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Who are ‘Dimagi Naxals’ PM Modi warned the nation about in his Independence Day speech?
West Bengal police lodge FIR against Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj: Here is what happened
‘Don’t have time’: Karnataka Congress minister Zameer Ahmed Khan writes to Shivakumar for relief from I-Day flag-hoisting duty
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy boasts that Muslims are biggest beneficiaries of free electricity: Congress continues to justify appeasement as ‘secularism’
Punjab and Haryana High Court stays Pharmacy Officers and State Rural Livelihoods Mission recruitments over irregularities and cheating: AAP, CJP silent
Opinions
‘Anti-Muslim hate machinery’: TRT World publishes propaganda documentary vilifying India, Hindus and peddling ‘Islamophobia’ propaganda
Economist vs Economist: The British media house opposes UCC and backs Muslim Personal Law in India, while defending secular law in the UK
Meet Cambridge academic Farah Ahmed: Former Hizb-ut-Tahrir member who called Western secular education ‘a threat to Islam’
Drain of wealth 2.0: Return of ‘Lagaan’ and India’s need for another Swaraj
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy boasts that Muslims are biggest beneficiaries of free electricity: Congress continues to justify appeasement as ‘secularism’
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Assam govt ‘reducing’ Eco-Sensitive Zone of Kaziranga: Read how the decision follows Supreme Court order, and how the issue exposes Congress hypocrisy
‘Amit Shah planned’: CJP cockroach Saurav Das alleges ‘political intimidation’ by Puducherry Police over home visit, police refute claim
Anti-Hindu propagandist Prakash Raj claims his name was deleted from the electoral roll during SIR; Bengaluru civic body debunks his lies
Mini truck driver Mohd Azeem dies due to injuries during assault after accident with Mohd Farman’s auto rickshaw ferrying Kanwariyas; The Wire pins sole...
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‘Anti-Muslim hate machinery’: TRT World publishes propaganda documentary vilifying India, Hindus and peddling ‘Islamophobia’ propaganda
Another ex-employee of Newslaundry, Bhadra Mahapatra, narrates how she was made to compromise her safety in the organisation
Newslaundry lied about acting on 4 sexual harassment complaints since 2017: Former employee reveals official documents. Read shocking details
Former employee accuses ex-Newslaundry manager, who was involved in #MeToo case in 2018, of workplace harassment
Floral showers on Kanwariyas ‘undermine’ secularism: Indian Express peddles Muslim victimhood bogey
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Battle of Colachel: How Travancore king Marthanda Varma crushed Dutch colonial power
When Travancore king Marthanda Varma challenged the Dutch monopoly on the Malabar Coast spice trade
BJP to launch ‘Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan’, month-long yatra from Jalandhar to Varanasi: How Ravidassia outreach factors into UP, Punjab polls
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Private thrust: How Indian start-ups are building aero-engines from scratch
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Who are ‘Dimagi Naxals’ PM Modi warned the nation about in his Independence Day speech?
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West Bengal police lodge FIR against Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj: Here is what happened
Currency
‘Don’t have time’: Karnataka Congress minister Zameer Ahmed Khan writes to Shivakumar for relief from I-Day flag-hoisting duty
Opinions
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy boasts that Muslims are biggest beneficiaries of free electricity: Congress continues to justify appeasement as ‘secularism’
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Punjab and Haryana High Court stays Pharmacy Officers and State Rural Livelihoods Mission recruitments over irregularities and cheating: AAP, CJP silent
Opinions
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‘Anti-Muslim hate machinery’: TRT World publishes propaganda documentary vilifying India, Hindus and peddling ‘Islamophobia’ propaganda
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Economist vs Economist: The British media house opposes UCC and backs Muslim Personal Law in India, while defending secular law in the UK
News Reports
Meet Cambridge academic Farah Ahmed: Former Hizb-ut-Tahrir member who called Western secular education ‘a threat to Islam’
Opinions
Drain of wealth 2.0: Return of ‘Lagaan’ and India’s need for another Swaraj
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Telangana CM Revanth Reddy boasts that Muslims are biggest beneficiaries of free electricity: Congress continues to justify appeasement as ‘secularism’
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Assam govt ‘reducing’ Eco-Sensitive Zone of Kaziranga: Read how the decision follows Supreme Court order, and how the issue exposes Congress hypocrisy
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‘Amit Shah planned’: CJP cockroach Saurav Das alleges ‘political intimidation’ by Puducherry Police over home visit, police refute claim
Fact-Check
Anti-Hindu propagandist Prakash Raj claims his name was deleted from the electoral roll during SIR; Bengaluru civic body debunks his lies
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Mini truck driver Mohd Azeem dies due to injuries during assault after accident with Mohd Farman’s auto rickshaw ferrying Kanwariyas; The Wire pins sole...
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‘Anti-Muslim hate machinery’: TRT World publishes propaganda documentary vilifying India, Hindus and peddling ‘Islamophobia’ propaganda
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Another ex-employee of Newslaundry, Bhadra Mahapatra, narrates how she was made to compromise her safety in the organisation
Currency
Newslaundry lied about acting on 4 sexual harassment complaints since 2017: Former employee reveals official documents. Read shocking details
Currency
Former employee accuses ex-Newslaundry manager, who was involved in #MeToo case in 2018, of workplace harassment
Opinions
Floral showers on Kanwariyas ‘undermine’ secularism: Indian Express peddles Muslim victimhood bogey
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Satire
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Battle of Colachel: How Travancore king Marthanda Varma crushed Dutch colonial power
Culture and History
When Travancore king Marthanda Varma challenged the Dutch monopoly on the Malabar Coast spice trade
News Reports
BJP to launch ‘Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan’, month-long yatra from Jalandhar to Varanasi: How Ravidassia outreach factors into UP, Punjab polls
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How Hindus are reclaiming the Adina Temple , which was converted into a mosque by invaders
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Free online coaching, civil defence, nuclear energy, Saptadhara, and more: Major announcements made by PM Modi during Independence Day speech
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Alchemy of superalloys and single-crystal blades: How India is mastering the metallurgical hellscape of aero engines
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Private thrust: How Indian start-ups are building aero-engines from scratch
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As Russia faces sanctions for invading Ukraine, its currency Ruble slips below 100 vs US dollar
OpIndia Staff
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2 March, 2022
Every day since the Russian invasion of Ukraine has begun, Ruble has fallen against the dollar and the Euro daily.
Fact-Check
Far-left and Congress trolls display ignorance while targeting PM Modi, misinterpret data to claim Rupee weakening against Bangladeshi Taka
OpIndia Staff
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16 May, 2021
As the value of 1 Rupee is equal to 1.16 Bangladeshi Taka, trolls assumed Rupee is weak against Taka and targeted PM Modi
News Reports
Fact Check: Is “Raam” with the photo of Lord Ram printed on it is the world’s most expensive currency
OpIndia Staff
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16 August, 2020
As Raam is not a legal tender issued by a sovereign state or a central bank, it is not a regular currency, it is actually a bearer bond
Fact-Check
TV channel claims Modi govt is going to rain money from the sky, netizens outrage, clarification issued by PIB
OpIndia Staff
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16 April, 2020
Helicopter Money is an alternative to quantitative easing. This is an unconventional monetary policy tool aimed at bringing a slowing economy back on track. It involves printing large sums of money and distributing it to the public.
News Reports
Delhi Airport: Foreign currency worth Rs 45 lakhs stuffed in peanuts, meatballs seized by CISF
OpIndia Staff
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12 February, 2020
CISF caught Murad Alam from Delhi Airport who had stuffed foreign currency in peanuts, meatballs, biscuit packets
News Reports
Watch: Bundles of currency were showered from building during DRI raid in Kolkata
OpIndia Staff
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21 November, 2019
Officials from the DRI said a search in a private office of Hoque Merchantile Pvt Ltd, on that floor, was underway when the incident occurred.
Fact-Check
Congress’ Randeep Surjewala caught spreading fake news that Indian Rupee is weaker than Bangladeshi Taka, deletes tweet
Nirwa Mehta
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6 September, 2019
The Indian Rupee has certainly taken a hit in the recent days but it has never gone down below the Bangladeshi Taka.
Media Fact-Check
Fact check: No, Indian Rupee didn’t lose against Bangladeshi Taka
OpIndia Staff
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3 September, 2019
The Indian currency INR is stronger than the Bangladeshi Taka
News Reports
Journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty says govt should print money and distribute among people to revive economy, Ravish Kumar agrees
OpIndia Staff
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29 August, 2019
Ravish Kumar and Aunindyo Chakravarty suggest the government to randomly increase currency circulation in the country to counter ongoing slowdown
Economy and Finance
Facts, No Fiction: What the rupee does (not) tell us
Karan
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30 November, 2018
Rupee does not signal the health of the Indian Economy, however, it is an important indicator as far as the external sector is concerned.
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