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Social Media

Twitter blocks user for Tom and Jerry GIF, then suspends for cat GIF available on its own platform: Will Elon Musk be able to...

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier this year, popular fact-check handle @BefittingFacts was suspended citing 'violation' of Twitter rules. Other popular handles like The Skin Doctor and The Angry Lord have also faced suspension from Twitter for alleged policy violations.
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News Reports

Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth drops by $100 billion this year as Facebook struggles, Meta’s value plunges by $89 billion amid rising costs: Details

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday, Meta's value plunged by $89 billion after the company owner Mark Zuckerberg reported another quarter of falling revenues
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World

Tibet erupts in massive protest against China, left without food and water, protestors say will set things on fire if COVID restrictions are not...

OpIndia Staff -
Some experts have stated that the Chinese authorities have not yet resorted to violence to crack down on anti-Covid protests because it involves not just Tibetans, but Han Chinese migrant workers too.
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News Reports

‘Future belongs to India’: Russian President Putin lauds PM Modi’s independent foreign policy and Make in India, hails him as a patriot

OpIndia Staff -
Putin applauded independent foreign policy by PM Modi and stated that a lot has been accomplished in India under his leadership.
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News Reports

‘The bird is freed’: Elon Musk takes over Twitter, fires “smash Brahmanical patriarchy” fame Gadde, CEO Parag Agarwal

OpIndia Staff -
Billionaire Elon Musk had taken potshots at Vijaya Gadde for censoring the critical 'Hunter Biden story' on Twitter
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News Reports

Did Donald Trump issue a statement after Elon Musk takeover of Twitter saying his account is set to be back Monday? Not quite

OpIndia Staff -
Takeover of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk is complete and a fake statement of Donald Trump is doing the rounds
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Social Media

“Next time, send the real Mr. Bean”, Zimbabwe President to Pakistan after Zimbabwe stuns Pakistan team at the World Cup

OpIndia Staff -
After Zimbabwe shocked Pakistan, the Zimbabwean President took to Twitter to advise Pakistan to send the real Mr Bean the next time.
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News Reports

RTI reply reveals that the Delhi AAP government gave Rs 101 crores to the Delhi Waqf board in seven years

OpIndia Staff -
In the financial year 2020-21 alone, Rs. 62.57 crores were given to the Delhi Waqf Board by the Delhi govt
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Social Media

World T20: Memes flood the internet as Zimbabwe pushes Pakistan toward World Cup exit with a 1-run win

OpIndia Staff -
Zimbabwe defeated Pakistan by 1 run in the nail biting thriller as Pakistan succumbed to their 2nd loss, giving birth to plengty of memes online
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News Reports

‘Chief Twit’ Elon Musk assures advertisers that Twitter will not become a ‘free-for-all hellscape’ amid concerns of softened moderation under him

OpIndia Staff -
Elon Musk said that he has not acquired Twitter to make more money, but to provide a common digital town square
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News Reports

Kerala: Islamists assault Tamil family, abuse women and children for celebrating Diwali- Report

OpIndia Staff -
The Tamil family complained to the police that they had been assaulted for lighting fireworks in celebration of Deepavali.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: NHRC issues notice over reports that minor girls are being auctioned on stamp papers and refusal leading to rape of their mothers

OpIndia Staff -
NHRC serves notice to Congress government in Rajasthan on auctioning of girls on stamp papers by caste panchayats to settle disputes
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News Reports

Gujarat achieves 100% household tap water connections under Jal Jeevan Mission, 91.73 lakh houses connected to tap-water

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat declared a 'Har Ghar Jal' state which means that all households in the state now have access to running tap water
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News Reports

‘Like Kejriwal, like MLA’: After AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, Netizens mock his MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj for following ‘adult’ Twitter account

OpIndia Staff -
Netizens mock AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj for following in Kejriwal's footsteps when he was found following an 'adult' Twitter account named @edynwaifu
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News Reports

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader demands Balasaheb Thackeray’s photo on currency notes, BJP MLA wants Shivaji, Ambedkar, Savarkar and Modi

OpIndia Staff -
For the past two days, there has been a lot of controversy over the currency notes in India and the photo of MK Gandhi on these notes.
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Politics

Amit Malviya to pursue criminal and civil proceedings against “The Wire” over their fraudulent reporting targeting the BJP leader

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire, founded by American citizen Siddarth Varadarajan, had alleged that Amit Malviya has been given access by Facebook's parent company Meta to delete anti-BJP posts from Facebook and Instagram.
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World

Anti-Hijab Iranian protesters call on Elon Musk to ban Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei from Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
Iranian journalist and activist supporting these anti-hijab protests, Masih Alinejad stated on Twitter that Khamenei has prohibited 83 million Iranians from Twitter
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News Reports

‘Hand skeleton spells out Allah’: Bangladeshi professor publishes research paper claiming parts of human skeleton represent Islamic phrases

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammad Abul Hossain of the University of Dhaka claims that the skeleton of the human hand forms the Arabic word 'Allah'.
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News Reports

India’s oil imports from the Middle East drop to a 19-month low, Russia becomes 2nd largest supplier again: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
After China, India has emerged as second-largest buyer of Russian oil, taking the advantage of discounted prices.
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News Reports

C-295 Aircraft for IAF will be made by Airbus-Tata joint venture in Gujarat’s Vadodara, PM Modi to lay foundation stone of plant on Sunday

OpIndia Staff -
Airbus and Tata Advanced Systems Limited will manufacture 40 C-295 aircraft for IAF at a facility in Vadodara in Gujarat
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News Reports

SP leader Azam Khan convicted by Rampur Court in 2019 hate speech case, sentenced to three years in jail

OpIndia Staff -
SP leader Azam Khan has been found guilty in a 2019 Hate Speech case by a Rampur Court
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News Reports

Karnataka: Lingayat Matha’s seer commits suicide in Ramanagara, blackmail, and honey trap for 80 acres of land suspected

OpIndia Staff -
The plot against the seer was planned by a political figure in Karnataka who wanted the seer to give away 80 acres of the Kanchugal Bande Matha land which is at a prime location on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, a report in Republic stated.
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World

‘Breathtaking lack of remorse’, Court rejects grooming gang child rapists Adil Khan and Qari Abdul Rauf’s deportation appeal from UK to Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
While rejecting the convicts' plea against deportation, the UK immigration tribunal stated that there was a very strong public interest to deport them
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News Reports

Chinese spies inside US universities, 4 MSS agents charged for trying to recruit professors to work against US

OpIndia Staff -
US DOJ informed that Four Chinese Nationals were charged for acting as agents of the Chinese government in the United States.
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News Reports

As Delhi HC’s 6-week notice to Subramanian Swamy to vacate govt bungalow ends, he approaches court claiming centre has not made security arrangements

OpIndia Staff -
Subramanian Swamy approached Delhi HC claiming that Centre failed to ensure security arrangements at his private residence in Delhi
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News Reports

Pope Francis admits nuns and priests watch porn, says “The devil gets in from there”

OpIndia Staff -
Pope Francis' meeting at the Vatican on Monday saw the 86-year-old pontiff address in detail a broad range of questions
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Cricket

In a historic decision, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah announces equal pay for male and female cricketers

OpIndia Staff -
As per the new policy, the women cricketers contracted by BCCI will be paid 15 lakhs rupees per Test match, 6 lakhs rupees per One Day International, and 3 lakhs per T20 International
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News Reports

From 97% made-in-India mobile phones to the new Data Protection Bill, here is what all MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar said at the CyFY2022 event

OpIndia Staff -
Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the new Data Protection Bill of India will be modern and simple legislation
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Entertainment

Bollywood filmmaker rams wife with his car after being caught with another woman by her, video viral

OpIndia Staff -
After being caught by his wife, Kamal Kishor tried to escape from the spot, running over his wife, who later registered the complaint.
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Editor's picks

Days after Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal promised a clean Yamuna for Chhath puja, toxic foam appears on the river

OpIndia Staff -
Toxic foam was seen drifting towards the Yamuna ghats, despite Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's promise of clean water for Chhath Puja
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News Reports

Coimbatore blast: Mohammed Thalka, one of 5 arrested is the nephew of Al-Ummah’s chief, the mastermind of 1998 serial blasts in the city

OpIndia Staff -
Basha was then sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 120-B (conspiracy) of the IPC read with additional IPC offences, including murder. Now his nephew identified as Mohammad Thalka has been arrested for his involvement in the recent car blasts that happened in the city on October 22.
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News Reports

AAP-led Punjab govt spent over 1.8 crores on Facebook ads with over 77% in Gujarat, here is what we found

Anurag -
Punjab government spent over 1.8 crores in less than a month on Facebook ads, 77%+ money spent to target audience from Gujarat
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Media

Analysing The Wire’s ‘apology’ to readers, its victimhood and indulgence in self-glory and how it does not own up they fabricated ‘evidence’

Nirwa Mehta -
The Wire's 'apology' is more of an exercise of getting patted on back for 'owning up' on lapses instead of apologising to those it falsely accused and targeted over fabricated evidence.
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News Reports

1984 anti-Sikh Riots accused Jagdish Tytler attends oath ceremony of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in presence of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Despite public calls to cut relations with Tytler, Congress has frequently accommodated him on a public platform.
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World

‘Let that sink in’: Elon Musk enters Twitter headquarters carrying a sink, changes bio to ‘Chief Twit’

OpIndia Staff -
Musk has also changed his Twitter bio to 'Chief Twit', and has added 'Twitter HQ' as the location. He had earlier shared that buying Twitter is the first step towards making X, the everything App.
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News Reports

Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee clears field trials of first genetically modified food crop, indigenously developed GM mustard

OpIndia Staff -
Union Environment Ministry's Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) approves genetically modified mustard
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News Reports

Assam: Three Swedish preachers arrested for violating visa norms by indulging in conversion activities, to be deported

OpIndia Staff -
Three Swedish Christian preachers held in Assam on charges of religious conversion while on tourist visa
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News Reports

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge forms a 47-member steering committee to replace the CWC, Shashi Tharoor not included

OpIndia Staff -
Congress steering committee includes Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Dr. Manmohan Singh and other loyalists of the Gandhi family.
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News Reports

Zimbabwean fan wants cricket team to beat Pakistan in T20 World Cup as revenge for sending fake Mr. Bean to Zimbabwe

OpIndia Staff -
Asif Mohammad is a citizen of Pakistan, who is known as 'Mr Pak Bean' as some believe he looks like Mr. Bean, i.e., Rowan Atkinson
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News Reports

Russian Defence Minister Shergei Shoibu expresses concern over possible use of Dirty Bomb by Ukraine in a telephonic conversation with Rajnath Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Russian defence minister expresses concern over possible provocations through the use of a ‘dirty bomb’ by Ukraine
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News Reports

Saurav Dutt’s new book ‘Modi and Me’ studies Narendra Modi led India’s fight against anti-India and anti-Hindu forces, an excerpt by the author

Saurav Dutt -
Author Saurav Dutt writes an excerpt of his new book 'Modi and Me', on the resurgence of Hindutva to defeat global Hinduphobia
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News Reports

Wikipedia covering up The Wire’s wrongdoings? Meta fiasco wiped off from Wire’s page, Tek Fog allegations removed too

Anurag -
Wikipedia refused to let Meta Vs The Wire saga to appear on its platform, redirected Tek Fog page to The Wire.
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News Reports

Prashant Bhushan spreads another fake news, shares AAP leader’s video claiming that he is BJP MLA

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Bhushan shared a video of former BJP MLA and current AAP leader Yatin Oza accusing BJP of triggering riots to win the elections
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Naushad kills 13-year-old Hindu girl from the neighbourhood after failed rape attempt, shot at police, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Naushad had taken the minor daughter of Ravindra Pandey on the pretext of something, tried to rape her and then slit her wrist
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News Reports

Rana Ayyub shows off Global Muslim award from obscure Nigerian website which says UK’s Guardian is most ‘hijab friendly’ media house

Nirwa Mehta -
OpIndia digs in to the random website from Nigeria, that talks and promotes Muslims and Islam, which gave Global Muslim of the year award to financial fraud accused Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Mosque named Masjid Mustafa and a house damaged after catching fire, 2 firefighters injured

OpIndia Staff -
Firefighters, with the assistance of locals, managed to bring the fire under control and prevented it from spreading further. The fire is claimed to have started due to an electric short circuit.
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News Reports

Owaisi wants a hijab-clad woman as PM of India, but does not have a single woman in senior leadership role in his own party

OpIndia Staff -
Interestingly, Owaisi’s own party All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) does not have a single woman in a top leadership position, with or without Hijab.
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News Reports

‘Our daughter Honeypreet will now be called Ruh Di’, declares Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim while on parole

OpIndia Staff -
Gurmeet Ram Rahim singh said that his imprisonment is a "spiritual experience" and that he is writing a book about it.
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News Reports

As Rishi Sunak’s Kalava is discussed online, know when a Doordarshan journalist was asked not to let his Kalava be visible on air

OpIndia Staff -
Sunak is a practicing Hindu and is the first Hindu, the first non-white PM of the UK. His first address in front of 10, Downing Street after his appointment drew the attention of many in India and abroad to the Kalava, the ritualistic sacred thread worn by Hindus, on his wrist.
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Opinions

Make India Make: With Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, India can enter the take-off stage of national economic growth

Virender Kapoor -
India as a nation-state is looking upwards, there is a positive mood, and the economy is moving Northwards
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