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When the Media lies, it takes away the people’s right to know. The only way to reclaim that right is to catch them in the act.

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NYPost uses old image to claim people are dying on streets from COVID-19 in India, replaces it with funeral pyre after being called out:...

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

Though the misleading image has been replaced, the NY Post is yet to update the title of the article which still reads that people in India are dying on streets due to COVID-19 outbreak

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Moneycontrol spreads misleading news second time in two days, first about oxygen export, now about Bharat Biotech and the price of vaccine

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021

Moneycontrol has resorted to spreading misleading news about the pricing of COVID-19 vaccinations by Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute.

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Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire spreads fake news a day after The Logical Indian apologised for the same: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021

Siddharth Varadarajan spread fake news again, in fact, the same fake news that the Logical Indians had apologised for just a day ago.

The false claims of COVID-19 vaccine shortage and the propaganda for American vaccines: A detailed analysis

Raju Das - 8 April, 2021

While non-NDA states are lagging behind vaccinating eligible population, they are demanding to open up the vaccines to all adults

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India Today spreads fake news, continues to peddle agenda about Kumbh Mela becoming a ‘super-spreader’ event despite getting fact-checked

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2021

India Today published a fake news alleging that centre said in a statement that Kumbh Mela has become a Covid-19 super-spreader

News Reports

BBC publishes a report to discredit achievements of Yogi Adityanath government, gets fact-checked by the UP police

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2021

Attempts of BBC to berate Uttar Pradesh and the Yogi Adityanath government was soon called out by the Uttar Pradesh police

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Outlook publishes a mischievously titled report to insinuate that govt is considering using Gayatri Mantra to ‘treat’ COVID-19

OpIndia Staff - 19 March, 2021

After Outlook shared its mischievously titled report, social media users began to mock govt for such a preposterous option

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How can poor brown people make good vaccines? FT peddled lies claiming PM Modi may have ‘secretly’ taken a foreign dose

OpIndia Staff - 12 March, 2021

Before India started the phase 1 of the vaccination drive for frontline workers, PM Modi had emphasised that politicians should wait for their turn and not 'jump the queue'.

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