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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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News Reports

“How could you embarrass an embarrassment?”: Union Minister Smriti Irani on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Smriti Gandhi said Rahul Gandhi does not evoke an iota of respect since he has never had any productive job in 50 years of his life
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News Reports

Lava International to shift mobile phone manufacturing, R&D from China to India, to invest ₹800 crores in next 5 years

OpIndia Staff -
Lava International has announced that it will shift its Design, Manufacturing, and R & D hub from China to India in next 6 months
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News Reports

Mahants of Kashi Vishvanath Mandir bans entry of Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan after he asked govt to appropriate all gold from Hindu temples

OpIndia Staff -
Mahant of Jyotirlinga Kashi Vishvanath temple has decided to ban Prithviraj Chavan and his family from entering the temple
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News Reports

Coronavirus: 20 people repatriated from Dubai to Mangaluru on special flight on Tuesday test positive for COVID-19

OpIndia Staff -
Before boarding the flight from Dubai to Mangaluru, all of the 168 passengers were tested through rapid sampling but all came negative
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News Reports

From sexual harassment to pushing fake currencies into India to stealing wallets, Pakistani diplomats abroad embarrass Islamabad

OpIndia Staff -
While the reputation of Pakistan is degrading around the globe due to its alleged links with terror activities, the diplomats of the Islamic nation seem to be contributing to worsening the country's global image.
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News Reports

Pakistani Doctor on H1B visa who wanted to carry ‘lone wolf’ terror attacks in the USA indicted by grand jury on charges of providing...

OpIndia Staff -
Muhammad Masood was formally accused by US grand jury on charges of attempting to provide material support to ISIS
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News Reports

Hindu couple forcibly converted to Islam in Sindh region of Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, a Hindu couple was forcibly converted to Islam at a mosque in the city of Nawabshah in the Sindh district of Pakistan.
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Economy and Finance

Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan: Fourth tranche of economic package focuses on 8 sectors including coal, aviation and defence

OpIndia Staff -
FM Sitharaman while announcing the fourth tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore package said that by building a self-reliant India, the country needs to prepare for global competition.
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Opinions

Niṇyāvacāṁsi: Essence of the Vedas; which not just describe Satya, but themselves are Satya – the Absolute Truth

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
The Rig Veda and other Vedas speak of the knowledge of self-realisation and unity consciousness in Brahman
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News Reports

Delhi: Coconut seller Shahrukh hurls casteist abuses, thrashes up MCD worker Dharampal, family demands justice

OpIndia Staff -
MCD worker Dharampal had simply asked Shahrukh, a coconut seller, to not litter his waste on road, which provoked the latter to unleash his rage against the MCD worker
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Politics

May 16: The hardworking Dr. Raghuram Rajan and the story of a gold import circular

Abhishek Banerjee -
Except for the very young, most Indians would remember May 16 as the day the results of the 2014 General Election were announced.
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News Reports

US government to sue tech-giant Google for monopolising online ads

OpIndia Staff -
The Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general are likely to file antitrust lawsuits against Alphabet-owned Google
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News Reports

After donating Rs 10 crores to Haryana Corona Relief Fund, Mata Mansa Devi temple in Panchkula preparing over 2000 food packets daily for the...

OpIndia Staff -
Mata Mansa Devi temple in Panchkula is preparing over 2000 food packets daily for the needy amid Lockdown
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News Reports

Congress shares a picture of Rajguru to commemorate the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Sukhdev

OpIndia Staff -
The official Twitter handle of Punjab Congress shared freedom fighter Rajguru while paying tributes to Sukhdev on his birth anniversary
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Security forces recover remote-controlled IEDs placed by Maoists for the first time

OpIndia Staff -
Remote-controlled IEDs connected to an antenna planted by Maoists recovered by security forces in Chhattisgarh
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Social Media

Union Minister and Amethi MP Smriti Irani’s befitting reply to Congress IT cell member who mocked her wins the Internet

OpIndia Staff -
Smriti Irani, while calmly responding to Gaurav Pandhi, took a shot against Gandhi-scion Rahul Gandhi, who lost humiliatingly to Smriti Irani in Amethi constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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News Reports

Plagiarism row: Social Media users expose Loksatta editor Girish Kuber for passing off a blog post by UK based economist as his editorial

OpIndia Staff -
Loksatta editor Girish Kuber copied UK PhD expert Andrew Lilico's blog post titled "A sense of proportion" and reproduced it in his Marathi editorial piece- 'Covidscope'
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News Reports

Data leak from Chinese military-run university suggests that coronavirus cases in China could be more than 640,000

OpIndia Staff -
A database leaked from military run National University of Defence Technology in China suggested the country could have 640,000 Coronavirus cases
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News Reports

Ahead of Ramzan Eid, lockdown and social distancing norms go for a toss in Mumbai’s Shivaji Nagar, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya demands deployment of...

OpIndia Staff -
Somaiya demanded deployment of Indian Army in areas like Shivaji Nagar which are one of the worst hits with coronavirus in Mumbai.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Deceased Coronavirus patient cremated without informing family members kept in quarantine, informed after 4 days

OpIndia Staff -
Family of of a deceased Coronavirus patient in West Bengal says the hospital cremated the body without informing them about the death
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News Reports

Under fire for selling discriminatory ‘halal only’ meat, online grocery store Big Basket makes jhatka meat available for sale

OpIndia Staff -
Days after Big Basket stoked controversy by admitting that it sells 'Halal only' meat to its customers, the online grocery store has now made jhatka meat products available for purchase.
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News Reports

Indore: Video of a 6-year-old child shouting slogans to kill PM Modi goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
6-year-old child shouts slogans to kill PM Modi after Coronavirus positive family member discharged from hospital, family encourage the kid
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News Reports

Union Minister VK Singh slams Shekhar ‘Coupta’ for suggesting to plant fake news against Modi government, calls him sold out

OpIndia Staff -
Taking a note against the misinformation war by the Congress ecosystem against the ruling BJP, senior party leader and Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways - Retd General VK Singh on Friday lambasted 'journalist' Shekhar Gupta for his endorsement of fake news campaign to target the Modi government.
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News Reports

24 migrants die in road accident in Uttar Pradesh, CM Yogi Adityanath seeks immediate report

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath has directed all injured migrants to be provided immediate medical attention after an accident that killed 24 and injured 22
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Media

Deccan Chronicle quietly removes the ‘Bhakts’ jibe from its report on Indian Army’s Tour of Duty proposal for civilians

OpIndia Staff -
Deccan Chronicle, on Thursday, ran a story on Indian Army's proposal of allowing civilians join the Armed Forces for three years needlessly dragging the 'bhatks' jibe in it.
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News Reports

Trump administration moves to cut Huawei off from global chip suppliers, bars it and its suppliers from using American equipment and technologies

OpIndia Staff -
The US administration on Friday decided to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei from major global chipmakers
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News Reports

Gujarat: Migrant workers bow down to their ‘Karmabhoomi’ before leaving for their hometown on Shramik Express, promise to return back

OpIndia Staff -
An elated Krishnavati reiterated, "Gujarat has given us everything. We will be back."
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News Reports

United States stands with India, US President Donald Trump announces that America will donate ventilators to India and together ‘beat the invisible enemy’

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump also said that the US will cooperate with India for developing the vaccine to fight the invisible enemy
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Media

NDTV reporter asks ‘migrant worker’ to pose and walk again while crossing river Yamuna. Watch video

OpIndia Staff -
The fact that the 'migrant worker' was asked to pose and walk again was spotted by alert netizens who questioned the authenticity of the clip.
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