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As PM Modi launches nationwide HPV vaccination drive, rampant fear-mongering and anti-vaccine misinformation fill social media: Read the truth

Sanghamitra -
It is notable here that with today's launch, India will join over 160 countries that have introduced HPV vaccination into their immunisation schedules. More than 90 countries are implementing single-dose HPV vaccination schedules, improving coverage, affordability, and programme efficiency.
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News Reports

How Trump administration is crushing Anthropic after it refused unrestricted military usage of AI

Anurag -
After Anthropic refused Pentagon demands for unrestricted AI access, the Trump administration ordered all federal agencies to stop using its technology and labelled the company a supply chain risk, threatening partnerships across the defence ecosystem.
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News Reports

Surat: Muslim mob attack gau rakshaks and police during operation to stop cow slaughter, 40 named in FIR and 22 arrested

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
"We will not spare anyone, will eliminate all," the Muslim mob threatened while attacking the cops and the cow protectors.
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News Reports

SIM-binding rule for WhatsApp, Telegram and other messaging apps to be implemented from 1st March: Read what it means and how it will impact...

Rukma Rathore -
"The SIM-binding regulation stands and we hope all service providers will come on board," mentioned Jyotiraditya Scindia.
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News Reports

‘Don’t peddle your political agendas here’: How TheWire’s Arfa Khanum was shown the mirror by Hindu women in Noida’s Sector 15A

Shraddha Pandey -
While those opposed to the scheme say that it is a ‘ploy’ to construct a temple on the parkland, the CEO of Noida Authority, Krishna Karunesh, said that the land in question is a “facility land” which can be used for various purposes, including community centres or religious sites.
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News Reports

Supreme Court bans NCERT textbook over chapter on judicial corruption: Read how the serious issues plaguing Indian courts are not allowed to be discussed

Rukma Rathore -
The Supreme Court declared, "They fired gunshot, judiciary is bleeding today," while adopting a firm stance against the NCERT.
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News Reports

Varsha Gandikota declares PM Modi an ‘anti-national’ for visiting Israel: Inside her organisation Progressive International and the Newsclick connection

Shraddha Pandey -
Varsha Gandikota serves as the Co-coordinator General at the Progressive International (PI), an international organisation that mobilises leftist activists and groups globally. “The Progressive International launched in May 2020 with a mission to unite, organize and mobilise the world’s progressive forces,” PI’s website states.
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News Reports

“Innovation goes to die in bureaucracy”: How Sweden’s migration system forced an Indian Founder to sell his Startup and leave the country

Shraddha Pandey -
In a LinkedIn post published on 21st February, Abhijit Nag Balasubramanya gave a detailed account of what forced him to sell his microgreens company in Sweden and return to India.
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News Reports

Indian freedom fighter Veer Savarkar supported Jewish nationhood decades before India recognised Israel: Revisiting history on his death anniversary

Dhruv Mishra -
In early 1923, Veer Savarkar had publicly supported the Jewish people's right to regain their ancestral country. This was more than two decades before Israel was established in 1948.
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News Reports

PM Modi calls defence ties an ‘important pillar’: Read about military equipment that may be included in new India-Israel defence deal

Shriti Sagar -
During rocket attacks from Gaza, the Iron Dome system successfully destroyed thousands of incoming rockets targeting Israeli cities.
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World

Ottawa says India no longer linked to violent crimes: Ahead of Mark Carney’s India visit, Canada pivots to boosting trade and strategic partnership amid...

Jinit Jain -
Mark Carney’s India visit signals a cautious reset in ties, as Canada looks to balance unresolved security disputes with the economic imperative of deeper trade engagement amid strains with the United States.
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News Reports

Supreme Court ends more than 100-year-old old legal battle, upholds hereditary pujari right at Amogasidda temple in Karnataka: Here is what you should know...

Rukma Rathore -
The issue pertained to a long-running dispute that lasted more than a century, in which the appellants or defendants (Ogeppa, deceased) and the respondents or plaintiffs (Sahebgouda, deceased) made opposing assertions with regard to the ancestral pujari rights and the authority to carry out worship of Amogasidda, a saint who died 600 years ago.
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News Reports

Who should create an ABHA Card (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) and when it makes sense

OpIndia Staff -
ABHA Card is a unique 14-digit digital health identity. Its primary function is to enable a person to store and access their medical records, such as prescriptions, lab reports, and hospital summaries, in a digitally secure format. Such records, upon the user's consent, could be shared with doctors, hospitals, or diagnostic centres, thereby lessening the need for paper files.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Bulandshahr police book Village Head Moin and 63 others for attacking Dalit Hindus during Kuaan Poojan and Jagran over DJ music, 12...

Anurag -
FIR registered under BNS and SC ST Act on complaint of Akash Kumar after Muslim men entered the Dalit family’s home, assaulted women and used casteist abuses. Police have deployed additional force in the village.
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News Reports

The Rs 590 crore IDFC First Bank fraud: How insiders allegedly turned a government account into a private ATM

Jinit Jain -
A routine account transfer exposed how alleged insiders turned a Haryana government account at IDFC First Bank into a private cash pipeline worth Rs 590 crore.
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News Reports

Soros-funded SOAS University, The Bridge backed by Pakistanis, CIA-front Bellingcat and others: Here’s how Islamist-leftist cabal targets OpIndia over coverage of Leicester violence

Shraddha Pandey -
Clearly, there is a coordinated echo chamber that has been recycling the same old, and most importantly, debunked anti-Hindu propaganda to whitewash Islamist extremism and violence. These attempts to delegitimise OpIndia’s exposure of anti-Hindu violence in Leicester, by recycling the same tropes have been ongoing since 2022.
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News Reports

Kutch: Muslim Teacher from missionary school insults the Hanuman Chalisa, suspended after Hindu organisations demanded legal action

મેઘલસિંહ પરમાર -
A Muslim teacher at a Kutch school was relieved of duty after allegedly throwing away a student's Hanuman Chalisa. While the school considers the matter closed, Hindu organizations demand legal action, citing CCTV footage and allegations of religious remarks.
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News Reports

Congress trying to repackage failed ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ campaign as ‘PM is compromised’ drama: Read how Rahul Gandhi’s lies over US-India trade deal and...

Rukma Rathore -
It is noteworthy that the negotiations are still in motion and no India-US deal has been concluded to this date.
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News Reports

Rajkot demolition in Gujarat: Read how emotional media reports without legal context are attempting to defend encroachments

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
The demolition of illegal structures in Rajkot’s Jungleshwar area has sparked a debate between humanitarian concerns and legal enforcement.
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News Reports

Muslim sisters in Bhopal arrested for drugging, blackmailing and forced conversion: All you need to know about the Bhopal sex and conversion racket

OpIndia Staff -
The victims approached the police separately, but the police noticed a striking similarity in their cases.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh govt allocates ₹100 crores to Bastar’s former Naxal-infested regions: Abujhmad and Jagargunda to be developed as ‘education cities’

Shriti Sagar -
In November, last year, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Robinsons Guria said that almost 80% of the Naxals operating in the Abujhmad area have surrendered.
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News Reports

Soros-funded SOAS University report on 2022 anti-Hindu Leicester violence blames Hindus and Hindutva: Inside the anatomy of a recycled propaganda

Shraddha Pandey -
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) report titled 'Better Together: Understanding the 2022 Violence in Leicester', claims that its findings show that “no single community or group is ‘to blame’ for the violence, distrust, and tensions that erupted in 2022.” However, the report conveniently picked Hindus, Hindutva, and the BJP government in India to blame for violence and communal polarisation in Leicester in 2022.
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News Reports

Meet the ‘Dolphin Hunter’: Read how the Indian Navy’s Anjadip will guard the country’s shallow waters and improve coastal security

Rukma Rathore -
"The ship as a testament to growing domestic defence manufacturing ecosystem," mentioned a formal release.
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News Reports

Ashwamit Gautam and the politics of outrage: How a 14-year-old is being turned into the Left’s propaganda mascot

Amit Kelkar -
A society that celebrates a 14-year-old’s rage-bait videos more than his education is not nurturing dissent, it is exploiting childhood for its petty political gains.
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Opinions

UGC Regulations vs Mandal Commission: Why Gen Z is surprisingly more caste-conscious, and won’t toe the same lines as their parents

Rahul Roushan -
Is the Gen Z more conscious of their caste? Are they casteists? Why are they less likely to surrender to ‘social justice’ narratives.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Badrul Jama held Santosh Shukla captive for 10 years in Pratapgarh, forcibly converted to Islam, force-fed meat and beaten; arrested

Anurag -
Shukla told police that he was taken to a mosque, made to recite religious verses, given a forged Aadhaar in a changed name and thrashed whenever he tried to escape, before finally fleeing to a police outpost.
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Opinions

NCERT textbook discussing corruption in the judiciary and case backlogs: Why it is important perspective, not political goal-scoring as Kapil Sibal implies

Sanghamitra -
The book doesn’t paint a one-sided picture. It emphasizes accountability mechanisms, such as judges being bound by a code of conduct, internal complaint systems like the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), which handled over 1,600 complaints between 2017 and 2021, and informs about parliamentary impeachment for serious allegations.
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News Reports

China moves to fast-track Teesta project in Bangladesh under Tarique Rahman govt: Why is raises strategic concerns for India near Siliguri corridor; Explained

Anurag -
With the Teesta dispute unresolved since 2011 due to West Bengal’s objections, China’s proposed basin management role could establish a sustained technical presence near India’s eastern frontier, complicating hydrological negotiations and altering regional strategic dynamics.
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News Reports

Punch and the viral misunderstanding: How monkey social behaviour explains the heartbreaking video

Dhruv Mishra -
The widely shared footage shows Punch being dragged after approaching another baby monkey. Experts and zoo authorities stress that such corrective behaviour is essential for orphaned macaques to understand boundaries, hierarchy, and communication within their group.
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News Reports

Congress attempts to justify disruption of AI Impact Summit as ‘peaceful protest’ and ‘constitutional right’: Read why arrest of IYC goons for embarassing India...

Shraddha Pandey -
Delhi Police informed the court on 21st February that the Indian Youth Congress sought to stir up a protest similar to that in Nepal.
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News Reports

End of Naxalism: With Devuji’s surrender in Telangana, just one more Politburo member Misir Besra left in CPI (Maoist), read who is he

Rukma Rathore -
The Maoist party's central committee is down to only 5 members from approximately 50 and the Politburo has essentially been reduced to just one active participant, Misir Besra
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News Reports

Wrongful arrest, scapegoating of Hindus and CPIM conspiracy: As Sabarimala Tantri is granted bail after 41 days, read what the court said in ‘gold...

Shraddha Pandey -
In a strongly worded bail order, the court said that the Kerala Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) failed to establish any “prima facie materials to link the petitioner in the alleged conspiracy by any means”.
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News Reports

Who was ‘El Mencho’, the cartel leader who supplied drugs to the US and whose killing has wreaked havoc in Mexico

Rukma Rathore -
The United States had been looking for El Mencho for years, charging that he and CJNG were smuggling large quantities of fentanyl and other drugs into the nation. The State Department even offered a $15,000,000 prize for information that led to his capture.
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News Reports

From creating ruckus during AI Impact Summit to attacking BJP and BRS workers: Here are 5 recent incidents where Congress goons resorted to violence...

Shriti Sagar -
Right from the dramatic shirtless disruption of AI Impact Summit in Delhi to attacks in Indore, Puducherry, and Telangana, the incidents have further exposed the violent tactics of the Congress party.
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News Reports

Delhi’s pollution crisis is alarming: Here is how we can fix it at a personal and govt level

Virender Kapoor -
The problem of pollution and its causes are crystal clear. A report by IIT Delhi (Centre of Excellence for Research on Clean Air (CERCA), IIT Delhi) says that 53% of the problem is polluting vehicle emissions.
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News Reports

Saffron-clad Yogi Adityanath follows the lead of PM Modi, sets out abroad to bring global investments to Uttar Pradesh: Read the significance of this...

श्रवण शुक्ल -
Over the past eight years, Uttar Pradesh has seen rapid infrastructure growth, including expressways, airports, defence corridors, and industrial hubs. Now, the focus is on bringing in more foreign companies and advanced technology to speed up development.
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Editor's picks

Complete wipe out: As the March 31 deadline approaches, not only Naxals, their memorials too are being destroyed by security forces

Shriti Sagar -
Earlier, such memorials were used by Maoists as instruments to maintain fear, dominance, and ideological control within local communities.
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News Reports

Read how the Rs 100 crore GUDS initiative and AI integration are transforming government services into a “single window” reality

પ્રાર્થના અમીન -
The Gujarat Unified Digital Stack (GUDS) is a revolutionary ₹100 crore project designed to integrate all government departments into a single secure ecosystem.
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News Reports

India AI Impact Summit: What are data centres and why tech giants like Google and Amazon are investing heavily to develop them in India

Shriti Sagar -
Indian conglomerates are also making bold moves. The Adani Group has announced plans to invest up to $100 billion in data centres by 2035.
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News Reports

Communal incidents in 3 states: From attack on Shivaji Jayanti procession to vandalism in Durga Mandir, read how targeting of Hindus has become a...

Rukma Rathore -
Their tactics might change, but the objective to harm Hindus and their religious sentiments has been unwavering over the years.
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News Reports

Mark Zuckerberg grilled over Meta targeting teens: As India weighs curbs on children’s social media use, read about the perils of allowing kids on...

Rukma Rathore -
"We must bring them in as tweens if we want to win big with teens," disclosed an internal document presented before the court.
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News Reports

India AI Impact Summit 2026: Here are the key takeaways from the addresses of PM Modi and world leaders

Aditi -
PM Modi called for the democratisation of AI, adding that it should act as a medium for inclusion and empowerment, especially for the Global South.
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News Reports

The Purvanchal Expressway turnaround under Yogi: How the UP govt saved Rs 3,400 crore by scrapping illegal tenders issued by Akhilesh Yadav’s SP

Shriti Sagar -
The Purvanchal Expressway remains one of the flagship infrastructure projects in the state. With more expressways under construction and new ones in the pipeline, the debate over development models is likely to remain at the centre of Uttar Pradesh’s political narrative.
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News Reports

India’s highways go green: NHAI launches Bee Corridors to support pollinators and boost rural economy

Divyansh Tiwari -
NHAI’s ‘Bee Corridors’ plan will transform India’s highways into pollinator-friendly green arteries, linking infrastructure growth with PM Modi’s Sweet Revolution and biodiversity goals.
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News Reports

‘Savarna marriages and movements are inherently narcissistic and anti democratic’: Meet the Ambedkarite dean at Galgotias casting an entire community as flawed

Anurag -
As Dean at Galgotias University, Kisana authored essays on weddings, dating, humour and MBA culture, repeatedly attributing structural and psychological flaws to Savarnas while framing opposition to UGC regulations as reactionary backlash.
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News Reports

NGT clears the Great Nicobar Project: Read how Congress has been opposing the mega project crucial for India

Divya Bharti -
The National Green Tribunal has cleared the ₹90,000-crore Great Nicobar project, citing its strategic importance in countering China.
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Government and Policy

18 crore devotees, 1.2 lakh jobs, over 400 crores in tax revenue: Read how Ram Mandir is transforming Ayodhya into a global pilgrimage site,...

शिव -
The Ram Mandir paid taxes to the government of about ₹400 crore between 5th February of 2020 and 2025.
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News Reports

Galgotias University plays victim card, claims ‘negative propaganda’ after Chinese robot dog fiasco: Read how they are lying

Anurag -
After criticism erupted, the university denied ever claiming ownership. However, televised remarks, a rebranded ORION showcase, and government handle amplification suggest the Chinese robot was projected as an in house AI achievement.
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News Reports

Tribal villages can bar entry of missionaries: Read how SC rejected Colin Gonsalves’ plea and upheld Chhattisgarh HC’s stand amid rampant forced conversions

Rukma Rathore -
According to the Solicitor General, the high court had directed the petitioners to get in touch with the Gram Sabhas.
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Opinions

1 year of the BJP govt in Delhi: A governance shift from AAP’s subsidy politics to structural development

Dhruv Mishra -
Long-term infrastructure modernisation plans worth approximately ₹17,000 crore include underground cable expansion, grid strengthening, and installation of modern monitoring systems. The objective is to improve reliability, safety, and the quality of urban infrastructure by reducing reliance on overhead power distribution. 
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