Monday, June 1, 2020

Politics
- Politics
  
  ‘Whether it is Sharjeel Imam or Tukde Tukde gang, no free hand will be given, those who challenge Indian unity and integrity will have...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020
  
  Home Minister Amit Shah gave an interview to Arnab Goswami, a day after the first anniversary of the second term of Modi Sarkar.
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress supporters, Islamists attack Sonu Sood over conspiracy theory that he is a BJP stooge for arranging buses for migrants after he meets Maha...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020
  
  Actor Sonu Sood is now under fire just days after being showered with praises for arranging for buses for migrant workers from Mumbai. Reason? He met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyar at Raj Bhavan on Saturday, May 30.
  
  Politics
  
  Rajasthan Mahila Congress general Secretary Reena Mimrot makes offensive remarks against Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his niece
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020
  
  General Secretary of Rajasthan Mahila Congress, Reena Mimrot, has made an extremely offensive remark against Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
  
  News Reports
  
  “You hang homosexuals, stone women, and exterminate Jews” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slams Iran foreign minister over racism jibe
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020
  
  Zarif had also altered a press statement released by Mike Pompeo in 2018 about the home-grown protests in Iran against the autocratic regime.
  
  News Reports
  
  US President Donald Trump postpones G7 summit till September, contemplates inviting India, Russia while excluding China
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020
  
  On Friday, US President Donald Trump announced that the USA will cut off ties with the WHO, besides imposing sanctions on China.
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  How six years of Modi Sarkar shifted the Overton Window of the country towards Hindutva dominance
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 30 May, 2020
  
  The first year of Modi Sarkar has been the most historic of any government in the history of independent India.
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  The Dark Side of ‘Stop Funding Hate’: Its antisemitic history, association with Jeremy Corbyn, Christian institutions and its hateful supporters
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 30 May, 2020
  
  Stop Funding Hate is an organisation registered in the United Kingdom seeking to dictate the coverage of Indian media.
  
  Opinions
  
  Why India should be concerned about the growing investments of China in Indian online gaming companies
  
  rajnishk - 30 May, 2020
  
  Alibaba and Tencent, two of the largest Chinese tech companies now have big stakes in leading Indian online gaming companies.
  
  Opinions
  
  Nobody likes a rising global power and we must ask a simple question – Who benefits the most from tearing India’s image to pieces
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 30 May, 2020
  
  India got more bad press last year than North Korea did. The words “Hindu” and “Nazi” were declared synonymous.
  
  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.
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  News Reports
  
  Rajdeep Sardesai tries to mock Sonam Wangchuk by peddling fake news that Statue of Unity is Made in China, deletes it: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020
  
  The Statue of Unity is actually constructed by Larsen & Toubro in India and not in China as claimed by Rajdeep Sardesai
  
  News Reports
  
  Media reports that TRAI has recommended moving to 11-digit mobile number system, TRAI says it is fake news
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020
  
  While TRAI recommended adding 0 before the number while calling mobile from landline, media misinterpreted it as new 11 digit number system
  
  Editor's picks
  
  Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot peddles lie about Shramik Special Train taking 9 days to reach destination days after the fake news was debunked by...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot attacks Railways with lies on Shramik Special trains which are already debunked by the Railways
  
  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
Media
- News Reports
  
  Rajdeep Sardesai tries to mock Sonam Wangchuk by peddling fake news that Statue of Unity is Made in China, deletes it: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020
  
  The Statue of Unity is actually constructed by Larsen & Toubro in India and not in China as claimed by Rajdeep Sardesai
  
  News Reports
  
  Media reports that TRAI has recommended moving to 11-digit mobile number system, TRAI says it is fake news
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020
  
  While TRAI recommended adding 0 before the number while calling mobile from landline, media misinterpreted it as new 11 digit number system
  
  Media
  
  Chinese state media can’t hide their glee as various cities in America go up in flames in riots and lootings
  
  OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020
  
  Chinese state media 'Global Times', the English-language people of Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily, on Saturday expressed glee at the rioting and looting in the United States after African-American man George Floyd was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis last week.
  
  News Reports
  
  Opposition leaders and leftist journalists circulate fake news about substandard PPE kits at AIIMS Delhi, PIB calls out the lie
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  Journalist Runjhun Sharma had falsely claimed that AIIMS doctors were provided with substandard N-95 and PPE kits
  
  News Reports
  
  Scroll asked OpIndia about Islamists targeting our ad revenues, and here is our response
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 30 May, 2020
  
  A Twitter handle of an organisation called 'Stop Funding Hate' has taken it upon themselves to counter the supposed 'hate speech' that was supposedly propagated by OpIndia in one of its articles which spoke about the inherently discriminatory practices in the Halal process
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire
  
  News Reports
  
  Buddhist rock carvings vandalised by Islamists in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan flag painted on ancient artwork
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  Islamists vandalise Buddhist rock carvings in Gilgit-Baltistan by writing Islamic slogans on the rock-art from 800 AD.
  
  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
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  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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Did CPR India delete video where Shekhar Gupta admitted that media chose to ignore positive effects of Modi govt’s welfare schemes

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Two Pakistan High Commission officials caught spying using fake Indian identities, declared persona non grata

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Delhi Police Special Cell nabbed two Pakistan High Commission officers after they were found engaged in spying using fake identities

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‘Whether it is Sharjeel Imam or Tukde Tukde gang, no free hand will be given, those who challenge Indian unity and integrity will have...

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020

Home Minister Amit Shah gave an interview to Arnab Goswami, a day after the first anniversary of the second term of Modi Sarkar.

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‘Muslim Lives Matter’ trends on social media, demands for ‘protests’ in India along the lines of violent riots in USA being made

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020

Certain individuals on social media want 'Muslim Lives Matter' protests in India along the lines of violent protests in the USA.

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Woman ‘protestor’ poops on an overturned police car in middle of riots in America. Watch the video (or maybe not)

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020

A woman was seen defecating on a damaged police car in USA, an act video recorded and photographed by onlookers

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Jharkhand: Hindus allege cow slaughter on Eid, police call it rumour

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020

In Jamri village of Rajepur police station area in Chatra, Jharkhand, Hindus have accused some Muslims of killing cows and then throwing beef in a well.

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Hacker group ‘Anonymous’ declares war on Minneapolis police force after George Floyd killing, demands criminal charges against all cops involved in the incident

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020

Anonymous said it does not trust the Minneapolis Police Department to "carry out justice" and warned the force to "expect" them

Social Media

Actors Arshad Warsi, Milind Soman get attacked by Islamists and Pakistanis for urging people to boycott Chinese products amid Ladakh standoff

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2020

Following education reformer Sonam Wangchuk's call to boycott Chinese products amid Ladakh standoff, many celebrities have come forward to urge people to boycott Chinese products

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