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White House slams Twitter for censoring US President Donald Trump but refusing to take action against glorification of Jihad

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump has been involved in a raging battle against social media giant Twitter after the latter included a 'fact-check' on his tweet.
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News Reports

Twitter restores ISKCON spokesperson’s account after briefly locking it, removes proof of insult of Hindus in Shemaroo video citing copyright violation

OpIndia Staff -
ISKCON spokesperson Radharamn Das had posted the vile video on Twitter as a proof of crime against the ISKCON and Hindus
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News Reports

Indian PPE industry has grown to a Rs 10,000 crore industry in just two months, eyes export market after fulfilling domestic demand: Report

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The coronavirus crisis has transformed once a moribund PPE industry and catapulted it on an unprecedented growth trajectory
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News Reports

Legal notice sent to Amazon and directors of Patal Lok for hurting religious sentiments of Sikh community, unconditional apology sought

OpIndia Staff -
The DSGMC has sent legal notice to Amazon and the directors of Patal Lok web series Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy for insulting Sikhs
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News Reports

Twist in the tale: ISKCON accepts apology of Shemaroo, says won’t pursue its case against the company for Surleen Kaur video that insulted ISKCON...

OpIndia Staff -
ISKCON further stated that it does not believe in vengeance and instead acts in accordance to moral, ethical and legal values.
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News Reports

‘Life comes a full circle’ for Sonu Sood: From a struggling actor to one who helped migrants go back home amidst lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Sonu sood said that it was a satisfying experience to help people reunite with their family members.
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News Reports

Meerut: Troop of monkeys attack a lab technician and snatch blood samples from suspected COVID-19 patients

OpIndia Staff -
Monkeys snatch suspected COVID-19 samples in Meerut Medical college when lab technician was taking samples to LLRM lab
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News Reports

Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad expelled from his own political party amidst rumours of power tussle

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The intra-party political wrangling between ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad and PM Muhyiddin Yassin had been going on since February 2020
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News Reports

Woman raped by Moulvi Aslam, media gives it a ‘Hindu spin’ by using image of a saffron-clad Hindu priest and describing the perpetrator as...

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A Muslim sorcerer claiming to relieve people of their miseries through his wizardry was depicted as a Hindu priest by media organisations
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Media

MSNBC reporter says Minneapolis protest against death of George Floyd ‘not unruly’ while standing in front of a burning building amidst riots

OpIndia Staff -
On May 25, a 46-year-old ‘black’ man, George Floyd was reportedly murdered by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin
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News Reports

Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) Bangladesh’s top commander Abdul Karim nabbed by Kolkata police

OpIndia Staff -
Abdul Karim was the leader of the Dhuliyan module and was looking after the logistics supply and support, shelter to top leaders like Saleuddin.
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News Reports

Two floors of Parliament Annexe building sealed after Rajya Sabha official tests positive for coronavirus

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The director level official was confirmed positive along with his wife and the Director level officer attended work on May 28
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Media

Indian Express misquotes confidential report to claim China crossed LAC: Here is what Defence Analyst revealed

OpIndia Staff -
Tensions have been rife along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between Indian and China.
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News Reports

AMU student Farhan Zuberi arrested for the December 15 anti-CAA violence at the university campus and attack on police team

OpIndia Staff -
AMU student Farhan Zuberi was arrested in connection with the 15 December violence and 6 other cases filed against him
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Six Muslim graveyards deny permission to bury Muslim man claiming he is an ‘outsider’, Hindu cremation ground allows burial

OpIndia Staff -
The family members revealed that said Khaja Miyan was refused burial by mutawallis (caretakers of graveyards) in six graveyards, who first said that the deceased was a non-local and then claimed that Khaja may have died from coronavirus.
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Social Media

Donald Trump Vs Twitter: All you need to know about the US President’s war against censorship on social media platforms

OpIndia Staff -
Trump's tweet about sending forces to stop violence and looting in Minneapolis was censored by Twitter, claiming that it has violated Twitter rules regarding 'glorifying violence'.
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News Reports

Maharashtra govt’s PR campaign begins to come apart, BMC data reveals 99% ICU beds and 72% ventilators occupied in Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
On May 27, it was reported that Mumbai had 32,791 cases and that it accounted for a whopping 62% of total Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra.
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News Reports

ISKCON rejects Shemaroo Entertainment’s ‘apology’, to proceed with legal action against comedian Surleen Kaur for abusive, derogatory statements

OpIndia Staff -
A complaint had been filed by ISKCON organisation against comedian Ms Surleen Kaur and Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd for her abusive, derogatory remarks against the organisations, saints and Hindus.
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Media Fact-Check

The art of lying: How ThePrint spread fake news about who is paying for Shramik trains while reporting SC proceedings

Nupur J Sharma -
Reportage of the SC case regarding the migrant labourers and Shramik trains only exposes how ThePrint focusses on spreading fake news
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh govt to develop 800 km of Herbal Belt, to cultivate Medicinal, Herbal trees along highways

OpIndia Staff -
The mission to develop medicinal and herbal plant cultivation from Uttar Pradesh comes at the backdrop of the Modi government announcement to develop and promote herbal cultivation.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir police identify the owner of the explosive-laden car intercepted on Thursday, found to be a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist

OpIndia Staff -
Investigations have found the car belongs to Hidayatullah Malik, an active Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, a resident of Sharatpora Shopian
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Dr Ibrahim tests positive for coronavirus, continues to treat patients at his clinic in Jhalwar

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The doctor named Ibrahim had hidden details of him having coronavirus and treated patients at his clinic for two days
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News Reports

Maharashtra: A month after the brutal lynching of Hindu Sadhus, temple looted and priests attacked in Palghar

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The police officials also said that three assailants attacked the temple's head priest Sankaranand Saraswati and his assistant. The attackers then ran away with valuables worth Rs 6,800.
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News Reports

Nagpada police station Senior PI Shalini Sharma transferred as Uddhav Thackeray bows to pressure from Abu Azmi

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"Yeh aurat kehti hain aapne police par ilzaam lagaya hain mein aapse baat nahi karegi, uske baap ke baap ke baap ko bhi baat karni padegi”, Abu Azmi was seen shouting to hundreds of his supporters outside Nagpada station.
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News Reports

George Floyd Case: Here is how a case of police brutality against a black man stirred riots in Minneapolis, protests in New York

OpIndia Staff -
On May 25, a 46-year-old 'black' man, George Floyd was reportedly murdered by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, who knelt on the former's neck for 7 long minutes until his body became unresponsive.
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News Reports

Facing bed shortages, coronavirus patients are made to share beds, sleep on floors in govt hospitals of Mumbai: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
A report in The Guardian says that patients in Mumbai Sion hospital are being made to share beds, even stretchers. Videos of patients lying on the same bed had gone viral earlier in May.
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News Reports

Waqar Younis says some ‘Allah ka banda’ hacked his Twitter account and ‘liked’ porn video, quits social media in disgust

OpIndia Staff -
Waqar Younis has released a video claiming that some 'Allah ka banda' hacked into his Twitter profile and 'liked' the porn video.
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News Reports

TOI publishes fake news about ‘Maharashtra model’ receiving national praise, twice: Read details here

OpIndia Staff -
In April, TOI had used a press briefing from Uddhav Thackeray's office to claim that the IMCT team visiting Mumbai had praised the 'Worli-Koliwada Model'. It was also endorsed by Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.
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News Reports

USCIRF condemns Pakistan for arresting an Ahmadiyya woman on blasphemy charges

OpIndia Staff -
According to USCIRF, around 80 people are still incarcerated under the contentious blasphemy law in Pakistan.
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Government and Policy

No contact between President Trump and PM Modi after 4th April: MEA refutes POTUS, says India and China directly in touch through diplomatic channels

OpIndia Staff -
Ministry of External Affairs has refuted the claims by President Donald Trump claiming that he had spoken to Prime Minister Modi about the 'conflict with China' and that he was not in a good mood about the conflict.
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News Reports

Given their record, Pakistan should be embarrassed to even mention ‘minorities’: India’s MEA slams Pakistan’s absurd rant over Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

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Launching a blistering attack on Pakistan, the Indian Foreign Ministry advised the Imran Khan-led government to read their own country's constitution before commenting on India's minorities and secularism.
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News Reports

ISKCON files complaint against comedian Surleen Kaur and Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd for a video where ISKCON devotees were called ‘harami porn-waley’

OpIndia Staff -
Surleen Kaur had said in the video published by Shemaroo ‘no doubt we are from ISKCON, but from inside we are all harami porn lovers’.
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News Reports

After Bengaluru, another probable sonic boom creates panic among residents of Tirupur city

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Tirupur District Majistrate K Vijaya Karthikeyan tweeted that the sound was a most probably a sonic boom caused by a supersonic aircraft
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News Reports

Key witness in Mumbai terror attack case who had identified Ajmal Kasab and survived his bullets dies in Thane

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Harishchandra Shivardhankar had confronted Ajmal Kasab and Abu Ismail during Mumbai attacks and was hit by two bullets
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News Reports

After Chattisgarh, youth Congress leader in Indore files complaint against BJP leader Tajinder Bagga for calling Rajiv Gandhi “father of mob lynching”

OpIndia Staff -
Tajinder Bagga responds in his own unique style: "I apologies for saying Rajiv Gandhi is Murderer actually RAJIV GANDHI IS MASS MURDERER"
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Opinions

As West Bengal is ravaged by Cyclone Amphan, a long term sustainable plan is required to help South Bengal

Santanu Chakraborty -
South Bengal still stranded without food and shelter as West Bengal government messes up relief and rescue after Cyclone Amphan.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh government to sign MoUs with industry associations to generate 9.5 lakh jobs for migrant workers

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The IIA will be arranging employment for 5 lakh workers and NAREDCO for 2.5 lakh workers in UP, while CII will generate 2 lakh jobs
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Media

While NDTV calls terrorist a mere ‘driver’, authorities suspect Pakistan’s JeM and LeT hand behind averted terror attack in Pulwama: Details

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV has referred to the terrorist driving the car in Pulwama as a mere 'driver' but authorities say Pakistani terrorists are involved.
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News Reports

‘Pakistan is ours and we are Pakistanis’: FIR registered against two AMU students Rasool and Arfat for their anti-India posts on social media

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Aligarh police have registered a case under sections 153-A, 153-B, Information Technology Amendment Act 2008 and 66-D against the two AMU students.
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News Reports

FIR filed against Bangladeshi Singer Mainul Ahsan Noble for making derogatory remarks against PM Modi on social media

OpIndia Staff -
The Bangladeshi Singer is booked under sections 500, 504, 505, and section 153 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the IT Act .
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Media

How mainstream media is failing India during a pandemic: Fake news and the migrant crisis amidst Coronavirus lockdown

Priyanka Deo -
These days, mainstream media has been complaining about how it’s being treated. One can make the argument that Indian journalism is dominated by mainstream media via print and broadcast.
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Media

After Shekhar Gupta’s The Print asked the opposition to spread fake news, here are some instances when opposition followed the advice

OpIndia Staff -
A column published on Shekhar Gupta's The Print urged the opposition to spread lies against the BJP government at the centre
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News Reports

Rajyavardhan Rathore write to Rajasthan CM, demands CBI probe into SHO Vishnoi’s suicide case

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It has been alleged that the SHO was under pressure from Congress MLA Krishna Poonia, which led to his suicide.
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Cricket

Cricket Australia releases dates for India’s tour of Australia in December-January

OpIndia Staff -
Amidst the pandemic of COVID-19, Cricket Australia has released the dates and venues for Australia-India Test series which will take place in December this year.
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Media

The Hindu’s ‘Readers Editor’ rebuffs a reader’s genuine concern because he interrupted the paper’s anti-India propaganda: Read how

S. Sudhir Kumar -
The current Readers Editor writes a weekly column that seldom addresses the concerns of the readers. His articles are a bore and have no relevance to the “terms of reference”.
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News Reports

Google deletes nearly 7 million negative reviews from Play Store in a week to improve the rating of TikTok

OpIndia Staff -
Last week, TikTok had 27 million reviews and its rating was 1.3, but now it has 20 million reviews and rating gone up to 4.4
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News Reports

‘Tere baap ke baap ke baap ko bhi baat karni padegi’: SP MLA Abu Azmi humiliates senior lady police officer, demands her suspension

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Samajwadi party leader Abu Azmi has alleged that the officer insulted him when he questioned her about the police's apathy towards migrant workers.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Rs 2,000 fine for first time home quarantine violators, repeat offenders to be put under institutional quarantine

OpIndia Staff -
Migrant workers who have returned to Madhya Pradesh are put under quarantine, majority under home quarantine.
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Social Media

Zaira Wasim, who had left acting for Islam, now quotes the Quran to insinuate that locust infestation in Rajasthan is ‘Allah’s wrath’

OpIndia Staff -
Several areas in Eastern Africa, Pakistan, and India have seen attacks by massive swarms of locusts recently. However, it is not understood why the former actress is insinuating these locust attacks as some sort of Islamic curse upon a specific group of people whom she refers to as 'arrogant'.
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News Reports

Nehru was smitten with Jacqueline Kennedy, had her photograph on his bed stand: Watch what former CIA analyst had said

OpIndia Staff -
Bruce Riedel narrated an interesting incident that involved Jawaharlal Nehru and the JFK's wife, Jacqueline Kennedy.
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