Saturday, May 30, 2020

Politics
- News Reports
  
  Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad expelled from his own political party amidst rumours of power tussle
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  The intra-party political wrangling between ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad and PM Muhyiddin Yassin had been going on since February 2020
  
  News Reports
  
  Maharashtra govt’s PR campaign begins to come apart, BMC data reveals 99% ICU beds and 72% ventilators occupied in Mumbai
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  On May 27, it was reported that Mumbai had 32,791 cases and that it accounted for a whopping 62% of total Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra.
  
  News Reports
  
  Nagpada police station Senior PI Shalini Sharma transferred as Uddhav Thackeray bows to pressure from Abu Azmi
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  "Yeh aurat kehti hain aapne police par ilzaam lagaya hain mein aapse baat nahi karegi, uske baap ke baap ke baap ko bhi baat karni padegi”, Abu Azmi was seen shouting to hundreds of his supporters outside Nagpada station.
  
  News Reports
  
  After Chattisgarh, youth Congress leader in Indore files complaint against BJP leader Tajinder Bagga for calling Rajiv Gandhi “father of mob lynching”
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020
  
  Tajinder Bagga responds in his own unique style: "I apologies for saying Rajiv Gandhi is Murderer actually RAJIV GANDHI IS MASS MURDERER"
  
  Opinions
  
  Here is how media’s war on Yogi Adityanath became a headache for Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 28 May, 2020
  
  Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is angry. There are dozens of trains full of migrant workers heading from Maharashtra towards West Bengal.
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  As West Bengal is ravaged by Cyclone Amphan, a long term sustainable plan is required to help South Bengal
  
  Santanu Chakraborty - 28 May, 2020
  
  South Bengal still stranded without food and shelter as West Bengal government messes up relief and rescue after Cyclone Amphan.
  
  Media
  
  How mainstream media is failing India during a pandemic: Fake news and the migrant crisis amidst Coronavirus lockdown
  
  Priyanka Deo - 28 May, 2020
  
  These days, mainstream media has been complaining about how it’s being treated. One can make the argument that Indian journalism is dominated by mainstream media via print and broadcast.
  
  Media
  
  The Hindu’s ‘Readers Editor’ rebuffs a reader’s genuine concern because he interrupted the paper’s anti-India propaganda: Read how
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 28 May, 2020
  
  The current Readers Editor writes a weekly column that seldom addresses the concerns of the readers. His articles are a bore and have no relevance to the “terms of reference”.
  
  Opinions
  
  Here is how media’s war on Yogi Adityanath became a headache for Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 28 May, 2020
  
  Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is angry. There are dozens of trains full of migrant workers heading from Maharashtra towards West Bengal.
  
  Politics
  
  How Congress is insulting voters of Maharashtra
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 27 May, 2020
  
  As with many other things, Rahul Gandhi needs a lesson in basic civics. In this case, it happens to be the principle of collective responsibility.
Fact-Check
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  Media Fact-Check
  
  The art of lying: How ThePrint spread fake news about who is paying for Shramik trains while reporting SC proceedings
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 29 May, 2020
  
  Reportage of the SC case regarding the migrant labourers and Shramik trains only exposes how ThePrint focusses on spreading fake news
  
  News Reports
  
  TOI publishes fake news about ‘Maharashtra model’ receiving national praise, twice: Read details here
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  In April, TOI had used a press briefing from Uddhav Thackeray's office to claim that the IMCT team visiting Mumbai had praised the 'Worli-Koliwada Model'. It was also endorsed by Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.
  
  Media
  
  Rana Ayyub shares Hindustan Times report to claim a child’s death in Bihar was due to ‘starvation’, gets fact-checked by Indian Railways
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020
  
  Hindustan Times had published an article dated May 27, 2020, titled: "Migrants’ kid dies as father hunts for milk at railway station", claiming that a four-and-a-half-year-old son of migrants from Bihar based in Delhi died of hunger at the railway station on arrival by a ‘Shramik Special’ train.
  
  News Reports
  
  Old photos of wildfires all over the world used to falsely claim severe wildfire in Uttarakhand, police to file FIR against fake news peddlers
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2020
  
  Images shared on social media sites soon drew traction and many media houses reported that Uttarakhand has been burning in a forest fire for the last four days
Media
- News Reports
  
  DD News temporarily shifts operations from Mandi House to Khelgaon after an employee tested positive for Coronavirus after death
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  News operations of DD News shifted to Khelgaon studio from the night of May 28 while Mandi house studios are sanitised
  
  News Reports
  
  Legal notice sent to Amazon and directors of Patal Lok for hurting religious sentiments of Sikh community, unconditional apology sought
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  The DSGMC has sent legal notice to Amazon and the directors of Patal Lok web series Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy for insulting Sikhs
  
  News Reports
  
  Woman raped by Moulvi Aslam, media gives it a ‘Hindu spin’ by using image of a saffron-clad Hindu priest and describing the perpetrator as...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  A Muslim sorcerer claiming to relieve people of their miseries through his wizardry was depicted as a Hindu priest by media organisations
  
  Media
  
  MSNBC reporter says Minneapolis protest against death of George Floyd ‘not unruly’ while standing in front of a burning building amidst riots
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  On May 25, a 46-year-old ‘black’ man, George Floyd was reportedly murdered by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin
  
  Media
  
  Indian Express misquotes confidential report to claim China crossed LAC: Here is what Defence Analyst revealed
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  Tensions have been rife along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between Indian and China.
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire
  
  Books
  
  Nightmare of Nehruism – a ‘tribute’ to Jawahar Lal Nehru by Sita Ram Goel
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2020
  
  Excerpts from the book "How I became a Hindu" by Sita Ram Goel in which he talks about how he felt about independent India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Nehruism.
  
  Opinions
  
  Praṇavārth: Brahman, Manifested
  
  Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 25 May, 2020
  
  Praṇava (प्रणव) - ॐ holds a position of paramount importance in Dharma.
  
  Culture and History
  
  Is Hinduism a ‘religion’ or just a ‘way of life’? Depends on how one defines ‘religion’ itself
  
  Maria Wirth - 25 May, 2020
  
  Hindus are often heard arguing that Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life while others object and see Hinduism as a religion
  
  News Reports
  
  Round 2: Leftists and Naxal sympathisers start casting doubts on the excavation at Ram Janmabhoomi temple site, call it “of little use”
  
  OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2020
  
  A day after various remains of a temple was unearthed from Ram Mandir site at Ayodhya, Nandini Sundar a known Naxal sympathiser, took to Twitter to peddle a new narrative to discredit the findings.
Specials
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  News Reports
  
  Amidst pandemic and untold suffering, the circle of life continues: 31 births in Shramik trains amidst Lockdown
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 28 May, 2020
  
  Lakhs of migrant labourers have been transported back to their home states in special Shramik Trains that have been started by the Government of India.
  
  Interviews
  
  Ultimately, we are all in this together: Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari talks about his month long ground reporting on coronavirus and migrant crisis
  
  OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2020
  
  Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari traveled for over a month to understand and get to the bottom of the ground realities of the migrant crisis. In conversation with OpIndia, Bhandari talks about how the governments fared and what more they could do to mitigate the crisis.
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  The Kaluchak Massacre: Does India remember this brutality, 18 years on
  
  Deepika Sharma - 14 May, 2020
  
  In the early hours of 14 May 2002, three Pakistani terrorists managed to sneak into Indian territory from Samba region - And thus began the Kalachak Massacre
  
  News Reports
  
  The full story behind the murder of a minor Hindu boy in Gopalganj
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2020
  
  Rajesh Jaiswal's gravest allegation was that in order to suppress the incident, the police has altered the autopsy report of Rohit Jaiswal
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OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

The United Kingdom aims to create an alternative suppliers of 5G technology and other technologies to by forming the D10 group

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IAF makes heavy-lift CH-47 Chinook helicopters operational in the Eastern air command near Indo-China border

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

CH-47 Chinook advanced multi-mission helicopters will be based at Air Force Station in Mohanbari in Dibrugarh of Assam near China border

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White House slams Twitter for censoring US President Donald Trump but refusing to take action against glorification of Jihad

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

Donald Trump has been involved in a raging battle against social media giant Twitter after the latter included a 'fact-check' on his tweet.

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ISKCON files complaint against comedian Surleen Kaur and Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd for a video where ISKCON devotees were called ‘harami porn-waley’

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

Surleen Kaur had said in the video published by Shemaroo ‘no doubt we are from ISKCON, but from inside we are all harami porn lovers’.

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ISKCON rejects Shemaroo Entertainment’s ‘apology’, to proceed with legal action against comedian Surleen Kaur for abusive, derogatory statements

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

A complaint had been filed by ISKCON organisation against comedian Ms Surleen Kaur and Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd for her abusive, derogatory remarks against the organisations, saints and Hindus.

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Zaira Wasim, who had left acting for Islam, now quotes the Quran to insinuate that locust infestation in Rajasthan is ‘Allah’s wrath’

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020

Several areas in Eastern Africa, Pakistan, and India have seen attacks by massive swarms of locusts recently. However, it is not understood why the former actress is insinuating these locust attacks as some sort of Islamic curse upon a specific group of people whom she refers to as 'arrogant'.

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Woman raped by Moulvi Aslam, media gives it a ‘Hindu spin’ by using image of a saffron-clad Hindu priest and describing the perpetrator as...

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A Muslim sorcerer claiming to relieve people of their miseries through his wizardry was depicted as a Hindu priest by media organisations

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Nagpada police station Senior PI Shalini Sharma transferred as Uddhav Thackeray bows to pressure from Abu Azmi

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

"Yeh aurat kehti hain aapne police par ilzaam lagaya hain mein aapse baat nahi karegi, uske baap ke baap ke baap ko bhi baat karni padegi”, Abu Azmi was seen shouting to hundreds of his supporters outside Nagpada station.

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