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Elon Musk calls out Wikipedia’s bias and its editors’ complicated relationship with facts: What he said

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

Billionaire Elon Musk called out Wikipedia's bias and its editors' complicated relationship with facts while talking about Tesla

Political History of India

Emergency Files: Inside Sanjay Gandhi’s ‘beautification drive’ that bulldozed unauthorized settlements in Old Delhi

Suyash - 21 April, 2022

In Sanjay Gandhi's Delhi Beautification Drive, a total of 70,000 people were displaced from slums and commercial properties in mere 21 months

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UP priest not booked for reciting Hanuman Chalisan during Azaan time as claimed by media, only notice sent: Details

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

UP police deny reports that a Hindu priest was booked for reciting Hanuman Chalisa during Azaan near a mosque

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits JCB’s new ‘bulldozer’ plant in Gujarat

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

Britain's PM Boris Johnson visited the heavy construction machines giant JCB plant in Halol today to inaugurate a bulldozer plant.

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UK PM Boris Johnson visits MK Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram, spins Charkha, often cited as symbol of India’s freedom struggle from British Empire

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

At the Sabarmati Ashram, UK PM Boris Johnson tried his hands at spinning the Charkha, a symbol of the 1905 Swadeshi movement

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Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath government forms Priest Welfare Board as promised before the elections

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

UP govt has ordered the formation of Priest Welfare Board for the welfare of elderly saints, sages, and priests of temples

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Gujarat: ATS, DRI seize heroin worth Rs 2500 crores at Kandla port, drugs were smuggled from Afghanistan via Iran

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

The consignment was intercepted by the DRI based on specific intelligence that high-quality heroin was being smuggled in containers from Afghanistan to Gujarat’s Kandla port via Iran.

OpIndia Scoops

Mazaar illegally constructed inside Civil Hospital, Surat, administration writes to police to get it removed

Nirwa Mehta - 21 April, 2022

On condition of anonymity, the people in the know said that they were not aware since when the mazaar has been around on campus but they have now requested the police to remove the illegal construction.

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