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Meet Barak Magen, Israel’s “Lightening Shield” that made its debut during conflict with Iran, will protect Naval assets from missiles and drone attacks

Rukma Rathore -
Barak Magen of Israel possesses a combination of intelligent vertical launchers, radar and command systems, that work in cohesion to protect its Naval assets.
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News Reports

PM Modi’s phone conversation with Donald Trump after G7 Summit: 7 Reasons why it was a masterclass in power and poise

Sanghamitra -
US President Trump and Prime Minister Modi had a formal phone call at the former's request. The discussion lasted for over 35 minutes, Vikram Misri stated.
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News Reports

Paperless census, caste data to be collected, employment details to be recorded: Know all about the population census and how it will be carried...

OpIndia Staff -
For the first time, census will be conducted digitally and caste census will also be a part of it. Census 2027 will be completed in two phases.
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OpIndia Explains

Did you know Iran and Israel were once strategic allies? Read what transformed the alliance into a battle for survival

Jinit Jain -
From once being close partners bound by shared interests, Iran and Israel have transformed into implacable enemies, each now viewing the other as existential threat.
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Opinions

Congress spreads lies over caste census, gets fact checked by PIB: Is Rahul Gandhi’s party getting frustrated after their favourite political issue was snatched...

Shraddha Pandey -
In another post, Khera lamented that the ‘caste’ was not mentioned in the gazette notification for Census 2027. He compared the notification issued by Congress government in Telangana with BJP-led Central government’s notification.
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News Reports

Calcutta HC stays West Bengal’s new OBC list notification: Read how Mamata’s move opens a backdoor for religion-based quotas

Amit Kelkar -
The Calcutta High Court’s stay exposes how West Bengal’s revised OBC list risks turning caste-based affirmative action into a vehicle for religious appeasement.
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World

4% Pakistanis responsible for 64% cases of child sexual abuse in the UK’s Rotherham alone, says new report, still fails to name ‘Pakistani Muslims’...

Shraddha Pandey -
The report mentions that Pakistani men are responsible for 64 per cent of cases of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.
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Opinions

Operation Rising Lion and the strategic collapse of Iran: West Asia stands at the cusp of a major change, as does the world

OpIndia Staff -
Israel and Iran have finally entered what can now be unambiguously termed as a state of war. The operations that have unfolded over the past 5 days, dubbed 'Operation Rising Lion' by Israel and 'True Promise 3' by Iran, have already reshaped the regional order—and potentially, the global one.
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News Reports

Chokalinga Chittibabu – DMK leader who was tortured to death for trying to save MK Stalin in prison during Indira Gandhi’s Emergency: Stalin’s alliance...

Anurag -
Tortured while shielding MK Stalin, DMK's Chokalinga Chittibabu died in jail during Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi
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News Reports

Donald Trump, first of his name, lord of empty promises: How the world has grown weary of America’s blustering braggart-in-chief

Jinit Jain -
Trump's grandstanding has followed the same pattern as Chinese air defences during Operation Sindoor: loudly advertised, spectacularly ineffective, and ultimately blind to reality.
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News Reports

Leela Samson, a Gandhi family loyalist, apologises for defaming Kalakshetra student as ‘mistress’ of a teacher who was accused of sexual harassment

Dibakar Dutta -
Leela Samson posted on Facebook, "He (Hari Padman) has a mistress - Athena who is an intern and known to bully the younger students. Everyone knows. Junior students apparently ask the question – what do have to do to get a role in the concert section!"
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News Reports

How violence against Hindus started in Maheshtala? Muslims triggered over a Tulsi plant near temple, Junaid’s wife spreading rumors of being forced to chant...

OpIndia Staff -
A Muslim mob resorted to violence against Hindus in Maheshtala, Kolkata on June 11. The centre of this violence was a Shiva temple which was vandalised. More than 60 people were injured, including policemen.
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News Reports

Healthcare transformation in 11 years of Modi Sarkar: From scarcity and disarray to digitalised, streamlined development

Dhruv Mishra -
The period following 2014 marked a significant and permanent shift in India's healthcare policy. Instead of piecemeal welfare schemes, India established a coherent, integrated system with sustained, long-term ambitions that encompassed out-of-hospital and community healthcare, clinical care, and public health.
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News Reports

‘Make In India’ success story: Now the parts of smartphones made in India are also indigenous, value addition reaches above 20%

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
The Modi government's 'Make in India' and PLI (Production Linked Incentive) schemes have played a big role in Indian manufacturing's success story in the field of smartphones.
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News Reports

‘They don’t let us celebrate our festivals or chant Jai Shri Ram’: 40 Hindu families in Azamgarh put homes on sale after repeated harassment...

OpIndia Staff -
In Azamgarh’s Muslim-majority Chhota Pura, nearly 40 Hindu families have put up “Ghar Bikaau Hai” posters, citing ongoing harassment and police inaction—a desperate plea for safety and dignity.
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News Reports

India enters Quantum era: DRDO & IIT Delhi successfully demonstrate Quantum entanglement-based free-space secure communication

OpIndia Staff -
India’s successful demonstration of entanglement-based free-space QKD firmly positions it among the frontrunners in securing the quantum communication frontier.
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News Reports

Sending a strong signal to Turkey, strengthening India’s EU pivot: Read why PM Modi’s landmark visit to Cyprus is strategically significant

Rukma Rathore -
Cyprus is essential for commercial routes and logistics as it is located at the intersection of Europe, West Asia and Africa.
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News Reports

How Rajdeep Sardesai’s TikToker guest ‘Steve’ blamed pilots for Air India crash, without a shred of evidence, changed tune after experts pointed to engine...

Shraddha Pandey -
None of the prime-time anchors questioned the basis of Steve’s claims, placing blind faith in his self-declared ‘expertise’. News anchors like Rajdeep Sardesai mindlessly offered a platform to Captain Steve to push his Boeing-friendly agenda and deflect scrutiny from mechanical or manufacturing issues.
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News Reports

Khalistanis threaten to disrupt PM Modi’s visit for the G7 meet: The 7 active terror organisations in Canada that the Carney govt needs to...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
Khalistani terrorists have planned protests during G7, and are thinking about even attacks on PM Modi during his visit to Canada. This work can be carried out by many Khalistani terrorist organizations currently active in Canada.
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World

Islamic Fulani Militia has been killing Christians for months in Nigeria, local politicians and media wash it off as local conflict between herders and...

Anurag -
Despite the scale and brutality of the killings of Christians in Benue, the government avoided naming the Islamic Fulani militia, instead portraying it as herders-farmers clash.
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News Reports

Canada: Khalistanis use kids to desecrate tricolour and kick portraits of PM Modi ahead of G7 summit, Indian Sikhs condemn act of hatred

OpIndia Staff -
Khalistanis in Canada are now mimicking Islamists, who are known to use children and women to attain their religious and political goals, through their radical activities.
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World

Baloch Liberation Army takes responsibility for the attacks on Pakistani forces that resulted in deaths of 4 soldiers

ANI -
Earlier, five personnel from the Pakistani security forces were killed and several others, including a senior officer, sustained injuries during two separate attacks conducted by the Baloch Liberation Army.
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News Reports

Overcrowding, negligence or aging structure? What led to the bridge collapse over Indrayani river in Pune

Rukma Rathore -
It has been reported that over 100 individuals were on the bridge, ignoring the warning notice there.
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Crime

Trap Hindu girls, marry them, force them into prostitution: Congress councilor Anwar Qadri was paying money to Muslim boys for converting girls in Indore,...

OpIndia Staff -
Another case of love jihad against Hindu girls by trapping them in love affairs and marrying them has come to light from Indore. Congress councilor Anwar Qadri used to pay money to Muslim boys to trap Hindu girls.
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News Reports

Iran-Israel conflict puts spotlight back on the Strait of Hormuz: Why this oil lifeline matters and can Iran really shut it down? Explained

Anurag -
In 1980 and 1988, when war broke out between Iran and Iraq, both countries targeted commercial vessels in the Gulf. Despite the attacks on the shipments, the Strait of Hormuz was not completely shut.
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News Reports

India launches feasibility study for Indus water transfer plan, read all about this ambitious project planned to divert surplus Chenab flow from J &...

Shraddha Pandey -
India has chalked out an inter-basin water transfer plan for full utilisation of its share of Indus river waters. A feasibility study is being undertaken for a 113-km canal for diverting surplus flows from Jammu & Kashmir to Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan.
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News Reports

Atrocities against Hindus continue unabated in Bangladesh, 6 Mandirs looted in 24 hours, victims narrate ordeal

OpIndia Staff -
"Necessary steps must be taken to prevent looting of our valuables. I am making a heartfelt request to the government. The Hindu community is unable to bear the atrocities committed against it," a Hindu woman stated.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand Helicopter crash: FIR filed against officials of Aryan Aviation officials for operating helicopter in bad weather and ignoring SOP

OpIndia Staff -
An FIR has been registered against officials of Helicopter service operation Aryan Aviation after 7 people died in a crash of its helicopter in Uttarakhand today morning
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News Reports

Adani Group denies social media claims that Haifa Port in Israel has been destroyed by Iranian missile, Israel’s largest port continues to operate normally

OpIndia Staff -
Haifa Port in Israel, majority of which is owned by Adani Ports, is not affected by the Iranian strikes, Adani Group has confirmed
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News Reports

Air India plane crash: DNAs of 45 victims matched out of 274 people died in the accident, former CM Vijay Rupani’s last rites in...

ANI -
Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel on Sunday said that the DNA of 45 deceased have been matched with their relatives, and confirmed that the death toll in the Ahmedabad plane crash stands at 274.
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Opinions

Air India’s Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad shows why self-reliance in aerospace is important for India: The excuse of lack of technical expertise will no...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
The Ahmedabad accident might have been caused by the pilots’ error but this does not weaken the argument for strengthening the Indian aerospace industry. We have suffered much in the past because of our reliance on foreign airlines.
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News Reports

PM Modi lands in Cyprus at the start of his 3-country visit, first-ever visit by an Indian PM to the Mediterranean island nation to...

ANI -
In a significant diplomatic outreach, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Cyprus on Sunday afternoon (local time), marking the first-ever visit by an Indian PM to the island nation.
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News Reports

Operations of Aryan Aviation for Char Dham Yatra suspended after Uttarakhand helicopter crash, licences of 2 pilots of another company suspended for flying in...

ANI -
All charter and shuttle helicopter operations in the region have also been suspended on June 15-16, 2025 as a safety precaution.
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News Reports

Assam: Hazarat Ali and 4 others arrested for dumping severed head of cow near Kali Mandir in Lakhipur, 3rd incident of temple desecration in...

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier on Friday (13th June), the Assam Chief Minister informed that the severed head of a cow was found at a local Hanuman Mandir in Muslim-dominated Dhubri on the following day of Bakri Eid.
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News Reports

Naga delegation arrives in UK seeking return of over 200 human remains of their ancestors, stolen during British raj, from Oxford University’s museum

OpIndia Staff -
More than 200 hundred remains of Naga tribes are said to have been taken away, many of which were on display Pitt Rivers Museum (PRM) at the University of Oxford until 2020.
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Government and Policy

PM Narendra Modi starts three-nation tour of Cyprus, Canada and Croatia on Sunday, to attend G7 summit in Canada’s Kananaskis

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is embarking on a three-nation tour to the Republic of Cyprus, Canada and Croatia on Sunday. The PM gave details of the tour on his website.
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News Reports

UP: Police arrests Ahmed Nawaz and Aman for duping people of lakhs through an online fruit and vegetable trading scam

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh’s Cyber Crime Police on Friday (13th June) arrested two people named Ahmed Nawaz and Aman in connection with an online fruit and vegetable trading scam
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News Reports

Congress condemns Israel for targeting military sites in Iran with precision strikes, silent on Iranian missiles killing civilians in Israel

OpIndia Staff -
Iranian missiles had hit civilian residences in Rishon LeZion where two people, one man and a woman, were killed.
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News Reports

Helicopter services suspended in Uttarakhand after Rudraprayag crash, CM Dhami warns strict action against culprits behind the accident

ANI -
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami warned of strict action against the culprits after seven people were killed in a chopper crash in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district, and suspended helicopter services for 2 days
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News Reports

When Khalistani terrorists gunned down 110 passengers, mostly Hindus inside a train: Read all about the 1991 Ludhiana massacre

Anurag -
In one incident, Khalistani terrorists specifically seperated Hindus from Sikhs on the train and forced them to deboard. The victims were then lined up across the railway track and killed.
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News Reports

US President Donald Trump announces that he has nothing to do with Israel-Iran conflict, issues warning and then proposes to be the ‘mediator’

OpIndia Staff -
“The U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight. If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before," Donald Trump warned.
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News Reports

UK: Muslim men attack 3 Hindus after asking about their ethnicity, British MP calls out religious hatred but police claim ‘no racial motivation’

OpIndia Staff -
Among the victims, one was a British Indian Gujarati, while the remaining two were Sri Lankan. All three of them were Hindus by Faith.
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News Reports

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue striking hard at Iran, Israel Defense Forces say they have established aerial superiority from Western Iran to...

OpIndia Staff -
Vowing to continue to strike hard at Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said Israel will strike every site and target in Iran
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News Reports

Four Naxalites including three women killed in encounter in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat

ANI -
Security forces gunned down four Naxalites, including three women, in an encounter which took place in the hilly area of Pachama Dadar in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district
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News Reports

India distances itself from SCO statement on Iran-Israel conflict; urges dialogue, diplomacy for de-escalation

ANI -
In its statement, Ministry of External Affairs said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had discussed this matter with his Iranian counterpart yesterday and conveyed the deep concern of the international community at the turn of events.
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News Reports

Lallantop journalist, Zee 24 Kalak and Congress spread fake news after Air India crash, claim boy who recorded the incident was detained: Here is...

OpIndia Staff -
Pandey further replied to the police and claimed he did not say the teenager was detained or arrested. He claimed that his question was on the method the police used and questioned why they were not polite.
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News Reports

Air India crash: 4 MBBS students and 4 family members of super-speciality doctors have died, confirms Junior Doctor’s Association of B J Medical College,...

ANI -
Junior Doctor's Association of BJ Medical College on Saturday confirmed that four MBBS students lost their lives after the London-bound Air India flight rammed into the doctor's hostel shortly after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday.
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News Reports

The curious case of seat no 11A: The chilling coincidence connecting two plane crash survivors, 27 years apart

OpIndia Staff -
The 47-year-old actor-singer took to Facebook and wrote, “Survivor of a plane crash in India. He sat in the same seat as me. 11A.”
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News Reports

The possible impacts on India if Iran-Israel conflict escalates into a full-fledged war: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The conflict between the West Asian countries will also negatively impact trade via sea route. The diversion in the sea route could lead to enhanced prices and well shipping risks.
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News Reports

Air India starts one-time inspection of Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes as per DGCA order, checks already completed on nine aircraft

OpIndia Staff -
, completed the directed checks on nine of the Boeing 787 aircraft, and are on track to complete this process for the remaining 24 aircraft within the given deadline.
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