Thursday, March 4, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  After a humiliating drubbing in Gujarat local body elections, state Congress chief and Leader of Opposition resign
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021
  
  Congress was wiped out in local body polls in Gujarat, they secured only 3 municipalities and a few taluka panchayat bodies
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress attacks the Modi government for a reduction in the unemployment rate: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021
  
  Congress party posted a infographic showing unemployment dropping from 23.53% to 21.73% in one month, and attacked Modi govt for it
  
  News Reports
  
  ‘Was shot at because I carried out Tiranga rally and opposed throwing of beef outside Hindu houses’: RSS activist narrates political violence in West...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021
  
  In December 2019, RSS activist Bir Bahadur Singh was shot at point-blank range in his back in Kolkata’s Metiabruz area in broad daylight
  
  News Reports
  
  Metro car shed: Maha govt says it is ready to pay for disputed Kanjurmarg land, months after claiming it cost Rs 0
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021
  
  The disputed Kanjurmarg land, which the Maharashtra government and Aaditya Thackeray boasted of being acquired for free of cost, is currently under litigation.
  
  News Reports
  
  Rahul Gandhi attacks RSS, compares schools run by them with madarsas operated by radical Islamists in Pakistan
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021
  
  Rahul Gandhi alleged that RSS is doing something "fundamentally different" to destroy the education system of India.
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  ‘Standing up for the national anthem is enforced nationalism’: Here’s how The Wire is fanning separatism in J and K
  
  Jinit Jain - 3 March, 2021
  
  In essence, The Wire, in its article, has toed the separatists and terrorists' line in blaming the university for "enforcing" nationalism on students by simply asking them to comply with the university protocols, which include standing up for the national anthem, among other activities.
  
  Opinions
  
  Brown Sahib’s colonial hangover: How Congressis are perpetually in awe of Gandhi siblings mingling with gareeb Indians
  
  Jinit Jain - 2 March, 2021
  
  The Congress sympathisers and leaders have displayed unwavering support in building a cult around the Gandhi siblings
  
  Opinions
  
  Rahul Gandhi has made his choice: He prefers street power to political power
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 2 March, 2021
  
  Congress, the Left and ISF have now formed a 'secular' alliance to fight the Bengal polls and are in the process of finalising their seat-sharing formula
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Don’t fall for propaganda! WhatsApp will not have to breach end-to-end-encryption to follow the new IT guidelines
  
  RS Govind - 1 March, 2021
  
  We're all well aware that the Govt of India has recently notified the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
  
  Opinions
  
  Gujarat 2002: The iconic photo(s) that were never taken and the question of ‘victimhood’
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 1 March, 2021
  
  How the 59 Karsevaks who were burnt alive were never the victims of violence for the 'liberals'
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  Fact-Check
  
  The Wire publishes fake news regarding new guidelines for digital media sites, gets fact-checked
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021
  
  The Wire falsely claimed that the ministry will select members for the self-regulating body of the digital media portals under the guidelines
  
  News Reports
  
  Is the Education ministry making madarsas teach Gita, Ramayana? A fact-check
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021
  
  Will students at Madarsas have to learn Gita and Ramayana from now on? A fact-check
  
  Fact-Check
  
  The Hindu ‘journalist’ Suhasini Haidar puts out misinformation about ISRO satellite launch: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 1 March, 2021
  
  Suhasini Haidar, National Editor of 'The Hindu', put out false information on social media in attempt to mislead the public.
  
  Fact-Check
  
  After Muslim mob set a train on fire in Godhra in 2002, did Hindu mob rape a Muslim woman, slit her stomach and flung...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 1 March, 2021
  
  While Kauser’s death was unfortunate, the lies surrounding it only fanned the bitterness in an already embittered environment.
Media
- Fact-Check
  
  The Wire publishes fake news regarding new guidelines for digital media sites, gets fact-checked
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021
  
  The Wire falsely claimed that the ministry will select members for the self-regulating body of the digital media portals under the guidelines
  
  News Reports
  
  PM Modi and his mother abused live on air by a caller on a BBC radio show on Sikhs in the UK
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021
  
  BBC edited the program and the host offered apology after caller abused PM Modi and his mother during a live radio show
  
  Politics
  
  As Congress allies with rabid Islamist in Bengal, sympathetic journalists try to shift focus to Assam Congress
  
  OpIndia Staff - 2 March, 2021
  
  While Rohini Singh desperately tried to sideline G23 rebel Congress leader Anand Sharma and promote Gaurav Gogoi, it must be pointed out that the latter, who is supposedly 'not entitled', is the son of the late Congress leader and former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi.
  
  Media
  
  After a massively successful Modi Para group rally, The Wire tries to peddle ‘anti-BJP’ narrative in West Bengal: Read how
  
  OpIndia Staff - 1 March, 2021
  
  The Modipara volunteers handcuffed themselves and covered their mouth with black cloths to symbolically protest against TMC.
  
  Opinions
  
  Gujarat 2002: Never forget the carnage and how the media and andolanjeevis perpetuated the ‘Dara Hua Musalman’ bogey
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 1 March, 2021
  
  Never forget that the 'liberals' propagated 'Dara Hua Musalman' narrative while piggybacking on the dead bodies of 59 Hindus killed by Muslim mob.
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  News Reports
  
  Meet Dr Romesh Japra, Prominent Indian-American Cardiologist attacked in the USA for supporting Indian farm laws
  
  T Waraich - 23 February, 2021
  
  Recently, in a viral video, a group of protestors were seen gathered outside the house of prominent cardiologist Dr Romesh Japra in California and raising derogatory slogans.
  
  WTF News
  
  UK HelloFresh food app issues apology after a customer gets bottled-up urine with his order: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2021
  
  In the United Kingdom, a HelloFresh app customer was left in shock as he received a bottle full of urine as part of food delivery
  
  Satire
  
  Robert Vadra’s PR stunt, where ‘journalist’ fell off her bicycle, not part of Congress effort to make Rahul Gandhi look smarter, clarify top leaders
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 22 February, 2021
  
  The protagonists in our story are Robert Vadra, Congress party's son-in-law, and Mausami Singh, the 'journalist' who fell off her cycle.
  
  Opinions
  
  Metro is an upper caste male Brahminical, Hindu supremacist patriarchal project, scrap it
  
  Sandeep Kadian - 22 February, 2021
  
  Now that E Sreedharan, also known as Metro Man has joined the BJP, it is time to call out this patriarchal project which has done no good for Indians.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  OpIndia Scoops
  
  Still living in fear, no compensation yet for our losses: A year on, OpIndia spoke to the owner of a parking lot burnt down...
  
  रवि अग्रहरि - 1 March, 2021
  
  The owner of the parking lot that was burnt down by rioters in Delhi's Shiv Vihar said that the cars were ransacked a day before the actual violence gripped the national capital
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Don’t fall for propaganda! WhatsApp will not have to breach end-to-end-encryption to follow the new IT guidelines
  
  RS Govind - 1 March, 2021
  
  We're all well aware that the Govt of India has recently notified the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
  
  Opinions
  
  Encryption vs Compliance: The new IT Act guidelines put messaging services like WhatsApp in a tight situation
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2021
  
  To comply with the new IT Act guidelines, services like WhatsApp will have to break its famous end-to-end encryption
  
  News Reports
  
  Modi govt tightens noose on social media giants and ‘intermediaries’: What it means, the effects of the provisions and how it could tame the...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 25 February, 2021
  
  The guidelines define the due diligence measures that the social media platforms will have to observe to operate in India
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OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

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Culture and History

Hinduism in the World of Digital Art: A genre marked by the lack of Hindu Aesthetics

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While the artists are extremely talented, their works of art often fail to capture the essence of the Gods they aim to portray.

Culture and History

Bengaluru: Art exhibition titled ‘Nude with Mangalsutra’ draws severe criticism, complaint lodged against organisers

OpIndia Staff - 21 March, 2019

The controversial art exhibition titled ‘Nude with Mangalsutra’ was scheduled to be held from March 22-31 at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath in Bengaluru.

Culture and History

Inspired by Indian Railways, Japan set to engrave ‘Madhubani’ art on its trains

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2019

Japan authorities have requested the Piyush Goyal-led Railway Ministry to send a team of Mithila artists so that Japan can emulate the art form on its trains.

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