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Modi govt launched 12 rescue missions during its 11 years of seva to evacuate Indians, stranded in conflict-torn foreign countries: Here are the details...

OpIndia Staff -
In its last 11 years of seva, the government launched 12 rescue missions to evacuate stranded Indian nationals from conflict-torn countries. These nations include Iraq, Ukraine, Russia, Iran, Nepal, Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan, Libya and others.
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News Reports

UK Navy’s stranded F-35 jet may have to be airlifted from Thiruvananthapuram airport due to its hydraulics failure: Officials

ANI -
The British Royal Navy F-35B fighter jet, which had made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram airport, has developed a hydraulic failure, and possibly, it would be taken back in a military transport aircraft
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News Reports

New ECI rule cuts CCTV footage retention to 45 days post-results amid misinformation concerns

OpIndia Staff -
In a decisive move aimed at curbing misinformation, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the destruction of election-related CCTV, webcasting, and video footage within 45 days
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News Reports

As India rescues students from Iran under Operation Sindhu, read why most Indian students going to Iran for higher studies are Kashmiri Muslims

Aditi -
Considering that Iran has not achieved any major breakthrough in either medicine or engineering in the recent past, it does not seem a plausible reason for attracting Indian students to Iran.
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Political History of India

The media that was asked to bend but started crawling: How big names in Indian media became Indira Gandhi’s propaganda tools during Emergency

Rukma Rathore -
Indira Gandhi's government threw 250 journalists behind bars during the Emergency as big publications became its mouthpiece.
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News Reports

AMCA is open for private sector, India needs more manufacturers of fighter jets and competition will be good for HAL: Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar...

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Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh underscored the need for at least two aircraft manufacturers in India, saying that the AMCA project will be open for private sector
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Opinions

Anaya Bangar’s plea to BCCI raises a question: Is this wave of ‘inclusion’ costing women their space in sports?

Shriti Sagar -
Anaya Bangar's bid to join women's cricket as a trans woman sparks debate: Should biological males compete in female sports, or is it time for a separate transgender category?
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News Reports

Pakistan begged for ceasefire in 45 mins: Deputy PM Ishaq Dar confirms India’s strikes on Nur Khan base, shatters Trump’s ‘mediation’ myth

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani DY PM Ishaq Dar revealed it was Saudi Prince Faisal who called him to mediate for a ceasefire with India.
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World

At the hospital struck by Iranian missiles, Israeli PM Netanyahu says he has also suffered personal loss during the conflict, as he had to...

OpIndia Staff -
Iran attack on a hospital Israel caused extensive damage. Trying to show he is also suffering, PM Netanyahu said that he has also experienced a personal loss as he had to postpone his son's wedding.
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News Reports

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani funded by anti-India, anti-Hindu lobby of Council on American-Islamic Relations- Read details

Shraddha Pandey -
Unsurprisingly, while Zohran Mamdani is projecting himself as a 'progressive' Muslim leader, he is taking support from anti-semitic entities like CAIR, suggests that beyond the façade of a 'progressive' and 'moderate' Muslim candidate fighting for social justice and cutting costs, Mamdani is anti-India, anti-Hindu and anti-Israel Islamist.
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News Reports

Alt News’ Mohammed Zubair under fire for Hinduphobia, yet again: Old tweet mocking Brahmins goes viral, sparks outrage

OpIndia Staff -
An old tweet by Alt News' Mohammed Zubair insulting Brahmins has gone viral, sparking demands of FIRs against him for hurting religious sentiments.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Sweet shops owned by Muslims enlisted to supply prasad for newly built Jagannath temple in Digha, BJP accuses TMC govt of trampling...

OpIndia Staff -
Malviya pointed out while the original Jagannath temple in Puri, Odisha does not allow the entry of non-Hindus, the Mamata government was violating the sanctity of the temple by distributing prasad prepared by Muslims.
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News Reports

‘RJD and Congress keep disrespecting Babasaheb, keep his photo on their feet, but we keep him in our hearts’: PM Modi in Siwan, Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
"RJD and Congress disregard and disrespect the image of Babasaheb, keep it on their feet, but Modi keeps him in his heart. These parties want to portray themselves as bigger than Babasaheb by insulting his picture, but the people of Bihar will never forget it", PM Modi said.
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News Reports

British Navy’s F-35 remains stranded in India after a week: What happened, why the jet’s departure may be postponed indefinitely and why it is...

Raju Das -
Seven days after a F-35B fighter jet of UK Navy made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram airport on Saturday night due to ‘low fuel’, the aircraft still remains grounded at the airport
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News Reports

Lobbying, coverups and accidents: How US government-backed Boeing and its dishonesty claimed hundreds of lives thus far

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
A report by the US stock market regulator SEC says that Boeing has spent more than $200 million (₹1700 crore+) on lobbying from 2010-2022. $26 million (₹225 crore) has been spent in 2021 and 2022 alone.
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News Reports

Deposits of Indians in Swiss banks declined by 18% over the past decade, shows data released by Swiss National Bank

ANI -
Deposits of Indian customers in Swiss banks have declined by around 18 per cent over the past decade, according to the latest figures released by the Swiss National Bank (SNB)
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News Reports

Muslim mob threatens BJP councillor Nooruddin after illegal madarsa sealed in Rudrapur: Read how Dhami govt has been continuing anti-encroachment drive in Uttarakhand

OpIndia Staff -
Uttarakhand government led by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has been conducting a statewide anti-encroachment drive to free the government land of illegal structures.
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News Reports

Amazon in USA tells its staff, ‘relocate or resign’: How the corporate giant’s new policy is affecting employees

OpIndia Staff -
Amazon has introduced a new policy that employees have to relocate to major hubs within 60 days or they will be asked to leave without any severance package.
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News Reports

No one allowed in storeroom where money was found, firefighters told to keep silent: Probe makes startling revelations in Justice Varma case, Kapil Sibal...

विशेषता -
Verma's personal secretary had directed the firefighter personnel to exclude any mention of the cash in the report.
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News Reports

ECI implements several new provisions in assembly bye-polls, including phone deposit facility, upgraded voter turnout data sharing and 100% webcasting

OpIndia Staff -
The bye-polls to five Assembly Constituencies held by the Election Commission of India today witnessed successful implementation of several major new initiatives launched by the ECI in the past four months
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World

Israel’s strategic offensive against Iran: From deterrence to destabilisation

Anmol Kumar -
The Israeli attack against Iran has evolved into something far more than a series of defensive airstrikes. It is a multidimensional operation aimed at systematically degrading Iran's capabilities across military, economic, and cognitive spheres.
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News Reports

From calling them terrorists and cutting aid to praising as a great nation and hosting army chief, how Donald Trump’s opinion on Pakistan has...

OpIndia Staff -
Trump’s new-found love for Pakistan also highlights his duplicity towards on the issue of terrorism.
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News Reports

UP court sentences woman to 7.5 years in jail for false gangrape and SC/ST Act case, highlights misuse: How rampant false rape cases have...

Shraddha Pandey -
“It is often said that a bad man is better than a bad name, and hence, a wise person will endure all hardships to avoid disgrace. Disrepute can destroy everything, making a person, though alive, equivalent to a corpse,” the court order reads.
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News Reports

Air India Crash: Govt says no decision on sending black box to US yet, the Boeing 787 had 2 sets of black boxes and...

OpIndia Staff -
Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Thursday chaired a detailed video conference with all Airport Directors across the country to discuss aviation safety after the Air India crash in Ahmedabad
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News Reports

Congress govt in Karnataka increases minority quota in housing schemes from 10% to 15%, BJP calls it blatantly illegal and unconstitutional

ANI -
Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday approved an increase in the reservation quota for minority communities under various housing schemes from 10 per cent to 15 per cent.
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News Reports

Air India Crash: Boeing 787 Black Box reportedly to be sent to the US for analysis – As concerns raised over transparency, here is...

Aditi -
It is standard practise in many countries to sent black boxes to US or Europe for analysis after aircraft accidents
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World

Catholic institutions in Ireland neglected infants, 796 bodies expected to be inside a septic tank of former ‘home’ for unwed mothers run by nuns

OpIndia Staff -
In Ireland's Catholic care homes, after the babies were delivered, the nuns separated them from their mothers immediately after birth without taking any approval of the mother.
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News Reports

The growing ‘trend’ of throwing meat pieces in front of temples, a co-ordinated campaign to desecrate sacred Hindu places?

Shraddha Pandey -
This pattern of throwing cow meat pieces in front of temples, suggest that a co-ordinated campaign orchestrated by Islamists to desecrate sacred Hindu places is at play.
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News Reports

UP: Congress leaders hail Muslim woman who threatened CNG station staff with gun, gift her a portrait of Rani Laxmibai, AIMIM too honours her

OpIndia Staff -
Congress has honoured the Muslim woman who pointed a gun at a salesman at a CNG station in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh in response to alleged misbehaviour with her father.
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News Reports

Coimbatore blast case investigation exposes terror network in Arabic College: Ahmed Ali, Sheik Dawood and 2 others arrested by NIA

OpIndia Staff -
The Arabic College functioned as a hub for the radicalization and indoctrination of jihadist ideology.
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News Reports

As Rahul Gandhi pretends to be a well-wisher of students, here is how they were tortured, imprisoned or killed by his grandmother during the...

Rukma Rathore -
Rahul Gandhi has a troubling tendency to use students in order to target Modi govt for his political agendas.
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Editor's picks

Canada’s intelligence agency finally acknowledges that Khalistani extremists are using Canadian soil to fund and plan violence in India

ANI -
For the first time ever, Canada's premier intelligence agency, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) officially acknowledged that Khalistani extremists are using Canadian soil to promote, fundraise, and plan violence in India.
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News Reports

India’s indigenous fifth generation fighter jet moves towards reality: ADA invites expressions of interest from companies around the world to develop AMCA

OpIndia Staff -
In a major step in developing an indigenous fifth generation fighter aircraft, the Aeronautical Development Agency has issued an invitation for ‘Expression of Interest’ from companies around the world for the development of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft
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Editor's picks

Govt of India launches Operation Sindhu to evacuate Indian nationals from Iran, first batch of 110 students evacuated via Armenia to arrive soon

OpIndia Staff -
Amid the ongoing Iran-Israel war, the govt of has launched Operation Sindhu to evacuate Indian nationals from Iran
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News Reports

Hope US would not use Pakistani airspace and airbases to attack Iran: Senior Iranian diplomat amid Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir’s US visit

ANI -
Amid speculation over Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir's meeting with US President Donald Trump amid Iran's conflict with Israel, a senior Iranian diplomat has hoped that Pakistan airspace and airbases will not be used for operations against his country.
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Crime

Sambhal Violence: Over 1,000-page chargesheet filed against 23 people including SP MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq and SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood’s son Suhail Iqbal

OpIndia Staff -
In a major development in the Sambhal violence case, police have filed a chargesheet against 23 individuals, including Samajwadi Party (SP) Member of Parliament Zia-ur-Rehman Barq and Suhail Iqbal, son of SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood.
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News Reports

India soon to have a missile more deadly and fearsome than BrahMos: Read all about ET-LDHCM being developed by DRDO as part of ‘Project...

OpIndia Staff -
Developed under DRDO’s secretive Project Vishnu, ET-LDHCM uses scramjet propulsion, carries nuclear warheads, and evades radar with low-altitude flight,placing India alongside global hypersonic powers like the US, China, and Russia.
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OpIndia Explains

Strait of Hormuz, Sevastopol to Singapore: How key seaports and trade chokepoints decide global power play, trigger wars, and shape history

Anurag -
From the era of the Tsars to Putin’s Russia, Sevastopol has been seen as a lifeline to the world’s oceans. It is Russia’s only warm-water naval port, which it can use year-round, unlike the ice-prone harbours of the North and East.
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News Reports

Hero Motocorp introduces Battery-as-a-Service model for its VIDA VX2 electric scooter ownership

ANI -
Hero Motocorp on Wednesday introduced the Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) model for its VIDA VX2, which will help consumers reduce the upfront ownership cost
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News Reports

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei responds to Trump’s “absurd rhetoric”, says Iran will never surrender and the US will suffer great damage

OpIndia Staff -
Khamenei warned the US that it was entering the war to its own detriment and that it will suffer greater damage than Iran.
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News Reports

After triggering a needless hate campaign against Amul, Karnataka Congress now struggles to save face in Nandini Vs Amul row after Metro kiosk decision

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of the 2023 assembly elections, Shivakumar had alleged that there was a larger conspiracy behind the entry of AMUL into Karnataka.
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News Reports

While Congress is busy portraying Donald Trump’s meeting with Asim Munir as a failure of Indian diplomacy, read why geopolitics forces US to entertain...

Rukma Rathore -
Notwithstanding the comments made by the Congress party and its leaders, the meeting between Trump and Munir is occurring amidst a series of chaotic events happening elsewhere that make Pakistan useful for the US.
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News Reports

West Bengal: TMC leaders Saddam Mandal and Sajjan Alam arrested for assisting one Jasimuddin in kidnapping a businessman and demanding ₹1 crore ransom

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal Police have arrested three people including two Trinamool Congress leaders for kidnapping a Delhi-based businessman for ransom
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Opinions

G7 Summit: Why India should welcome the statement on Transnational Repression, and double down on it to slam foreign interference

Ganesh R -
The official statement reads, "TNR is an aggressive form of foreign interference whereby states or their proxies attempt to intimidate, harass, harm or coerce individuals or communities outside their borders. TNR undermines national security, state sovereignty, the safety and human rights of victims, and principles of international law."
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Islamists in Dinajpur stage protests demanding hanging of a Hindu man over alleged blasphemy

OpIndia Staff -
Islamist groups accused Hindu Man Sohag Das of hurting the sentiments of the Muslim community and committing blasphemy.
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News Reports

As Canadian PM Mark Carney looks to repair relations with India, a look back at how pandering to Khalistani terrorists by Canada damaged once...

Shraddha Pandey -
Under Justin Trudeau's watch, India-Canada relations nosedived as Khalistani separatists were freely allowed to vandalise Hindu temples and carry out mock executions of Indian leaders.
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News Reports

While Congress which imposed Emergency calls PM Modi a ‘fascist’, here is how he fought the real fascists who suspended fundamental rights in their...

Anurag -
While Congress imposed Emergency, Narendra Modi played a massive role against the fascism by Indira Gandhi
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Government and Policy

Centre introduces FASTag-based Annual Passes for non-commercial vehicles for seamless and cost-effective travel

OpIndia Staff -
The Central government has introduced FASTag-based Annual Passes for non-commercial vehicles, effective from August 15.
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News Reports

Supreme Court orders police protection for minor girl who escaped from in-law’s house after she was forced into child marriage by parents

ANI -
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted relief to a minor girl, aged 16, who was forced into child marriage and directed the Bihar and Delhi Police to ensure the safety of the girl and her friend.
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News Reports

With PM Modi setting the record straight during call with Trump that the US played no role in ceasefire with Pakistan, will Congress now...

Aditi -
PM Modi made it clear to President Trump that there was political unanimity in India over non-acceptance of third-party mediation on the Kashmir issue.
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