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Uorfi Javed detained in Dubai for shooting video in ‘revealing clothes’? Here is what we know

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Uorfi, dressed in a ‘revealing outfit’ was shooting a video in a public place, which is restricted in Dubai. 
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Politics

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan does not invite Guv Arif Mohammad Khan for Christmas party

ANI -
Last week Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Cabinet members, and opposition leader VD Satheesan also abstained from the Christmas Party, hosted by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, despite an invitation sent by the Rajbhavan to all of them.
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News Reports

Afghanistan: Taliban imposes ban on university education for women

OpIndia Staff -
The ban on higher education comes three months after thousands of girls and women across the country took university entrance exams. 
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News Reports

‘Monitor, track variants through genome sequencing’: MoHFW issues guidelines amidst rising cases of Covid-19 across the world

OpIndia Staff -
MoHFW asked states and UTs to follow June 2022 guidelines and follow 5-fold strategy of test-track-treat-vaccination and adherence to COVID Appropriate Behavior amidst rising Covid cases worldwide
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News Reports

Gujarat: Mahmud Mansoori tries to rape a 9-year-old tribal girl in Sagbara, case filed under POCSO

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The 9-year-old girl warded off the sexual assault attack by screaming and seeking help from nearby people.
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World

Pakistan poverty rate raises by 35.7%, ranks 92 out of 116 in list of countries on International Poverty Index

ANI -
Pakistan's food security was already affected by terrorist activities, conflicts with Afghanistan and weather changes. The rising inflation has worsened it. 
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News Reports

Netizens mock Ravish Kumar after he claimed Adani spent thousands of crores to silence him

OpIndia Staff -
While speaking to The Wire’s Karan Thapar, Ravish Kumar claimed that Gautam Adani is spending hundreds or thousands of crores only to silence him
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News Reports

‘Due diligence was required, or a Google search’: The Quint CEO pulls up Ravish Kumar on his claims of Adani owning the organisation

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In his interview with Karan Thapar, Ravish Kumar, who has become a YouTuber, said Adani is investing in The Quint.
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News Reports

‘Such abuses reveal the true character of the Gandhi Family’: Smriti Irani tears into Congress over misogynistic remarks

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Congress leader Ajay Rai had stoked a controversy over his misogynistic attack against Union Minister Smriti Irani.
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Social Media

Lionel Messi’s World Cup post beats the famous egg to become the most-liked photo on Instagram

OpIndia Staff -
The photos posted by Lionel Messi of him and his teammates after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup with Argentina attracted 10 million likes within the first 39 minutes of its sharing.
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Fact-Check

Is BJP planning to ban Halal meat in India? Here is how the media is spreading fake news

OpIndia Staff -
Many media organisations published misleading headline that Karnataka govt is planning to ban halal meat in the state.
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Politics

AAP’s Gujarat chief Gopal Italia tweets that he has been arrested by the BJP govt in Gujarat. Here is what we know so far

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Gopal Italia claimed that the arrest took place at a time when his family was mourning his grandmother's death.
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News Reports

Months after Pakistan’s exit from FATF Grey List, terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad regroups, collects funds on the pretext of building mosques

OpIndia Staff -
The terror outfit has also sent an open invitation to the masses on several social media platforms to seek donations from the public for claimed religious purposes through bank accounts.
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World

Purported audio clip of ‘phone sex’ by ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan where he claims to be humping like a camel goes viral

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Imran Khan was allegedly heard talking about the 'pleasure points' of the woman, and his 'penetration skills'.
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Specials

Ravish Kumar has become the megalomaniac he accuses Modi of being, summary of the two ‘interviews’ he gave since becoming a YouTuber

Anurag -
Ajit Anjum and Karan Thapar gave platform to Ravish Kumar to share his narcisstic rants after leaving NDTV
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News Reports

‘While Nupur Sharma is in hiding, he is debating on news channels’: Ashwini Upadhyay walks out of an Aaj Tak show featuring Taslim Rehmani

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Taslim Rehmani had insulted Lord Shiva on a news debate earlier this year, triggering a fitting response from Nupur Sharma.
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News Reports

Amid a severe economic crisis in Pakistan, thousands left jobless as cross-border trade with Iran shuts down, forex reserve at a critical low

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Earlier in October, the Iranian authorities closed the border with Pakistan at Taftan after clashes between the protesters and security forces in Zahedan, the capital city of Sistan-Balochistan, reported Dawn.
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News Reports

Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar says he gave Rs 60 crores to Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP

OpIndia Staff -
When asked if how much he had paid to AAP, Sukesh Chandrasekhar said he paid Rs 60 crores to the Aam Aadmi Party.
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News Reports

Agra authorities ask ASI to pay Rs 1 crore as water tax and Rs 1.4 lakhs as property tax for the Taj Mahal

ANI -
According to officials of the ASI, a notice for water tax and one for property tax has been issued. The ASI has been asked to pay around Rs 1.40 lakh and Rs 1 crore as water tax.
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News Reports

Chinese incursions in mind: Indian armed forces to acquire ‘Pralay’ ballistic missiles

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Recently, Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar stated that the late Gen Bipin Rawat was working on the creation of a rocket force to counter enemies on the border.
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News Reports

Author JK Rowling attracts the wrath of ‘gender-identity’ fanatics for wishing ‘Merry Terfmas’: Read what it means and what’s the outrage about

Jinit Jain -
JK Rowling is facing online attack for wishing one of her fans 'Merry Terfmas', regarded as anti-trans holiday greeting.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Shadab Khan poses as ‘Raja’, sexually assaults, harasses Hindu woman and pressurises for ‘Nikah’

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The incident came to fore after Bajrang Dal District President Pintu Kaushal learned about the victim and contacted the victim's family. The woman registered a complaint after Kaushal encouraged her to seek justice and report the incident to the Police.
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News Reports

Plethora of fake news with almost a million subscribers: Read how no ‘fact-checker’ bothered to fact-check this YouTube channel

OpIndia Staff -
The YouTube channel 'News Headlines' with almost a million subscriber base has been regularly peddling anti-BJP and pro-Congress fake news on its channel.
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News Reports

Locals protest against illegal church in Gujarat’s Valsad village, had earlier alleged forced religious conversion

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Local residents of Karpada village in Valsad, Gujarat, have also questioned the funding received for construction of the church.
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News Reports

Witness in Umesh Kolhe murder case receives threats from Islamists for extending support to Nupur Sharma, a Muslim ‘friend’ suspected to have tipped them...

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After some time, another of his friends texted him a screenshot of his photo and store details with the words 'Boycott' written on it.
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News Reports

Delhi LG directs chief secretary to recover Rs 97 crores from ruling AAP for publishing political advertisements as govt ads

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi LG ordered recovery of Rs 97.14 crores that AAP spent or booked on account of ‘non-conforming advertisements’.
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News Reports

‘Rakesh Tikait is not our leader…our rally is not politically funded’: 50,000 farmers stage peaceful protests at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, share list of demands

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On Monday, December 19, around 50,000 farmers gathered at central Delhi Ramlila Maidan with demands over several farmer related issues.
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Politics

As AAP pushes for life imprisonment or ‘more’ for blasphemy, here is how they are making things worse

Nirwa Mehta -
This stricter laws on blasphemy is only a sure shot way to increase and encourage lynchings and justify it by 'sacrilege' or 'blasphemy'.
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Crime

Ghaziabad: 19-year-old hangs herself after Irfan shares her intimate videos online

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The accused and his family members are absconding since the suicide. The Police have formed 6 teams to search and nab the accused
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News Reports

Twitter Files 7.0: FBI paid $3.4 million to Twitter, made top executives dub Hunter Biden laptop story as ‘Russian disinformation’

Dibakar Dutta -
Interestingly, the sixth tranche of Twitter Files also revealed 150 email exchanges between the FBI and Yoel Roth during the period of January 2020 and November 2022.
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News Reports

FIFA World Cup Final 2022: France’s Kingsley Coman, Aurelien Tchouameni face online racist abuses following penalty misses against Argentina

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France's players faced racial abuses after missing penalty kicks at FIFA Finals
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News Reports

Umesh Kolhe murder: NIA reveals 11 arrested were radicalized members of Tablighi Jamaat, instigated by ‘social activists’ Irfan and Maulvi Ahmad

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA in the charge sheet also mentioned that the 11 accused were highly influenced by the Islamist ideology and believed in, “Gustakh -E- Nabi Ki Aik Saza, Sar Tan Se Juda.'
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News Reports

Bharat Jodo Yatra is to be paused during Christmas and New Year, no clarity on where Rahul Gandhi will spend his holiday

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Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra to be on 9-day break from December 25 to January 2.
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News Reports

Project Vartak: To counter Chinese aggression, Modi govt goes on overdrive to develop infra, mobile connectivity in border areas of Arunachal Pradesh

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For countering Chinese aggression on the LAC, the Modi govt is carrying out infrastructure development in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh. 
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World

China’s fall from grace amid falling GDP growth, Zero Covid policy

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China's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at 5.5 per cent in 2022, the lowest in more than 30 years. 
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News Reports

Defence Ministry to discuss Indian Army proposal for acquiring 354 ‘Zorawar’ light tanks for deployment on the China border

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The Indian Army has proposed for acquiring 354 Zorawar light tanks for deployment on the China border.
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Politics

Congress leader and Gandhi family loyalist Ajay Rai says Smriti Irani comes to Amethi only for “latke jhatke”, Amethi MP calls out the misogynist...

OpIndia Staff -
Ajay Rai, who is mainly identified as a Gandhi family loyalist, said that the Amethi MP comes to her constituency only to show 'latke and jhatke'.
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News Reports

‘Inspiring to see the rapid pace of technological change under your leadership’: Google CEO Sundar Pichai lavishes praises on PM Modi

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Praising the Modi government, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said he is looking forward to continuing strong partnership.
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News Reports

UP: FIR against SRK fans for attacking Yogi Adityanath, Sadhavi Prachi, and others with morphed pictures from the ‘Besharam Rang’ song

OpIndia Staff -
Shah Rukh Khan fans attacked Yogi Adityanath, Sadhavi Prachi by sharing morphed versions of their pictures online.
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News Reports

Is there another major Covid wave in China? Experts say millions may die as concerns over new variant rise

OpIndia Staff -
The BBC quoted epidemiologist Wu Zunyou as saying that this may be the beginning of a 'first wave'. He has predicted that the second wave will be in late January when mass travel due to the Chinese New Year celebrations will spread infection.
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Fact-Check

Was Deepika Padukone representing India at the FIFA World Cup trophy unveiling in Qatar as implied by ‘liberals’? Here’s a fact-check

Anurag -
Was Deepika Padukone representing India at FIFA as alleged by some members of the Indian Left?
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News Reports

Qatar 2022: Celebrations after Argentina win turn violent in Kerala, three stabbed and several cops injured

OpIndia Staff -
As France lost to Argentina in the FIFA World Cup 2022 final, clashes broke out during the victory celebrations in Kerala
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News Reports

EAM S Jaishankar pulls up Rahul Gandhi over his ‘Chinese troops beating Indian soldiers’ remark

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Days after Rahul Gandhi said Chinese are thrashing Indian soldiers, Jaishankar said word 'pitai' should not be used for jawans.
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Social Media

Elon Musk creates a Twitter poll to ask if he should continue to head Twitter, public said no, here is what may follow

OpIndia Staff -
The most expected step is to hand Twitter over to Jack Dorsey once again, Twitter founder, and more importantly, a good friend of Elon Musk.
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News Reports

Benjamin Netanyahu slams the New York Times for casting doubt on Israel’s democracy. Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
The New York Times had recently published a propaganda piece titled, "The Ideal of Democracy in a Jewish State Is in Jeopardy."
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Shamsher Khan arrested for vandalising a Shivling inside an ancient temple, had tried to stoke communal strife earlier

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A Shivling placed inside an ancient temple in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, was vandalised by one Shamsher Khan.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Dildar Ansari had trapped Rubika in a love affair by hiding his previous marriage from her, confesses before the police

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Dildar Ansari trapped the 22-year-old Rubika Pahadan into a love affair by not disclosing that he was previously married
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News Reports

Delhi HC refuses to send ex-PFI chief Abu Becker on house arrest, orders to get him treated in AIIMS

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The bench said," When you ask for bail on medical grounds, why should we send you to your house? We will send you to the hospital."
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Opinions

While pliant media like The Hindu want to sing praises of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, here is how Rahul Gandhi can’t even accomplish ‘Congress Jodo’

S. Sudhir Kumar -
The Congress party lost its deposit in a seat it held multiple times before. When the campaigning was peaking up for this seat, Rahul Gandhi was in Telangana as part of his Bharat Jodo Yatra.
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News Reports

Digi Yatra: A step-by-step guide on how to use the new app for seamless boarding at airports

Anurag -
Digi Yatra is currently functional at three airports in the country: Delhi, Bengaluru and Varanasi. Four more airports are to be added in the first phase.
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