Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  Jignesh Mevani questioned by netizens for ‘occupying a hospital bed’ and criticising Gujarat’s healthcare system
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  Jignesh Mevani was reportedly found Covid positive recently. His criticism of Gujarat's healthcare system while getting quality medical care himself has raised questions.
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress credits Capt Amarinder Singh for ‘helping farmers in grain procurement’ but forgets to thank Centre for its contribution
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  Claiming full credit for the success of the ongoing procurement process, the Congress congratulated its Punjab Chief Minister
  
  News Reports
  
  Migrant exodus starts as Arvind Kejriwal and Uddhav Thackeray announce lockdowns, but Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi to clear up the mess
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  Though state-imposed lockdowns have triggered migrant exodus, Rahul Gandhi has asked the Modi to pay to the migrant labourers
  
  News Reports
  
  Suar ke bachche BJP, Suar ke bachche CISF: TMC leader Firhad Hakim asks peope to assault BJP workers, threatens CISF
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  Firhad Hakim threatened, "Let the elections get over. Then, our CID will take action against the 'progeny of pigs' CISF."
  
  News Reports
  
  Bhupesh Baghel, who was busy with Assam elections, blames the Centre for second wave of Covid
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  In an interview with Indian Express, Baghel put the blame on the central government for the worsening Covid situation.
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  Of Grief and Grievances: Maharashtra suffers as MVA leadership sinks to low-level politics in crisis
  
  Guest Author - 20 April, 2021
  
  As Maharashtra continued to peak with the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases in the nation, CM Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray clearly made his choice to ‘fall’ in the second kind.
  
  Opinions
  
  Why did 9 anti-Modi parties demand from Election Commission that rallies must be held?
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 20 April, 2021
  
  Let us get into the dirt and start pointing fingers, if that is what everyone wants. How did the second wave come to be?
  
  Opinions
  
  Understanding the hate factory: How Rohan Joshi and his hateful post against Hindus gives us an insight into the ‘liberal’ mind
  
  T Waraich - 19 April, 2021
  
  Comedian Rohan Joshi tells Bhakts, "I have nothing but contempt for them and nit a shred of empathy" as he mocks Coronavirus deaths
  
  Opinions
  
  Filmmaker Hansal Mehta goes after an Indian in UAE, asks cops to ‘take action’ because he couldn’t take a joke
  
  Akshita Bhadauria - 19 April, 2021
  
  Hansal Mehta ridiculing everyone is kosher, but someone making a joke on him gets him so riled up he complaints to cops in Middle East.
  
  Opinions
  
  When ‘comedians’ double up as doctors and believe ‘Bhakts’ deserve the misery as Chinese coronavirus rages
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 19 April, 2021
  
  You will never see them questioning how many mosques have opened up their gates as medical facilities. Because, everyone likes to keep their heads.
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  News Reports
  
  Pro-AAP vlogger Dhruv Rathee spreads fake news about only BJP campaigning for Bengal elections, gives clean chit to TMC, Left, and Congress
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  While TMC, Congress and the Left are all continuing with rallies and crowded election campaigns, Dhruv Rathee made a ranting Facebook post blaming only the BJP. He did not share it on Twitter.
  
  News Reports
  
  Fact-Check: Did the centre terminate the insurance cover for healthcare workers killed in the line of Covid duty?
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  Some reports have suggested that GoI has cancelled the insurance scheme for Health workers. In reality it was extended for one month and new plans will be announced soon.
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress leaders, others share old picture of Yogi and Amit Shah in Kumbh, accuse them of spreading Coronavirus
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  Alka Lamba shares old picture of Kumbh to malign Yogi Adityanath and BJP, Netizens follow suit
  
  Media
  
  Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire spreads fake news a day after The Logical Indian apologised for the same: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  Siddharth Varadarajan spread fake news again, in fact, the same fake news that the Logical Indians had apologised for just a day ago.
Media
- Media
  
  ABC journalist complains about kids’ cartoon not having queer, disabled or gender diverse dogs of colour, PinkNews calls it ‘important debate’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 18 April, 2021
  
  ABC network journalist Beverly Wang sparked controversy with a 'woke' article criticising a cartoon for children called 'Bluey'.
  
  Media
  
  ABP journalist falls for joke where iPhone user claimed to have started ‘Indu ki Dhaba’ after job loss
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  ABP journalist Astha Kaushik bought the iPhone user's fake 'Indu ki Dhaba' claims without any due verification.
  
  Media
  
  Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire spreads fake news a day after The Logical Indian apologised for the same: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  Siddharth Varadarajan spread fake news again, in fact, the same fake news that the Logical Indians had apologised for just a day ago.
  
  Media
  
  Former Indian Express journalist has an ‘Allah’s virus’ moment, thanks God for COVID-19, says pandemic saved Muslims from detention camps
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  Irena Akbar, formerly with the Indian Express, has thanked God for Covid-19 and attributed the virus to God's plan.
  
  Opinions
  
  Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint accuses the centre of issuing diktats to states on COVID-19, which is far from the truth
  
  Editorial Desk - 16 April, 2021
  
  ThePrint ignores that apart from the initial nationwide lockdown, centre has given every flexibility to states on the ward against COVID-19
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  WTF News
  
  Taiwan man marries the same woman four times, divorces thrice to get extra paid leaves, employer fined for refusing to pay
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2021
  
  The bank clerk in Taiwan pulled off this bizarre stunt up until he managed to get his 8 days paid leave extended up to 32 days
  
  Satire
  
  As ESPN goes for gender-neutral terms, here is how Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals match commentary may read like
  
  Sandeep Kadian - 15 April, 2021
  
  The 'Gentleman's Game' is no longer one as gentleman is not an inclusive term and it offends those who put pronouns in Twitter bios.
  
  News Reports
  
  Indonesia: Man almost marries the wrong woman after Google Maps guides him to the wrong location
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 April, 2021
  
  After the groom's party enter the bride's house for a wedding in Indonesia, someone in the group realised they are in the wrong house
  
  WTF News
  
  Woman’s fear of cockroaches leads couple to change houses 18 times, husband files for divorce
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 April, 2021
  
  A couple in Bhopal has changed 18 houses in three years of marriage due to the wife's fear of cockroaches.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Government of India opens COVID-19 vaccine for everyone above 18 years of age: All you need to know
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  On April 19, the Government of India announced the Phase 3 Strategy of Covid-19 vaccination.
  
  News Reports
  
  As Commonwealth Games Village turns into a Covid-19 facility, here is the chronology of the 2010 Congress scam
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  According to an RTI filed by the Indian Express in 2020, over 50 cases of payment disputes related to the Commonwealth Game scam still remain pending.
  
  News Reports
  
  While Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘Corona App’ shows ample beds available for Covid-19 patients, hospitals deny
  
  Jhankar Mohta - 16 April, 2021
  
  A number of tweets by users and a check by OpIndia has found that the 'real-time' data in the Delhi government's Corona App is far from reality.
  
  Government and Policy
  
  Exclusive: How Maharashtra wasted thousands of tonnes of pulses, in the middle of the pandemic, sent under PM Garib Kalyan Yojana
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 15 April, 2021
  
  While the central govt gave their approval to the other states to utilise the left-over pulses, Maharashtra was left behind - Here is why
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