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After maligning the Kumbh Mela, read how propagandists at Alt News, ‘journalists’ are defending mass gathering at farmer protests

K Bhattacharjee - 24 May, 2021

Barkha Dutt condemned the ongoing 'farmer protests' and also spoke out against the opposition parties supporting them.

OpIndia Explains

Landomus group appeals to PM to invest USD 500 Billion in India through an ad, here’s what we know about the strange company

Anurag - 24 May, 2021

The company is so obscure, that it has zero internet footprints. The only news about Landomus group are about the bizarre ad it put up in today's leading daily.

News Reports

Indian business magnate Rakesh Jhunjhunwala hails PM Modi’s fiscal policies, gives 9 out of 10 to his economic management

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2021

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala predicts a 10% growth for the current financial year., says GDP growth on the right track.

News Reports

India Today, Hindustan Times, others water down radical Sikh extremism, refer to Khalistan Tiger Force members as ‘activists’

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2021

KTF chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar has been involved in several terrorist acts in India including bomb blasts.

OpIndia Explains

Sun Halo: Rainbow ring spotted around the sun in the Bengaluru sky. Read what it means

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2021

A ring of rainbow forms around the Sun through a phenomenon called Halo that happens because of light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere.

Uttar Pradesh: Social media user Ashraf Ali arrested for threatening SDM over demolition of illegal mosque

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2021

On Friday, five more people, Mohammad Matin Khan, Mohammad Saad, Suleiman, Farooq Ahmed Khan and Mohammad Kamil, were arrested under suspicion of creating communal unrest.

News Reports

New report: Multiple Wuhan lab researchers fell ill in November 2019, weeks before China ‘reported’ the first Covid case

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2021

It is interesting to note that the Trump administration in January had said that the researchers at Wuhan lab had become sick in autumn 2019.

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Appearing semi-naked during class, sexual comments to girls: Students of Chennai’s PSBB school start online campaign against teacher

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2021

Students of PSBB Chennai called out one of the teachers for harassing and making sexual advances towards students. They have alleged that the school administration has been ignoring repeated complaints by students and parents.

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