Specials

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OpIndia Explains

‘Expose’ by Mediapart and the French ‘investigation’ into Rafale deal: A ready reckoner on why it’s a sham

iyervval - 6 July, 2021

As Congress blurs the line between fact and fiction, here’s your ready reckoner on the latest 'revelations' by Mediapart on Rafale

Specials

Dalai Lama’s 86th birthday: How the Tibetan spiritual leader escaped persecution and outsmarted China to cross over to India 62 years ago

Jinit Jain - 6 July, 2021

Dalai Lama XIV or Tenzin Gyatso as he is known with his worldly name was born on 6 July 1935 to a small farming family in the small hamlet of Taktser, Amdo, which is in northeastern Tibet.

OpIndia Explains

Bhima Koregaon violence accused Stan Swamy dies at 84 as undertrial: Read who he was and his tainted antecedents

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2021

Stan Swamy, an undertrial in the Bhima Koregaon Violence case, died on Monday while undergoing treatment at the Holy Family hospital in Mumbai

News Reports

The Life and Times of Audrey Truschke: Links to dubious Hinduphobic groups, accusations of stalking and other controversies

K Bhattacharjee - 4 July, 2021

'Historian' Audrey Truschke, who teaches at Rutgers University, is one of the most unpopular academicians in India today.

Media

Here are 14 articles published by the New York Times from the last 10 years that reaffirm its anti-Modi and anti-Hindu bias

Jinit Jain - 3 July, 2021

Here are 14 instances from the last decade when New York Times had allowed its platform to peddle anti-Hindu and anti-Modi propaganda

Media

How the BBC promoted nonsensical AI-based research to claim that Pakistanis were wishing India well during the Covid crisis

K Bhattacharjee - 3 July, 2021

The BBC and its penchant for painting a tolerant picture of Pakistan while denigrating India is well documented.

Interviews

Gujarat Model with Modi’s touch of governance: CM Vijay Rupani on COVID crisis and what to look forward to in 2022 elections

Rahul Roushan - 30 June, 2021

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani speaks to OpIndia about how the state is battling COVID crisis and following the path of good governance laid down by Prime Minister Modi

News Reports