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Social Media Fact-Check

NDTV India journalist shares picture of buses from Kumbh to pass off as buses arranged by Congress for migrants

OpIndia Staff -
Laughably, NDTV had itself used the same image back then to report how the UP Government was eyeing to make it to the Guinness Record
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Social Media

Former MP and journalist Shahid Siddiqui shares 2016 video from Bangladesh as that of India’s migrant crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Shahid Siddiqui had also claimed that such a miserable state of a person can only happen in a country like India.
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Politics

BJP President JP Nadda condemns targeting of independent voices on social media by state machinery in opposition ruled states

OpIndia Staff -
Opposition should adhere to political arguments, when questioned on their failing, said BJP National President JP Nadda
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News Reports

“Eat beef, only then you will become a true Muslim,” Hindu woman accuses her husband of torture, says being pressurised to convert to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
A video went viral on social media where a woman who addressed herself as Neha Khan said that her husband was torturing her.
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News Reports

Coronavirus fallout: Swiggy and Zomato lay off employees, CEO says business heavily impacted

OpIndia Staff -
Last week, Zomato had announced laying off 13 per cent workforce and 50 per cent salary cuts for the rest of the employees.
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News Reports

One Md Aasim arrested by Cybercrime division for sharing morphed images to harass female BJP worker, 26 social media posts deleted

OpIndia Staff -
Apurva Singh had earlier expressed disappointment over the inaction of police officials on the complaint she had registered two months ago.
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News Reports

UP Govt accepts Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s offer of providing 1,000 buses for migrant workers, seeks details

OpIndia Staff -
On 16 May 2020, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had tweeted a letter wherein she had written to UP government seeking permission to ply 1,000 buses for migrant workers.
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Media

India Today selling images of migrants is not the problem, problem is media’s hypocrisy

OpIndia Staff -
The India Today Group has decided to sell images of migrant labourers in distress during the lockdown.
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Opinions

Kerala model for coronavirus: No cities, no virus

Abhishek Banerjee -
The pandemic is not in states nor in countries. The pandemic is in cities.
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Social Media

Virat Kohli congratulates RSS’ Sewa Bharati for their humanitarian work during the coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
The organisation Sewa Bharati is headquartered in Delhi, from where the relief work is being carried out across the country.
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News Reports

FIR against TikTok star Faizal Siddiqui for promoting acid attacks on women, NCW also demands action

OpIndia Staff -
Faizal Siddiqui has 13.4 million followers on TikTok and is the brother of another controversial Amir Siddiqui.
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News Reports

Days after reopening, Chinese smartphone brand Oppo suspends its Noida factory’s operation after 6 of its employees test positive for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Oppo had resumed operations 8th May 2020 with 30 per cent of its employee, after receiving a go ahead from the Home Ministry
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Opinions

This tweet by Dhruv Rathee shows how he’s inspiring a generation with low IQ and high confidence

K Bhattacharjee -
Dhruv Rathee opined that 'by default, left-wing thinkers will always be more creative, imaginative and empathetic.
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News Reports

Watch: Maharashtra policeman tells about the lack of masks, sanitisers to former CM Devendra Fadnavis

OpIndia Staff -
The station incharge of Jaulka police station has asked police officers to refrain from indulging in politics. He has stated that the DSP has provided all necessary masks, sanitisers and face shields.
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News Reports

Complaint filed against AIMIM for urging Muslims to run ‘parallel Judiciary’ based on Sharia

OpIndia Staff -
The complaint against AIMIM was filed with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Registrar of the Bombay High Court.
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News Reports

Atmanirbhar Bharat Economic Package: Here’s the split-up of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic stimulus announced by India

OpIndia Staff -
FM Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the fiscal packages in 5 tranches, excluding the earlier steps taken by government and the RBI measures to tackle the coronavirus induced economic downturn
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News Reports

After migrant workers complain about being forced to travel in cargo truck, Gehlot praises his own govt and Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Gehlot claimed that it will take '6 to 8 months' if migrant workers travel by train. He said that the governments should arrange vehicles for them.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Baloch activists’ online conference triggers panic, Imran Khan govt blocks Twitter and Zoom for hours

OpIndia Staff -
Imran Khan government in Pakistan blocked social networking platform Twitter and video conferencing platform Zoom for a couple of hours on Sunday.
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Social Media

TikTok star Faizal Siddiqui promotes using acid attack as revenge for jilted lover, police complaint filed

OpIndia Staff -
TikTok videos that glamorise acid attack, as a means to avenge lost love, can influence jilted lovers to follow suit in real life.
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News Reports

India, along with 61 other countries, seeks independent probe into WHO’s response to Chinese coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
India has reportedly backed a joint effort by Australia and European Union calling for an impartial, independent and comprehensive probe into the coronavirus crisis.
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News Reports

Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao violates social distancing norms as he prays at a city church amid lockdown, netizens express shock

OpIndia Staff -
Ironically, the crowd at the church, including senior police officers can be seen standing next to each other violating social distancing norms.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Police arrest one Saleem Ballari after he spat on hotel staff, find out he is a murder accused on the run

OpIndia Staff -
After police arrested Saleem Ballari for spitting on hotel staff for refusing food during lockdown, they find out he is an absconding murder accused
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Cricket

Shahid Afridi anti-Modi comment: ‘Never Again,’ says Yuvraj Singh after Harbhajan Singh expressed regret for making donation appeal for the Pakistani’s NGO

OpIndia Staff -
Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has expressed his regret for making a donation appeal for Shahid Afrid's NGO.
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News Reports

Watch: Muslim mobs in Karnataka threaten and abuse Muslim women for purchasing goods from Hindu owned shops

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists in Karnataka’s Davangere harass Muslim women for purchasing from Hindu shops and carrying orange plastic bags
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Government and Policy

Lockdown 4.0: Centre extends nationwide Coronavirus Lockdown till May 31, MHA issues guidelines

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured that Lockdown 4.0 will have different rules and a new set of contours.
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News Reports

Terror influencer Zakir Naik’s Peace TV fined £300,000 by UK media regulator Ofcom for broadcasting hate speech

OpIndia Staff -
Peace TV and Peace TV Urdu have been found broadcasting hate speech and "highly offensive" content in the UK
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News Reports

SIO member Asif Tanha arrested by Delhi Police, was booked earlier for involvement in violence at the national capital

OpIndia Staff -
Asif Tanha, a member of the Students' Islamic Organisation (SIO), has been arrested by the Delhi Police.
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News Reports

Chinese ambassador found dead at his official residence in Israel

OpIndia Staff -
According to Channel 12 TV of Israel, the 57-year-old Chinese ambassador Du Wei died in his sleep of natural causes.
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News Reports

Dharmic Vidhi arranger company that had brought Hindu priests online now launches initiative to support the priests during the lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
oPandit is a Mumbai based company that arranges Dharmic Vidhi as requested by their clients at their homes
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Media

Watch out : ‘Fact checkers’ are trying to claim the fake moral space that big media lost

Abhishek Banerjee -
Welcome to the new reality of the media landscape. All the goodness of old propaganda journalism, cleverly re-branded as “fact checking.”
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Cricket

Shahid Afridi’s anti-Modi comment: Cricketer Harbhajan Singh regrets donation appeal for Afridi’s foundation, says will pick up gun to protect India

OpIndia Staff -
Harbhajan Singh further said that he appealed for the NGO on humanitarian grounds. But Afridi's anti-India message is not appropriate at all.
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News Reports

Cricketer-turned-MP Gautam Gambhir slams ‘joker’ Shahid Afridi for his anti-India rant, calls him ‘16-year-old man’ after he refers to PM Modi as a ‘disease’

OpIndia Staff -
Gautam Gambhir went on to remind Afridi of what happened in East Pakistan, the present Bangladesh, in 1971, saying that Pakistan would not get Kashmir till judgment day.
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News Reports

Islamists target BJP youth leader on social media, share morphed obscene images of her despite complaint filed with Delhi police 2 months ago

OpIndia Staff -
BJP youth Apurva Singh had filed a complaint against various social media handles in March after she faced online bullying
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News Reports

Cyclone Amphan intensifies over Bay of Bengal, to make landfall on May 20

OpIndia Staff -
The cyclone Amphan is moving over the southeast Bay of Bengal and has been turning north-northwestwards over past six hours, the IMD said.
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Crime

Madhya Pradesh: One Samar Khan caught on camera raping a cow, FIR registered after video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
The complaint was filed by one Mukesh Sharma, who stated that the perpetrator had hurt his religious sentiments by assaulting a cow.
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News Reports

Day after Rahul Gandhi poses with migrant labourers, Nirmala Sitharaman calls Congress party “dramabaaz” for refusing to cooperate in migrant movement

OpIndia Staff -
There was also a flashpoint during the Q&A session when Nirmala Sitharaman lost her temper and things became heated.
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Economy and Finance

Agriculture reforms package: How blindly throwing money at a problem can only worsen it

Santanu Chakraborty -
Unfortunately, there is no short-term fix for a long-term festering problem plaguing the agriculture sector.
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News Reports

No relief for Azim Premji as Karnataka High Court dismisses plea seeking quashing summon in financial irregularities case

OpIndia Staff -
Azim Premji is accused of siphoning money through gifts and amalagation of three companies into a loss-making companiy
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News Reports

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan and Kejriwal’s Delhi govt systematically settled 300 illegal Rohingyas in Delhi: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Amid the lockdown the Delhi Government and Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan have been providing huge amount of ration to illegal Rohingyas in Madanpur Khadar
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News Reports

Finance minister announces the fifth and last tranche of economic package focusing on ease of doing business, MGNREGS, PSEs, Health and Education

OpIndia Staff -
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the fifth and the last tranche of Modi government’s "Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan" package worth Rs 20 lakh crores
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News Reports

Coronavirus scare: 700 potential ‘superspreaders’ test positive for Coronavirus in Ahmedabad after mass screening of vendors and shopkeepers

OpIndia Staff -
The screening of 35,000 people was conducted in Ahmedabad after all shops, except dairy stores and pharmacies, were shut down on May 7.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: India shows early signs of recovery, doubling rate improves as cases double 23 days from 11 days on April 30

OpIndia Staff -
The new data suggests that India is seeing an improvement in the overall situation with regards to coronavirus crisis in the country.
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News Reports

Visakhapatnam doctor who was suspended for demanding PPEs thrashed by cops for ‘creating nuisance’ on road

OpIndia Staff -
Sudhakar, an anesthesiologist at Narsipatnam government hospital was suspended by the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government last month on disciplinary grounds after he demanded protective gears to treat coronavirus patients.
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News Reports

As coronavirus cases rise in Maharashtra, MHA deploys nine CAPF companies to replace state police personnel ahead of Ramzan Eid

OpIndia Staff -
The Home Ministry has released nine companies - four from the Rapid Action Force, two from the Central Reserve Police Force and three from the Central Industrial Security Force for deployment in Maharashtra.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Tablighi Jamaat leader kidnaps Hindu boy, demands conversion to Islam as ransom for releasing

OpIndia Staff -
In the viral video, the woman is seen lying on the ground and expressing her anguish over the abduction of her son by Tablighi Jamaat members.
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News Reports

ISRO facilities to be opened up for private firms, startups; central govt to bring a new liberal geospatial data policy

OpIndia Staff -
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government wants the private sector to be co-traveller in the space sector journey of ISRO
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News Reports

Islamic propaganda website Alt News lies about OpIndia report, alleges OpIndia invented the recorded comments made by father of murdered minor boy in Bihar

Editorial Desk -
Islamic propaganda website Alt News accuses father of murdered minor boy in Bihar of lying in an attempt to paint OpIndia has liar
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News Reports

MHA launches National Migrant Information System to monitor the movement of migrants and contact tracing

OpIndia Staff -
All the states are directed to upload data on the NMIS dashboard for better coordination in migrant movement and contact tracing.
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News Reports

Delhi Police pulls up The Hindu for its “factually incorrect” report on Delhi riots, calls it a piece of either “pure indolence” or “crass...

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi police says The Hindu report on Delhi riots is "factually incorrect" and based on "wholly unverified sources and conjectural information"
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News Reports

Gopalganj murder case: Kateya police SHO suspended after parents of the murdered boy had alleged misbehaviour towards them

OpIndia Staff -
Bihar DGP Gupteswar Pandey visited Bela Dih village under Kateya police station to probe the murder case and suspened the SHO for his behaviour
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