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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.

News Reports

No, Indian PUBG user did not make Chinese player say ‘Hindustan Zindabad’, Times Network’s website fell for satire

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020

Times group's MensXP falls for satire, believes that Indian PUBG user made Chinese player say 'Hindistan Zindabad'

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The Wire’s claims that NCPCR saw 8-fold increase in complaints post-Coronavirus outbreak are false: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2020

The Wire has recently been trying to milk the coronavirus pandemic to cast aspersions on Modi government

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Central govt rejects Business Standard report on the merger of CBDT and CBIC, schools the newspaper on journalism

OpIndia Staff - 6 July, 2020

Business Standard had published an article claiming that the central government is mulling over the merger of CBDT and CBIC as a part of its austerity drive to reduce the costs amidst coronavirus pandemic

News Reports

Guardian falsely claims China built radar tower near Pangong Tso lake in last few weeks: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 4 July, 2020

Satellite images and media reports show that China had built radar station near Pangong Tso lake years ago, not recently as Guardian claims

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The Guardian claims 2-year-old fought 1962 Indo-China, quotes Congress worker to make wildly incorrect claims about Pangong Tso and Galwan

OpIndia Staff - 4 July, 2020

In a news report titled, "Our pastures have been taken: Indians rue China's Himalayan land grab", Guardian further fake news on the India-China stand-off

Crime

No, BJP leader Vikas Dubey is not the gangster who killed 8 policemen in Kanpur, read how Congress trolls spread fake news

OpIndia Staff - 3 July, 2020

Several trolls took to social media to share an image of a BJP leader along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister to claim that the person was the notorious gangster Vikas Dubey, to allege that he belonged to BJP.

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Kolkata’s Telegraph reports satirical tweet as real to show Modi govt banning TikTok in poor light

OpIndia Staff - 2 July, 2020

In a bid to prove that Central government ban on Chinese apps like TikTok was a bad decision, Kolkata based leftist portal 'The Telegraph' today reported a satirical tweet as real.

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Agra DM schools Priyanka Gandhi for spreading fake news that 28 people died of coronavirus within 48 hours

OpIndia Staff - 23 June, 2020

On Monday, the District Magistrate of Agra fact-checked the claims made by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Twitter about the supposed deaths of 28 Coronavirus positive people in the past 48 hours.

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