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‘What does Sweden’s V-dem have to do with us?’: RS Chairman Venkaiah Naidu schools AAP MP for quoting report from Sweden against India

OpIndia Staff -
The AAP MP was citing the 'democracy report' by Sweden's V-Dem Institute to attack the central govt when Venkaiah Naidu shuts him up
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Editor's picks

Maharashtra: Tensions escalate as Uddhav Thackeray govt denies Guv permission to fly state plane to Uttarakhand

OpIndia Staff -
As per media reports, the Governor's office had booked the plane but the permission for the same did not come till last minute.
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News Reports

ED’s raid on NewsClick: Payments from US-based companies worth crores, purpose unexplained

OpIndia Staff -
ED raid at Newsclick's offices unearth foreign investments worth crores for unexplained purposes.
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News Reports

‘We are converting labourers into farmers in Brazil’, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait confirms his global links

OpIndia Staff -
Rakesh Tikait inadvertently discloses the larger conspiracy behind the ongoing agitation against the three farm laws
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News Reports

UK hospital trust goes woke, goes from ‘breast-feeding’ to ‘chest-feeding’, changes post-natal terminologies

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The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has decided to be more 'gender-inclusive' to respect 'trans and non-binary birthing people'.
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News Reports

Faridabad police arrest one Rahim Khan for harassing and demanding nudes from over 50 girls and women on social media

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Rahim Khan used to send girls and women their morphed images on social media, and then demanded nude photos from them
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Social Media Fact-Check

‘Fact-checker’ Mohammed Zubair shares 4-year-old news to berate Hindus, deletes quietly when caught

Jhankar Mohta -
Zubair deleted his tweet after a Twitter user caught his attempt to pass off 4-year-old news as recent.
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News Reports

After thousands start migrating to Koo from Twitter, co-founder Aprameya says single-digit Chinese investor to exit

OpIndia Staff -
Many raised questions over the 'Chinese' investor in Koo. However, Koo founder Aprameya cleared the doubts.
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News Reports

The Washington Post report claiming case against Urban Naxals is based on planted evidence does not add up, here is how

Raju Das -
Washington Post report quoted an alleged forensic study of ‘electronic copy’ of a laptop belonging to one accused Rona Wilson
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Social Media

YouTube removes viral video that argued Toolkit ‘media houses’ like AltNews are linked to George Soros, who floated fund to attack leaders like PM...

OpIndia Staff -
The 12-minute video is now being taken off the platform without providing any reason. The YouTube video was widely shared on social media platforms.
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News Reports

Govt may arrest Twitter officials if they fail to respect Indian laws and continue to allow their platform to promote hate speech

OpIndia Staff -
The centre has made it clear that Twitter has to remove anti-India and Khalistani accounts, especially those accounts which posted hate speech on the platform.
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Opinions

PM Modi speaks about the ‘New World Order’ and India’s role in it: Here is what it means, its history and significance

T Waraich -
PM Narendra Modi highlighted the need for India to be self-sufficient in order to thrive in the post-COVID New World Order.
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Media Fact-Check

The Hindu journalist Suhasini Haider puts misleading details about Trudeau’s call to Modi: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The left-liberals in India had rejoiced Trudeau poking his nose in so-called 'farmer protests' issue. They certainly did not seem to like that Canada sought help from 'Modi's India' for vaccines.
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News Reports

‘Bengalis must give answer to anti-Hindu govt in 2021’: Police arrests BJP leader for wearing and distributing ‘Jai Shri Ram’ masks

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"Chanting Ram Chandra's name is today a crime. Today in Bengal, the anti-Hindu government, understand their state," said Amanish Iyer while getting arrested
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Opinions

Twitter fans an insurrection in India, uses the same phrase it used 10 years ago during the Arab Spring

T Waraich -
Twitter has decided to defy an order by India to block or remove 1,178 accounts from the social media website
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News Reports

‘Double standards won’t be allowed’: IT Minister RS Prasad lashes out at social media platforms encouraging anti-India propaganda

OpIndia Staff -
"Make money, but you will have to abide by Indian laws and the Constitution", said IT Minister RS Prasad in Parliament
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh govt considering setting up e-courts to deal with traffic violators

OpIndia Staff -
Between January 7, 2019 and December 31, 2020, as many as 1.3 crore e-challans were issued in Uttar Pradesh.
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News Reports

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau calls PM Modi, India assures Canada of help in getting COVID vaccine supply

OpIndia Staff -
India will do its best to help Canada in acquiring vaccines for Covid-19, assured PM Modi to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.
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News Reports

Bangladesh-based terror org JMB chief sentenced to jail in Burdwan Blast. Here is how Mamata Banerjee had blamed Modi govt for it

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, soon after the Burdwan blast, had blamed the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the foreign intelligence agency of India, for being behind the blast.
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Cricket

Ex-cricketer Wasim Jaffer accused of favouring Muslim cricketers as Uttarakhand head coach

OpIndia Staff -
Wasim Jaffer had a problem with the team slogan of 'Ram Bhakt Hanuman ki Jai' and he changed it to 'Go Uttarakhand'.
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News Reports

Hafiz Saeed aide and Khalistani terrorist Gopal Singh Chawla announces tractor rally in Pakistan against Indian farm laws

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Gopal Singh Chawla said the tractor rally in Pakistan will commence from Nankana Sahib and conclude at the Wagah border
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News Reports

Police arrest assailants who had shot bullets at Kota RSS district chief while seeking donation for Ram Mandir construction

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RSS district chief Deepak Shah was soliciting funds for the construction of Ram Temple when he was attacked by three armed men
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News Reports

Saints of Ayodhya call Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav ‘Babar-Jeevi’ after he mocked Ram Mandir donation seekers

OpIndia Staff -
Akhilesh Yadav had yesterday ridiculed the Ram Mandir donation seekers when he called them "Chanda Jeevi" in Lok Sabha
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News Reports

The curious case of Churchill’s Cigar Assistant and Congress’ inability to move from the status quo

OpIndia Staff -
The post of Churchill’s Cigar Assistant created in 1945 to supply Cigar to Churchill from India had continued till 1960
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News Reports

The ubiquitous Congress grass, here is why it is named so and how Jawaharlal Nehru gifted this poisonous weed to the nation

OpIndia Staff -
The poisonous Congress grass had come to India along with wheat imported by India during the Nehru govt
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Media

Writer in NYT arrested on charges of being an agent of Iran : How many Indian liberals are foreign agents?

Abhishek Banerjee -
While open democratic society allows us to express dissent against govt policies, we must realise enemy regimes and powerful special interest groups see this as an opportunity.
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News Reports

SAD’s Harsimrat Badal peddles fake claims, tries to turn farmers’ protests into Hindu Vs Sikh issue

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Harsimrat Kaur Badal makes bizarre comments in Lok Sabha, claims 'gola bari'(bullet firing) was done against farmers.
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News Reports

PM Modi gives befitting reply to Adani-Ambani rants by Rahul Gandhi, praises role of private sector

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Taking on the red-tapism and bureaucracy, PM Modi said that we cannot meet challenges of agriculture sector in 21st century with thinking stuck in the 18th century.
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News Reports

PM Modi says Congress is divided and confused party, Congress MPs stage a walkout from Lok Sabha when PM starts talking about farm laws

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PM Modi said that if some farmers don't like the new farm laws, they can continue to sell their produce using existing system
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News Reports

New world order emerging after Coronavirus pandemic, a self-reliant India can be a global leader: PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said that post coronavirus pandemic, the new world order will emerge and India will be a strong player on the global level.
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News Reports

Republic Day riots accused Iqbal Singh arrested for instigating violence against police

OpIndia Staff -
Iqbal Singh was arrested last night from Hoshiarpur, Punjab by the Special Cell of Delhi Police for his role in the Red Fort violence
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Shafiful Sheikh, Mohd Hussain arrested for robbing cash, ornaments from a temple in Thane

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The police had scanned around 30 CCTV footages installed in the neighbouring areas and finally arrested the culprits.
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News Reports

Congress discussed colours of law ‘black’ and ‘white’, but not content and intent: PM Modi says as ruckus erupts

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PM Modi is addressing the Lok Sabha and replying to the Motion of Thanks to President's address
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News Reports

“Humba ramba kamba dumba bamba”: Here is what Mamata Banerjee’s gibberish means

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has a knack of making strange remarks and using gibberish in her speeches every once in a while
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News Reports

Leftists had called Lal Bahadur Shastri ‘American agent’ because he supported Green Revolution: PM Modi draws a parallel with ‘farmer protests’

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In his speech, PM Modi revealed how the Green Revolution had met with the same kind of resistance and opposition that the current farm reforms are experiencing.
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News Reports

Punjab and Haryana HC cites Sharia again: Says marriage of minor Muslim girl is legal because she has ‘attained puberty’

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The High Court cited the Muslim personal law and held the marriage of the 17-year old girl with 36-year old man valid.
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News Reports

Twitter puts its own rules above Indian laws and refuses to block media accounts despite inciting violence, minister RS Prasad refuses to meet its...

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Twitter claimed 'press freedom' to refuse blocking accounts, but Indian constitution does not have special privilege for media
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Government and Policy

Government takes note of Twitter going public with their ‘defiance’, posts response on Twitter alternative Koo

OpIndia Staff -
Interestingly, the Modi government has chosen to issue this particular statement on the relatively new app - 'Koo', which itself it is a testament that the government is not happy with the defiance showed by a foreign private entity like Twitter.
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays dismantling of INS Viraat on a petition to preserve it after more than 30% already dismantled in Alang

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One private company had moved SC proposing to convert INS Viraat into a maritime museum and multi-functional adventure centre.
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News Reports

NDTV accused of fraudulently collecting funds in name of govt foundation and UNICEF for own benefits, complaint registered

OpIndia Staff -
In his letter to NCPCR, the complainant has alleged that the purported fundraiser initiated by NDTV was nothing but a fraudulent way to use cause of kids to illegally raise money for its own benefit.
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News Reports

Republic Day Violence: Another accused Iqbal Singh arrested by Delhi police from Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi police had announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 on the arrest of Iqbal Singh who is accused in Republic Day violence case.
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News Reports

As Congress’ P Chidambaram claims he is ‘andolanjeevi’, here is how his police killed an ‘adolankari’ during 2011 anti-corruption protests

OpIndia Staff -
Former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and his staggering hypocrisy
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News Reports

Congress MP claims new agriculture laws will scrap APMC markets, fails to point out which clause says that

OpIndia Staff -
Bittu claimed Clause 3 and Clause 5 talk about scrapping of the APMCs but both clauses have no such mention.
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News Reports

India donates vaccines to Rihanna’s home country Barbados, a week after she fanned anti-India propaganda over farm laws

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Barbados PM Mia Mottley has shared a video thanking PM Modi for sending 100,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to her country.
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News Reports

Kerala: Congress MLA apologises to Muslims, claims was ‘cheated’ by RSS to donate for Ram Mandir

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As per reports, Kunnappilly was under tremendous pressure from the party after the picture of him donating for Ram Mandir went viral.
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Crime

Kasganj: Constable killed, officer critical after attack by liquor mafia, CM orders NSA against criminals

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Constable Devendra Singh and SI Ashok Kumar Pal had gone to inspect an illegal liquor factory in the woods near Nagla Dheemar village in Kasganj when they were captured and assaulted by the liquor mafia.
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News Reports

Google to share details of culprits responsible for the farmer protest ‘ToolKit’ shared by protestor Greta Thunberg: Reports

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Last week, the Delhi Police had written to Google asking them to trace the IP address or the origin of the document and details about people who uploaded it on Google Drive.
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News Reports

Former COO of UN aligned body slams Greta Thunberg for misguided activism against India, informs how his admiration turned into disappointment

OpIndia Staff -
Mohinder Gulati recently wrote an open letter to infamous climate activist Greta Thunberg concerning her anti-India activism.
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News Reports

PDP MP Mir Mohammad Fayaz showers praise on Centre for its contribution towards the development of Jammu and Kashmir

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Mir Mohammad Fayaz said that the schemes implemented by the Modi government have proven to be beneficial to the people of the country.
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News Reports

Navy officer burnt to death in Palghar abducted from Chennai airport, new information casts doubt on dying declaration: Read details

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The probe surrounding the navy man's death remains uncertain as details at variance with the dying declaration of Suraj Dubey emerge
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