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News Reports

Media misleads public on nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus scare, govt calls reports baseless

OpIndia Staff -
HW News resorted to fear-mongering by claiming that there were rumours of a pan-India lockdown afterPM Modi's public address
Social Media Fact-Check

Old photo of Baba Ramdev in hospital circulated with false claim that he fell ill after overdosing on cow urine to prevent Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
The viral photo dates back to June 12, 2011, when Baba Ramdev had ended his fast against black money in a Dehradun hospital.
Political Fact-Check

Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s nomination to the Rajya Sabha is not ‘unprecedented’ – Here’s why

Dibakar Dutta -
The nomination of ex-Chief Justice, Ranjan Gogoi, to Rajya Sabha has witnessed the left-liberal jamaat engaging in character assassination.
News Reports

Watch: ‘You are 20-25 crores, you should not fear police, Modi, Shah’, Retd. Judge Kolse Patil incites Muslims for violence at anti-CAA rally

OpIndia Staff -
Kolse Patil slammed Muslims for fearing police and not coming out in streets to protest against the Modi govt
News Reports

Bengaluru techie’s wife who was accused of spreading the coronavirus is yet to test positive: Here is their version of what happened

OpIndia Staff -
TOI reported that Bengaluru techie tested covid-19 positive on 7th, but result came on 12th, & wife had left on 8th from airport itself
News Reports

Despite ICMR saying that India has reached local transmission stage of coronavirus, Caravan publishes fake news claiming govt of India and ICMR denied it

OpIndia Staff -
Caravan writes that Indian govt & ICMR denied that coronavirus local transmission happening in the country after ICMR had accepted the same
News Reports

Dainik Bhaskar publishes fake interview of Finland PM Sanna Marin on its portal, deletes after confronted by Finnish government

OpIndia Staff -
Dainik Bhaskar’s DB Post published an exclusive interview of Finnish PM Sanna Marin by a freelance journalist that never took place
Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did Coronavirus spread in Italy due to a Pakistani or due to ‘hug a Chinese’ campaign?

OpIndia Staff -
With the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus in Italy, social media has been abuzz with news that the patient zero in Italy has been identified as a Pakistani immigrant who refused to self-isolate.
Opinions

Pro-AAP blogger Dhruv Rathee analyses the Delhi riots, spreads misinformation and leaves out vital details: Here is how

Priyanka Deo -
Dhruv Rathee is not misinformed. On the contrary, it is his business to misinform, which he does in analysis of Delhi riots
Media Fact-Check

Nikkei Asian Review writes a strange, ill-informed article on PM Modi: Here are some things they got wildly wrong

OpIndia Staff -
The Nikkei-Asian Review article headlined, "How Modi won India’s elections but paralyzed the economy" was laden with blatant misrepresentations and lies
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