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Months after Opposition leader Maria Machado ‘thanked’ Trump for her Nobel Peace Prize, the US attacked Venezuela to topple the Maduro regime

Aditi -
In December 2025, Venezuelan opposition leader Machado endorsed the US pressure on President Maduro.
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News Reports

From one-child policy to condom tax: Why China’s pro-birth policies are failing and why India should pay attention

Dhruv Mishra -
China, which had once enforced birth limits, is now taxing contraception, underscoring how demographic control has come full circle, from fear of too many people to anxiety over too few.
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Opinions

Why are ‘global human rights champions’ missing in action as Hindus are killed in Bangladesh? Where are the ‘Gretas’ & Trudeaus?

Dhruv Mishra -
Human rights lose moral force when attention appears conditional. Advocacy loses credibility when outrage is immediate in some theatres but restrained or absent in others. For the victims and their families, this disparity is not academic, but it shapes whether justice is pursued with seriousness or allowed to dissolve into procedural formality and forgotten headlines.
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News Reports

Children threatened for wearing a tilak, women harassed with obscene gestures: Ahmedabad’s Hindus say wedding processions not allowed to pass the mosque – Ground...

લિંકન સોખડિયા -
Local Hindus said that incidents of violence frequently occur during Hindu weddings in the village.
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News Reports

Rich want over-regulation to make the poor invisible: Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal opens up on gig work debate; responds to 10-minute delivery, career progress...

Raju Das -
Deepinder Goyal emphasised the gig working system's fairness and voluntary nature, explaining how the delivery platforms generate employment.
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Culture and History

As the Magh Mela 2026 begins in Prayagraj, Yogi govt in UP prepares for 15 crore devotees: Read about the religious significance and Kalpavas...

श्रवण शुक्ल -
Taking the holy dip at the Triveni Sangam during the month of Magh bestows the same merit as performing thousands of Ashwamedha Yagyas, as per Hindu Puranas.
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News Reports

Global anti-India forces unite: From Jihadi Ilhan Omar to anti-India Pramila Jaypal, 8 US lawmakers write letter to ‘free’ Umar Khalid, some of them...

Shraddha Pandey -
The letter dated 30th December 2025 has been signed by rabid anti-India Islamist Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Pramila Jayapal, Jim McGovern, Jamie Raskin, Chris Van Hollen, Peter Welch, Jan Schakowsky, and Lloyd Doggett.
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News Reports

Will burn your entire neighbourhood: Muslim mob threatens Hindu family in Gujarat over social media post demanding justice for Dipu Das, pelt stones

લિંકન સોખડિયા -
Women in the locality have reported that Muslim men in the region have been harassing them for the past year.
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News Reports

UCO Bank’s former CMD amassed 100 crores by helping a corrupt industrialist get loans worth 6200 crores through shell companies: How ED busted the...

Rukma Rathore -
The major scam unfolded between 2007 and 2010, when the UPA government helmed by Congress held power at the center.
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News Reports

Bangladesh angle in the attack on Hindus in Ahmedabad: Locals recount their ordeal to OpIndia, women allege prolonged harassment – Ground Report

લિંકન સોખડિયા -
Speaking with OpIndia, locals stated that the attack on Hindus in Kalana was triggered by a social media post on atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh.
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News Reports

Iran on the boil: How economic collapse is fueling an open revolt against the Mullah regime

Shraddha Pandey -
The ongoing protests in Iran are primarily triggered by a serious economic crisis, although regime change voices are also significantly loud. The immediate trigger is the dramatic collapse of the Iranian Rial (Iran’s currency), which plunged to a historic low of around 1.42–1.45 million to the US dollar
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News Reports

Illogical to assume that freedom struggle was led by a single leader or organisation: How Madras HC opened a can of worms in one...

Rukma Rathore -
Madras HC outlined Tamil Nadu's important role in the freedom struggle to assert how independence was a collective effort.
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News Reports

Dhruv Rathee and Congress’ ‘gig workers’ strike falls flat: Deliveries continue on December 31, OpIndia reality-check exposes the truth

विशेषता -
Social media hyped a nationwide gig workers' strike on Dec 31, 2025, amplified by Dhruv Rathee and Congress-linked unions. OpIndia's ground checks in multiple cities showed deliveries on time, with workers prioritizing income over protests amid smooth operations.
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News Reports

Is he missing? Legal group raises questions about migrant worker Suraj’s whereabouts after he was thrashed brutally in Tamil Nadu: Here is what we...

OpIndia Staff -
DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai tweeted, "Stop spreading fake news' in response to concerns about whereabouts of the migrant worker from Odisha.
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News Reports

100 years of ideological war: Why the Left is on the verge of extinction in India, while the RSS reaches every section of society

शिव -
A major ideological weakness of the Left was that it considered itself 'progressive' and the masses 'backward.'
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News Reports

Elon Musk’s Grok goes unhinged, lets users undress women publicly on X; sparks outrage over consent and safety

Anurag -
The controversy highlights how Grok’s relaxed guardrails, public image outputs, and Musk’s ‘spicy AI’ positioning have enabled non-consensual sexualised edits, exposing women to humiliation, harassment, and serious ethical and legal risks online.
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Opinions

2026: India’s year of leadership, resolve and direction

अजीत झा -
In 2026, the artificial secular narrative that had transformed a sense of nationalism into a sense of guilt has crumbled.
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News Reports

A timeline of 60 years: How West Bengal went from being the 3rd richest State in India to witnessing unprecedented economic downfall

OpIndia Staff -
In 1960-61, West Bengal’s relative per capita income stood at a staggering 127.5%. To put that in perspective, the average resident of Bengal earned nearly 28% more than the national average.
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News Reports

India’s golden economic year: Read how 2025 delivered high growth, low inflation, falling unemployment and bold reforms under PM Modi

श्रवण शुक्ल -
India's GDP has now reached US$4.18 trillion, making it the world's fourth-largest economy, surpassing Japan. 
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News Reports

The case of unaccounted 328 saroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji: FIR after 5 years sparks clash between SGPC and Punjab government –...

Anurag -
The controversy stems from alleged record manipulation, and missing inventory flagged in an Akal Takht-mandated inquiry, with courts denying bail and police citing custodial interrogation to trace saroops and destroyed records.
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News Reports

Do ethanol factories really cause deadly pollution? Grain-based plants are protected by ZLD technology, but regulations must be followed: Read why there’s an uproar...

श्रवण शुक्ल -
Modern grain-based (rice/maize) plants are less polluting than sugarcane-based ones. They have mandatory ZLD (Zero Liquid Discharge) technology, which ensures no wastewater discharge and 95-99% of the water is recycled. By 2024-25, more than 60% of India's ethanol will come from grain because they use less water (2570 liters/liter of ethanol) and are better for the environment.
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Opinions

2025 in internal security: When India finally crushed Naxalism and cleansed the blot of Red Corridors from the landscape

Dhruv Mishra -
This year was more than just increased encounters or routine operations. 2025 marked the decisive shift from managing Naxalism to dismantling it systematically and breaking its organisational, territorial, and ideological back. In 2025, India wiped out Naxal terror.
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News Reports

The year when India’s defence manufacturing got battle-proven: Operation Sindoor marked victory for Made In India weapon systems in 2025

Rukma Rathore -
India not only eradicated the terror infrastructure in Pakistan but also countered its offensive actions against the country.
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News Reports

Nobody killed Vishal Kumar: Read what reasons the court gave to acquit all 20 accused in ABVP activist murder case in 2012

Anurag -
The Mavelikkara court cited antitimed FIRs, unreliable eyewitness identification, absence of test identification parades, weak forensic evidence, and investigative lapses while holding that the prosecution failed to establish individual or collective liability beyond reasonable doubt.
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News Reports

Trouble in Arabia: Traditional oil kingdom allies Saudi Arabia and UAE come face to face in Mukalla port of Yemen. Read what caused this

Shraddha Pandey -
After Saudi Arabia remarked that it views the UAE’s arming of the STC as “a red line for its national security”, the UAE’s Foreign Ministry claimed that it is not a part of any regional effort to undermine Saudi Arabia.
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News Reports

Old enmity, attack on a Hindu family and stone-pelting: FIR filed against a mob including Shah Rukh — what happened in Kalana village of...

OpIndia Staff -
An old rivalry in Sanand’s Kalana village spiralled into violence after a Hindu family was attacked, leading to stone-pelting and FIRs against a mob including Shah Rukh Khan.
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Opinions

A generational reset with roots: Why the rise of Nitin Nabin marks a quiet BJP–RSS reconciliation

Dr. Prosenjit Nath -
Born in 1980, the same year the BJP itself was founded, Nitin Nabin represents a political generation that has grown alongside the party’s ideological maturation
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Opinions

The year without verdicts, Kashi, Mathura, Madurai and beyond: How courts put India’s religious disputes on pause in 2025

Dhruv Mishra -
The year saw very few definitive results despite ongoing judicial involvement. Instead, most high-profile disputes were steered into a holding pattern through interim stays, status quo orders, court-appointed committees, and procedural pauses.
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News Reports

DW News, Dhruv Rathee and KAS: Germany’s ideological battle against India through NGOs and activism. Why Rahul Gandhi went to the Hertie School

आशीष नौटियाल -
Germany’s reaction to Rahul Gandhi’s conviction exposed a broader, often overlooked pattern of soft-power intervention in India’s internal political and judicial narratives.
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World

Minnesota’s Somali-linked scams drain US taxpayers of a sum rivalling Somalia’s GDP: Read how the welfare system was gamed in a multi-billion-dollar fraud

Rukma Rathore -
A video depicted vacant daycare centers which were receiving millions in grants. It went viral on social media.
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News Reports

BL Santhosh is right: Bengal is a civilisational battle. Here’s why the land of Netaji must be saved from TMC’s appeasement, with a volatile...

Shraddha Pandey -
At the recently held ‘Sagar Manthan’ program in Goa, BJP’s organisational secretary, BL Santhosh declared that the assembly election in West Bengal is not a mere battle for power but a civilisational battle.
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News Reports

India has boarded the ‘Reform Express’, 2025 marks decisive shift towards next generation reforms and Viksit Bharat: PM Modi

Narendra Modi -
Highlighting tax relief, labour code consolidation, expanded MSME norms, trade agreements and nuclear and maritime reforms, the Prime Minister said governance has shifted towards trust, technology driven administration and sustained, inclusive growth across sectors.
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Editor's picks

Congress govt in Karnataka rushes to appease illegal squatters, compensates them with cash, govt houses after clearing encroachments

Aditi -
Siddaramaiah said that the displaced encroachers will be provided government-built houses at Baiyappanahalli at heavily subsidised prices.
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News Reports

‘They sent my brother’s severed head to Akhilesh Yadav in a briefcase’: Neeraj Mishra’s brother breaks silence before OpIndia on the 2004 Kannauj horror

OpIndia Staff -
Munish received a security guard from CM Yogi because he was constantly threatened and charged in bogus cases.
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News Reports

NYT writes fantasy fiction on RSS , equates the organisation with some ultra-powerful ‘secret society’ that is running India: Read how the Leftist media’s...

Anurag -
By invoking fascist-era imagery, stripping law-and-order actions of context, and framing Hindu civil society as inherently suspect, the NYT advances a fear-driven narrative that questions India’s democratic choices without directly acknowledging or contesting them.
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Entertainment

Was the ‘Dhurandhar’ qawwali ‘Na to Caravan ki talash hai’ written by a Pakistani? No, it was written by Bollywood’s Sahir Ludhianwi for film...

आशीष नौटियाल -
The history of the qawwali "Na to caravan ki talash hai, na to humsafar ki talash hai" from the Bollywood blockbuster film Dhurandhar is being debated. Its lyrics and music are similar to the qawwali featured in the 1960 Hindi film "Barsaat Ki Raat." It was sung by Manna Dey, Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Sudha Malhotra, and SD Batish.
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Opinions

Is it just Muslims Vs Christians in Nigeria? Beyond the rhetoric, there is a quiet resource war reshaping Africa

Divyansh Tiwari -
China was already years ahead on the ground when Western leaders started discussing mineral security in public. Western strategy has to be adjusted because of this fact rather than humanitarian concerns. 
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News Reports

Silent on Muslim perpetrators in Delhi Red Fort terror attack, ashamed over Christmas vandalism: Arfa Khanum Sherwani’s selective outrage exposed

Jinit Jain -
When Arfa Khanum Sherwani dismissed a question on jihad as “funny,” she revealed how selective morality trumps journalistic honesty.
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News Reports

Murder of Tripura student Anjel Chakma in Dehradun, his brother Michael’s statement, police action and the arrest of the accused: All you need to...

Aditi -
CMs of Assam and Meghalaya, including many prominent voices from North Eastern states have condemned the incident, and sought strictest possible action against the criminals.
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News Reports

The anatomy of Unnao rape case: Kuldeep Sengar’s bail, allegations, questions and contradictions in a story that began in 2017

Anurag -
SC stays Delhi HC order granting bail to Kuldeep Sengar in Unnao case. Timeline reveals legal contradictions, protests, and years of ongoing proceedings.
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OpIndia Explains

Modi govt’s mega shipbuilding push: Guidelines notified for two schemes worth Rs 44,700 crore. Here’s all you need to know

Shraddha Pandey -
The newly launched SBFAS and SbDS initiatives are the latest in a string of policy initiatives the Modi government has launched in recent years to revive and bolster domestic shipbuilding under the Make in India initiative and a vision for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Fatehpur police arrest pastor and his son for luring poor Hindus to convert to Christianity – Read what the FIR says

Anurag -
Police say statements of women present inside the church are being recorded, while efforts continue to trace accused named in the FIR, as authorities examine whether coercion or inducement was involved in the conversion attempt.
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News Reports

Kerala: 12 years on, court to finally deliver verdict in ABVP activist Vishal Kumar murder – Full case timeline

Anurag -
The case traces the killing of a 19 year old student leader outside Chengannur Christian College in July 2012, detailing how the probe shifted from local police to Crime Branch amid delays, accused absconding, and repeated High Court bail proceedings.
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News Reports

The lynching of Dipu Chandra Das and how radical Islam in Bangladesh and Pakistan is posing security challenges for India

Nikhil Anand -
The time has come to not only be alert and aware of the Islamic religious fundamentalist and jihadi challenges present within India and the neighbourhood. There is a serious need to give befitting reply to the designs of anti-Hindu and anti-India forces present inside and outside the country with every possible strategy.
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Opinions

2026: When the Western-dominated world order begins to crumble under India’s leadership

अजीत झा -
The BRICS presidency is giving India not just a platform but the power to set the rules – where the dollar, Western hegemony and China's limitations will be exposed simultaneously.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Saddam Khan, along with a minor, arrested for killing a pregnant cow in Valsad; also accused of attacking gau rakshaks with sword

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
Police arrested a minor and adult Saddam Shahbuddin Khan for killing a pregnant cow in Sarigam, Umargam on the night of December.
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News Reports

8 Hindus murdered in the Islamic Republic of Bangladesh in less than a month: Read about the victims and why these killings are just...

Dibakar Dutta -
In December 2025 alone, at least 8 Hindus have been slaughtered in the Islamic Republic of Bangladesh. The situation has become extremely grim and vulnerable for the already persecuted minority community.
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News Reports

Who is Mufti Shamail Nadwi? The latest ‘Zakir Naik on the bloc’, under the spotlight after viral God debate with Javed Akhtar and his...

Shriti Sagar -
“Gods change with time,” Akhtar said, arguing that belief systems evolve as human understanding grows.
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News Reports

What is Somaliland? What does Israel’s recognition of the ‘new country’ in Africa mean? Read why it is less about ‘land’ and more about...

Sanghamitra -
Basically, Somaliland is a de facto nation with democracy, functional government and relative stability with a developing economy, which is not recognised as a 'country' by the UN yet. Somalia is none of the above, but is still a 'country' recognised by the UN.
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News Reports

India set to assume the chairmanship of Kimberley Process: Read about the UN-backed initiative and its role in preventing “conflict diamonds” in the global...

Rukma Rathore -
The KPCS was created in compliance with a United Nations resolution and became operative on 1st January 2003.
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