field Marshal Kodandera Madapa Cariappa on the occasion of his death anniversary.

“Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa OBE was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army and the first Indian to command a battalion. On his death anniversary, we thank him for his valour and leadership during the all-important Indo-Pakistan War of 1947,” the Congress party tweeted.

Instead of attaching Field Marshal Cariappa’s image in its tribute post, the Congress party posted an image of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw in his place.

The error committed by the Congress party did not go well the citizens of the country. Several social media users lambasted the Congress party for its disregard for the country’s heroes and accused them of disrespecting the icons.

Meanwhile, Times Now has attempted to come to the rescue of the Congress party by diluting the error committed by the grand-old party. In its tweet, Times Now referred to the faux pas as an ‘alleged error’ on the part of the Congress.

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One would have expected India’s Grand Old Party to have done some degree of due diligence before making posts on social media. That, however, appears to have been too much hard work for Rahul Gandhi’s party.

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

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

Ajit Pawar, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, said on Friday that he would ask Bharat Biotech, the Hyderabad-based firm that is manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine, to set aside 50 per cent of vaccine doses manufactured at its proposed Pune Plant for distribution within the state, a report published in the Indian Express said.

The statements came when Pawar was chairing the weekly COVID-19 review meeting at Pune’s Council Hall. During the meeting, the administration discussed its preparations to deal with mucormycosis infection that is being detected in some Covid-19 patients.

Speaking on the assistance Maharashtra is providing to Bharat Biotech for expanding its vaccine production, Pawar asked authorities to allocate 11.58 hectares of land in the Pune district for the establishment of a vaccine manufacturing plant.

“Pune divisional commissioner and district collector are going to process the request for the land as soon as possible. They will process the speedy approval for the provision of water, electricity, and other key necessities for the plant. It might probably take about 3 months for the commencement of vaccine production. While the company will have to provide 50 per cent of the vaccine doses manufactured at the proposed plant to the centre, we will, however, request Bharat Biotech to reserve the rest of the vaccines for use within the state,” he said.

Notably, Maharashtra is amongst the worst-hit states by the resurgent wave of the coronavirus outbreak. After weeks of leading the list of states with the highest number of COVID-19 cases, the latest numbers of daily infections are currently on the wane. The vaccination drive in the state has currently hit a roadblock as the state health minister Rajesh Tope recently announced that the state government was diverting the stocks of vaccines meant for the 18-44 age group for the second dose of vaccination for the 45+ group.

On the day MVA govt permitted Pune to float global tenders for vaccines, Pawar says state permission was not required

Besides, Pawar also criticised the BJP leaders in Pune who had alleged that the state government was intentionally delaying permission to the PMC to float a global tender to procure 25 lakh vaccines for the Pune city.

“I have received a letter from BJP’s Ganesh Bidkar on the issue. I must make it clear that the PMC does not need the state government’s permission to float a global tender for vaccine procurement. I have verified this information from the secretary of the urban development department (Bhushan Gagrani) and principal secretary Mahesh Pathak. The BMC took a decision in this regard on its own,” he said.

While Pawar claimed that the PMC did not have to wait for the state government’s approval, the Pune Municipal Corporation had yesterday received the consent of the state government to float global tenders to vaccinate its citizens. The approval from the Maha Vikas Aghadi Government came after the PMC threatened to move ahead with the process without their consent.

The consent by the Maharashtra Government comes more than three weeks after it was initially sought. The Pune Municipal Corporation had earlier decided to move ahead with the process saying that lives were more important.

Indore: Youth Congress coordinator of COVID SOS campaign arrested in connection with the fake Remdesivir nexus case

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Indore: Youth Congress coordinator of COVID SOS campaign arrested in connection with the fake Remdesivir nexus case

Days after a Congress leader was arrested from Faridabad for his alleged involvement in black marketing of oxygen cylinders, another Congress leader has been arrested in Indore for the sale of fake Remdesivir injections, the key antiviral medicinal drug that is increasingly being used to treat the complications arising out of COVID-19. Indore police on Thursday arrested Congress leader Prashant Parashar, along with homoeopathic doctor Sarvar Khan, and two others, taking the tally of arrested accused in the fake Remdesivir nexus case to 11.

Ironically, Parashar was elected as the City coordinator of Bhopal by the Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress for overlooking the SOS alerts emanating from the state in the wake of the resurgent coronavirus outbreak. According to the police, Prashant Parashar was a part of a nexus involved in the rampant distribution of fake Remdesivir injections in Madhya Pradesh.

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So far, the officials have seized 437 of the 700 fake Remdesivir injections that were smuggled to Indore from Gujarat based on call recordings and other interrogations of the arrested accused in the case.

The matter had come to light about three weeks back when the authorities arrested two men—Dinesh Choudhary and Dheeraj Sajwani—and recovered two injections from them. During their interrogation, the police realised that there was a larger nexus of distribution of fake Remdesivir was active in the state. It subsequently arrested Praveen alias Siddharth Fulke and Aseem Bhale. Aseem admitted to purchasing and coordinating with one Sunil Mishra for the injections. When the police checked the location of Mishra, they found him to be residing in Surat of Gujarat. The police then shared a tip with the Gujarat Police of Mishra’s involvement in black marketing of Remdesivir.

Acting on the tip-off, the Gujarat police in the coming days busted a fake Remdesivir injection making factory in the Morbi area and arrested Kaushal Bohra, Puneet Shah and subsequently Sunil Mishra in the case.

Based on the interrogation and information received from the arrested accused, the police found that Mishra had sent 100 injections to the Congress leader Prashant Parashar, a Youth Congress leader who was said to be preparing for sub-inspector examination and had completed his engineering from Bhopal. The accused Congress leader was traced on Thursday in Bhopal and was arrested by the officials.

Speaking on the Congress leader’s arrest, SP Ashutosh Bagri said, “He admitted of selling and giving injections to his friends and family. However, he admitted to having received only 66 injections. We will verify this once we get the remand of the accused Sunil Mishra.”

Mishra had reportedly called Prashant to check on the health of those administered with the injections when he understood that there was something wrong with them and threw the remaining 8 injections in a water body.

Additionally, 500 of the 700 injections were reportedly sent to Jabalpur city hospital where they were administered to the patients. Police said the batch number of all the injections was identical, which meant they were manufactured in the same factory in Gujarat.

Congress leader arrested in Faridabad for black marketing of oxygen cylinders

A few days back, one Congress leader named Bijendra Mavi was arrested in Faridabad for his alleged involvement in black marketing of oxygen cylinders. A case was registered against the Congress leader under various sections including the Disaster Management Act after the police found 50 oxygen cylinders from his house at Indra Complex Colony, Faridabad, Haryana. Police informed that the accused had hidden the oxygen cylinders in his car.

According to reports, Khedipul police were patrolling on Tigaon Road, Faridabad, when their informer tipped them off about the Congress leader’s involvement in black marketing of oxygen cylinders. Based on the information provided, police conducted a raid. Drug control officer Sandeep Gahlan was also present.

On checking the Congress leader’s vehicle, 42 empty and 8 filled cylinders were found. The police asked Mavi to produce the license and required permits for the oxygen cylinders. When the accused could not produce valid documents, police took him into their custody and seized the 50 oxygen cylinders.

West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee’s younger brother Ashim Banerjee succumbs to Covid-19

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West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee’s younger brother Ashim Banerjee succumbs to Covid-19

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s younger brother Ashim Banerjee died due to COVID-19 on Saturday. 

According to the reports, Ashim Banerjee had tested positive for Covid-19 and was undergoing treatment at Medical Hospital in Kolkata. His condition worsened suddenly and passed away at the hospital on Saturday.

Meanwhile, on Friday, West Bengal recorded its highest single-day spike of 20,846 fresh CovidD-19 cases, taking the total tally to 10,94,802. The death count in the state stands at 12,993 after 136 more people succumbed to the pandemic on Friday.

WHO chief Tedros, accused of covering up epidemic in Ethiopia, wants wealthy nations to halt inoculating the ‘healthy’, donate to poor nations

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WHO chief Tedros, accused of covering up epidemic in Ethiopia, wants wealthy nations to halt inoculating the ‘healthy’, donate to poor nations

Following accusations of siding with China and covering up the cholera epidemic in Ethiopia, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom recently sparked controversy after suggesting that ‘wealthier nations’ must donate the Coronavirus vaccines, meant for teenagers and children, to the poorer countries.

While highlighting that the second year of the pandemic is going to be deadlier than the first, he expressed his ‘displeasure’ over how rich countries have been vaccinating children, teenagers, and healthy individuals. Tedros Adhanom surmised that poor countries have not even started inoculating the healthcare workers and those vulnerable to the deadly virus. He instead suggested the ‘wealthy’ countries donate the vaccine doses, meant for the children and teenagers, to the Covax global vaccine sharing scheme and thereby rescue poor nations.

“In January, I spoke about the potential unfolding of a moral catastrophe,” he told a press conference. Unfortunately, we’re now witnessing this play out. In a handful of rich countries, which bought up the majority of the supply, lower-risk groups are now being vaccinated. I understand why some countries want to vaccinate their children and adolescents, but right now I urge them to reconsider and to instead donate vaccines to Covax,” the WHO chief said.

He further claimed, “Because in low and lower-middle-income countries, Covid-19 vaccine supply has not been enough to even immunise healthcare workers, and hospitals are being inundated with people that need lifesaving care urgently.” Reportedly, about 1.4 billion Coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered so far in 210 global territories. However, about 44% of the vaccines have been administered in wealthy nations compared to 0.3% in 29 poor countries.

“We’re on track for the second year of this pandemic to be far more deadly than the first. Saving lives and livelihoods with a combination of public health measures and vaccination – not one or the other – is the only way out…The fact that so many are still not protected is a sad reflection on the gross distortion in access to vaccines across the globe,” he concluded.

The World Health Organization (WHO) found itself in a tough spot in the wake of the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic. It was accused of ‘siding with’ the Chinese government by none other than the president of the United States himself. WHO and its director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had come under severe criticism for their conduct since the pandemic broke out in China. The organization took long enough in declaring it a pandemic, leading to countries not being vigilant enough on time.

WHO Chief accused of covering up cholera epidemic in Ethiopia

Tedros was accused of covering up epidemics in his home country in Ethiopia even while he was the health minister in the government, days before he became the director of the WHO. A prominent global health expert, who was also an informal advisor to Tedros’s rival for the WHO top spot, had accused him of covering up to three epidemics in Ethiopia.

“Dr. Tedros is a compassionate and highly competent public health official,” Lawrence O. Gostin, director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, said. He added, “But he had a duty to speak truth to power and to honestly identify and report verified cholera outbreaks over an extended period.” Tedros was Ethiopia’s health minister between 2005-12 and outbreaks had occurred in 2006, 2009 and 2011.

He had said these were only “acute watery diarrhoea” in areas where testing is “difficult”. However, in 2007, the UN and other aid agencies insisted that laboratory tests showed that the deaths were due to cholera. Ethiopia was also accused of covering up a cholera epidemic in 2017. New York Times reported that the Ethiopian government was saying the same thing in 2017 that Tedros had said on previous occasions.

Renowned author Vikram Sampath out of danger after battling COVID-19 for 3 weeks

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Renowned author Vikram Sampath out of danger after battling COVID-19 for 3 weeks

Award-winning author and historian Vikram Sampath who had been battling COVID-19 for the last three weeks and was said to be critical is out of danger now. The author has taken to his official Twitter handle to give his latest health update.

“After 3 harrowing weeks of hospitalization & near-death experience due to Covid, really happy to be discharged. The long road to recovery given the extent of damage, but a major part is hopefully behind. I’m so deeply touched & overwhelmed by the deluge of goodwill, msgs, prayers”, wrote Sampath.

In his subsequent Tweets, the author thanked for the support which poured in for him when he was battling the deadly pathogen. “Koti koti pranams!”, wrote Sampath, adding that due to his lung weakness he could not reply to the hordes of wishes he received. “My heartfelt gratitude to everyone who stood by us & prayed!”, wrote the author.

Ever since the author was detected with COVID-19 infection and was admitted to the hospital for the treatment of the same, his regular health updates were posted on his Twitter handle.

On May 7, the author was shifted out of the ICU after his health conditions improved. “Mr Vikram Sampath is shifted out of ICU tonight to the ward. He is still under constant treatment & observation as he is v weak. Will require few more days of hospitalization & care. Thanks to everyone who sent their best wishes & prayers. We are so overwhelmed by your goodwill”, a Tweet posted on May 7 on his timeline informed.

Renowned author Vikram Sampath battled COVID-19 for 3 weeks

Vikram Sampath was hospitalised after he was tested COVID-19 positive. His duty doctor had informed that Sampath was being given the best treatment including plasma, Remdesivir and steroids and requests people to not send messages on his phone.

On April 30, scientist and columnist Anand Ranganathan had taken to Twitter to inform that Vikram Sampath was battling Covid in the ICU.

“Hang in there my brother. You are a fighter, the best and the fiercest”, Ranganathan had Tweeted wishing well for the author who last penned Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past (2019).

Former pornstar Mia Khalifa falls for ‘toolkit’ again? Posts unedited tweet against Israel, later defends herself with bizarre explanation

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Former pornstar Mia Khalifa falls for ‘toolkit’ again? Posts unedited tweet against Israel, later defends herself with bizarre explanation

On Friday, Former porn-star Mia Khalifa accidentally revealed that she could possibly be a part of an anti-Israel Twitter storm after she tweeted an unedited post to target Israel amidst the ongoing clashes in the Middle east. By tweeting an unedited tweet, Mia Khalifa seems to have inadvertently exposed a targeted global campaign against Israel.

Amidst the ongoing terror attacks against Israel by Palestinian terror groups and the subsequent counter-terror operations by Israeli Defence Forces, the former porn-star Mia Khalifa took to Twitter against Israel and the United States for carrying out airstrikes against Islamic terror groups deep inside Gaza.

In a tweet, Khalifa attacked US President Joe Biden saying he cared more about selling decommissioned second-hand military gear and artillery to Netanyahu than he cares about death tolls at schools and refugee camps.

Interestingly, at the end of her tweet, Mia Khalifa tweeted, “Send tweet”. Initially, social media users failed to grasp what exactly that phrase meant.

However, later social media users pointed out that Mia Khalifa’s latest tweet condemning Israel could be part of a well-planned tweetstorm and Khalifa had inadvertently exposed herself by posting an unedited tweet. Several users speculated that Khalifa might be a part of some anti-Israel campaign.

Social media users said that Mia Khalifa did not share any concerns for Palestine, instead, she was posting anti-Israel propaganda tweets that were perhaps sent to her in the form of a Twitter ‘toolkit’.

Hilariously, as social media users pointed out her blunder committed by Mia Khalifa, the former pornstar defended her action with a bizarre explanation.

Mia Khalifa said that she thought the phrase “send tweet“ meant “that’s the tweet”, which according to her, was a colloquial-internet slang for “full stop”.

Mia Khalifa and her history with ‘toolkit’ propaganda

This is not the first time that Mia Khalifa is involving in such a paid social media trends. The former pornstar had joined the likes of songwriter Rihanna and child-protestor Greta Thunberg to express their solidarity with the so-called farmer protestors in India. The former pornstar was part of a paid global campaign against India, that was suspected to be sponsored by Khalistani terrorists across the world.

In February this year, child protestor Greta Thunberg had inadvertently revealed the insidious nature of the global campaign against India. The school drop out activist had revealed about sinister global propaganda against India by leaking a ‘toolkit’ document, that was extenstively used by both foreign and several Indian propagandists to interfere in India’s domestic politics.

Songwriter Rihanna and adult movie actress Mia Khalifa too had jumped in to amplify the targeted campaign against the Indian government and were also accused of being part of global propaganda against the Indian government.

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

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

The hostilities between the Jewish nation and its nemesis Hamas are at an all-time high, especially after the intense aerial exchanges that started on Tuesday evening and continued well past midnight. On Tuesday, Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas unleashed massive airstrikes against Israel, firing hundreds of rockets inside the country. Following that, a bitter war of narratives has been sparked in India where the Left-Islamist nexus in the country has voiced support for Jihadis in Palestine and not for India’s friend, Israel, and to no one’s surprise, NDTV too peddled that agenda rather subtly today.

Earlier this week, during the unbridled firing by Palestine against Israel, an Indian woman from Kerala had lost her life. Reportedly, the Kerala nurse was on a video call with her husband when a rocket fired by Palestine made it past the Iron Dome and killed the woman. She is survived by her husband and a young child, who Israel has promised to provide for.

On Saturday, the Kerala woman’s mortal remains reached Delhi from Israel. MoS Muraleedharan has said that the mortal remains of Ms Soumya Santosh will reach her native place on Saturday itself.

However, amidst the terrible tragedy of Soumya Santosh’s death and the incessant attacks by Jihadis against Israel, NDTV did not miss peddling its agenda to shield Islamists rather subtle.

At 9:00 AM on Saturday, NDTV posted a tweet with a short video of its anchor talking about the Kerala Nurse’s mortal remains reaching Delhi. While in the video itself the anchor does say that she was killed in the “Palestinian rocket strike”, the tweet text drafted by NDTV had very different connotations.

NDTV, in its tweet said, “Body Of Kerala Woman Killed In Israel Rocket Strike Brought Back To India”.

Technically, they are not wrong. The Kerala woman was indeed killed in the ‘Israel Rocket Strike’, which essentially means when Palestine was launching rockets at Israel.

However, the crafting of the text itself gives the impression that the Kerala woman was killed due to a rocket strike by Israel and not in Israel because of a rocket strike by Palestine.

After being called out, NDTV deleted their initial tweet and reposted saying that the woman was killed in a rocket strike ‘in Israel’. It is pertinent to note that they still could not bring themselves to actually mention that the woman was killed in a terror attack by Palestine.

Given NDTV’s history of shielding Islamists even in India, it becomes imperative that such wordplay in the face of an escalating conflict between Israel and Palestine is called out and evaluated from the prism of which side the Left of India has taken in the discussion.

Israel, which has been sending lifesaving relief material to India to battle the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, is facing security threats in the country for the last several days. And while messages of support from Indians pour in for Israel- one of India’s strongest allies, some from the opposition and the left-wing have chosen a different route, along with the Islamists.

Even elements from Congress, apart from the usual trolls like Swara Bhaskar have picked up the mantel for Palestine. Delhi Congress VP Ali Mehdi on Wednesday took to Twitter to express his hatred for the Jewish nation. Mehdi forebodes the destruction of Israel, saying that Allah will destroy it. “Allah will destroy Israel InshaAllah #AllahuAkbar,” Mehdi tweeted.

One recalls that during the Delhi riots in India, NDTV had gone out of its way to paint Hindus as the aggressor and Muslims as the victims. In fact, in one such instance, NDTV had even edited out the footage that showed bricks being stored at a Mosque’s rooftop to ensure that the scale of planning by Muslim mobs was not evident.

With its history of shielding Islamists and Jihadis, NDTV seems to have yet again proven that their heart bleeds not only for the Islamists back home but for the Ummah, so to speak.

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