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China’s information warfare: How Beijing uses censorship, disinformation and propaganda to control and influence domestic narrative

Jinit Jain - 24 December, 2020

A primer into how the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) has been regulating the flow of information and distorting it with disinformation to maintain its preeminence.

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From being in a ‘hurry’ to double farmer income to missing Sonia Gandhi’s NAC: Bizarre excuses Communists give to put farm laws on hold

S. Sudhir Kumar - 24 December, 2020

The Hindu carried an opinion piece on farmer laws which had some of the most bizarre excuses for which the farm laws must be withdrawn.

Social Media

Netizens call for #EcoFriendlyChristmas ahead of the festival, urge PETA and other environmentalists to join the cause

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2020

Social media users raise voice to save the planet and urge people to celebrate eco-friendly Christmas.

News Reports

“Self realisation!” Netizens wonder as Rahul Gandhi talks about an incompetent man who does not understand anything

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2020

The remark by Rahul Gandhi came after he met President Ram Nath Kovind seeking his intervention into the impasse between protesting farmers and the Centre

News Reports

From importance of self-reliant India to Bhakti movement: Key highlights of PM Modi speech at Visva Bharati

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2020

Speaking on the historic occasion, Prime Minister Modi said that it was a matter of pride for every Indian that Vishva Bharati University completed 100 years.

Political History of India

IC 814 hijack: Where are those three terrorists India released in exchange for hostages?

Shashank Bharadwaj - 24 December, 2020

On December 31, 1999, after seven days, the hostage crisis came to an end as India agreed to release three dreaded terrorists including Masood Azhar, the founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed.

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Rahul Gandhi peddles The Print’s lies about India-Russia relations, gets ‘fact-checked’ by the Russian Embassy in India

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2020

Rahul Gandhi's attempt to mislead people on India-Russia annual summit caused another 'egg-on-the-face' moment for Congress.

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True “wokeness” would see Christian missionaries are engaged in oppression by bringing indigenous culture under monopoly of the church

Abhishek Banerjee - 24 December, 2020

The missionaries insist that those of Indic faiths have been following the devil. They must give up this ancient culture, including goddess worship, venerating certain animals and forces of nature.

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