Thursday, June 17, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  ‘Surrender to us if you want jobs under govt scheme’: TMC leader threatens ISF workers to join his party
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2021
  
  TMC leader Modasser Hossain said that if ISF workers and supporters want benefits of 100 days' job scheme, they have to join TMC
  
  News Reports
  
  Ruckus in Pakistan parliament: Ruling party and opposition leaders hurl abuses against each other, throw papers
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  A video of the ruckus in the Pakistan Parliament has gone viral on the social media wherein the Pakistan legislators are seen abusing each other and throwing the copies of budget.
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress student body NSUI expels 7 leaders for posting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on official WhatsApp group, says it is ‘anti-party activity’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  7 NSUI leaders in East Singhbhum unit in Jharkhand expelled by the organisation for posting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on official WhatsApp group
  
  Politics
  
  Yogi Adityanath slams Rahul Gandhi for spreading fake news, tells him to stop defaming UP citizens: Here’s what he said
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 June, 2021
  
  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has slammed former Congress president Rahul Gandhi for spreading fake news.
  
  Politics
  
  Rahul Gandhi shares fake news related to Lord Ram, twice in two days. This is what it shows
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 15 June, 2021
  
  What made Rahul Gandhi share a fake news about 'Jai Shri Ram' chant even though Police had debunked the claims?
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  While Twitter has a policy of removing anti-vaccine tweets, its refusal to remove such posts by Congress leaders shows its bias in India
  
  Jinit Jain - 16 June, 2021
  
  Even though Twitter has been prompt to remove anti-vaccine tweets, it still allows them when posted by Congress leaders in India
  
  Politics
  
  Rahul Gandhi shares fake news related to Lord Ram, twice in two days. This is what it shows
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 15 June, 2021
  
  What made Rahul Gandhi share a fake news about 'Jai Shri Ram' chant even though Police had debunked the claims?
  
  Opinions
  
  Big Liberals, small hearts: By donating 80 vials of vaccine, America has proved to be the poorest country in the world
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 15 June, 2021
  
  Do you remember when Western media and their native sepoys flew drones over cremation grounds in India? They are quiet now
  
  Opinions
  
  A letter from the Editor-in-Chief: A battle with Facebook and our overall struggles these days
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 15 June, 2021
  
  OpIndia has been struggling for the past few months fighting too many battles on too many fronts, so we thought we would keep you in the loop
  
  Editor's picks
  
  BBC apologises for its coverage of footballer Eriksen’s collapse, it is time they apologise for their grotesque reportage on India’s Covid outbreak too
  
  Jinit Jain - 14 June, 2021
  
  The western media outlets, including BBC, ought to apologise India for perpetrating racism with their egregious coverage of country's COVID-19 pandemic and linking it with morbid images of burning funeral pyres.
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  Social Media
  
  Dhruv Rathee fans mark YouTuber Karolina Goswami for targeted harassment after she exposed his lies
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2021
  
  After Karolina Goswami pointed out the factual errors and mistakes in the Dhruv Rathee video, Rathee's supporters have been harassing and abusing Goswami.
  
  News Reports
  
  Kerala-based Maktoob Media gives a bizarre spin to Ghaziabad story, claims Aadil accused of beating the Muslim man was actually ‘rescuing’ him
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  Kerala based Maktoob Media peddles another fake news on Loni incident, claims accused Adil was rescuing Abdul Samad Saifi
  
  Fact-Check
  
  Congress leader spreads vaccine hesitancy again, this time claims newborn calves are slaughtered for their serum. Here is the truth
  
  Anurag - 16 June, 2021
  
  Covaxin does not contain newborn calf serum. It was used for development of cells to replicate Covid-19 virus in lab to produce vaccine.
  
  Social Media Fact-Check
  
  How Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair communalised a petty quarrel and tried to defame ‘Jai Shri Ram’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 June, 2021
  
  It must be pointed out that the video of the assault does not contain any audio, which can verify the claim that Saifi was coerced into chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' or 'Ram Ram'
Media
- Media
  
  The Wire tries to force fit a ‘hate crime’ angle in Ghaziabad incident only because victim is a Muslim
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 17 June, 2021
  
  The Wire lowers its bar, goes from whitewashing Islamist terrorists to defending random 'taveez maker' from rural Uttar Pradesh
  
  News Reports
  
  Print Columnist CJ Werleman pushes anti-Semitic content, spreads disinformation claiming human rights violations by Israel in Palestine
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  CJ Werleman claimed that 40 per cent of Palestinian children in Israeli custody were raped and almost 100 per cent of them were tortured
  
  News Reports
  
  The Quint withdraws its cartoon defaming ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chant after Ghaziabad ‘hate crime’ turns out to be fake
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  TheQuint in an attempt to further its Hinduphobic propaganda published a cartoon featuring two completely unrelated incidents and parroted Zubair's baseless claims.
  
  News Reports
  
  Govt refutes New Indian Express’s report on FCI’s involvement in rice scam, says distribution is state govt responsibility
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  Government refuted claims of involvement of FCI in the alleged 'rice scam' where the Assam raided a godown and seized one lakh bags meant for distribution to the poor was being repackaged by a private company.
  
  Media
  
  Government debunks propaganda article published in The Hindu on the surge in FDI inflows for 2020-21: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 June, 2021
  
  GoI has debunked the propaganda article published in The Hindu on 2 June 2021 over the surge in FDI inflows
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  Variety
  
  ‘Friend tried to get me married to a gay banker, to avoid controversy over my pregnancy’: Neena Gupta in her autobiography
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2021
  
  In her book titled 'Sach Kahun Toh', Neena Gupta has revealed that when she got pregnant with her daughter Masaba out of a relationship with West Indian legendary cricketer Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, one of her friends had tried to get her married to a gay banker from Mumbai's Bandra.
  
  WTF News
  
  ‘Osama’ the crocodile from Uganda ate over 80 people prior to its capture in 2005: Read what happened
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 June, 2021
  
  Following the capture of Osama, the locals in the Luganga village believed that the man-eater got away too lightly.
  
  Satire
  
  As Kejriwal announces his Gujarat ambitions, here is another state where he is needed the most
  
  Shashank Singh - 14 June, 2021
  
  Why should Gujarat have all the fun?
  
  Opinions
  
  Language and history: Why the Indian society lost pride in its own heritage
  
  Guest Author - 14 June, 2021
  
  Have you ever gone to an Italian restaurant and felt proud when you properly pronouncedthe Italian name of that pasta you so wanted to have?
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Here is a list of 20 incidents where the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan has been misused to turn a random crime into ‘hate crime’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  An indicative list of incidents where 'forced to chant Jai Shri Ram' slogan 'hate crimes' turned out to be fake. Actual number is way higher.
  
  OpIndia Scoops
  
  British Pakistani rapper Frenzo Harami spews venom on Hindus. Here is what we know about him
  
  Anurag - 15 June, 2021
  
  Pakistan-born British rapper, who used to sell drugs before becoming a rapper, spoke the language of terrorists, used Gaumutra jibe
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Rahul Gandhi joins in spreading lies about a ‘scam’ by Ram Mandir trust: Here are the facts in 10 simple points
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2021
  
  On the 13th of June 2021, Aam Aadmi Party took to Twitter to level grave allegations against the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra.
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Here is the truth about the land deal by Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra and how the allegations by likes of AAP are baseless
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 14 June, 2021
  
  Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra and its head Champat Rai bought an additional piece of land for the purposes of additional construction to facilitate pilgrims who would be travelling to Ayodhya
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defence deals

Opinions

French leftist tabloid Mediapart lies about Rafale deal again, but ends up exposing corruption during Congress regime

iyervval - 9 April, 2021

The Mediapart report shows that Sushen Gupta was involved in defence deal negotiations in 2012 during UPA government

News Reports

Dassault Aviation denies French media outlet allegations of irregularities in Rafale deal with India

OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2021

Dassault Aviation said that the French Anti-Corruption Agency has not found in violations in the deal to supply 36 Rafale jets to India

News Reports

Govt of India approves largest-ever indigenous defence deal for 83 LCA Tejas Mk1A fighter jets worth Rs 48,000 crore

OpIndia Staff - 13 January, 2021

HAL has already set-up second d line manufacturing facilities at its Nasik and Bengaluru Divisions to manufacture the LCA MK1A

News Reports

“No deal without deal”: RS Prasad hits out on Congress as names of senior party leaders emerge in AgustaWestland scam

OpIndia Staff - 17 November, 2020

Ravi Shankar Prasad had said that the country has been demanding an answer from Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders in connection to the case.

News Reports

Tatra Truck scam: All you need to know about the UPA-era scam of over 750 crores where culprits went unpunished for ‘lack of evidence’

OpIndia Staff - 25 August, 2020

Former COAS Gen VK Singh had alleged in 2010 that he was offered a bribe of Rs 14 crores to clear a batch of 600 substandard Tatra Trucks.

Opinions

Sainyavyapadeśa: Summons of the Indian Army to develop Self-Reliance in Defence Procurements

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 1 August, 2020

The indigenization of military equipment and defence infrastructure needs significant improvement in India

News Reports

Days after accusing it of ‘espionage’, Russia suspends delivery of S-400 missile systems to China

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2020

Russia has reportedly suspended the delivery of S-400 'Triumf' surface-to-air missile systems to China.

News Reports

New FIR registered against arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, may accelerate the probe against Robert Vadra

OpIndia Staff - 2 July, 2020

New FIR filed against Sanjay Bhandari, the arms dealer with links to Rahul Gandhi and Robert Vadra

News Reports

Modi 2.0 government asserts its commitment to uproot corruption from India, warns the ‘high and mighty’

OpIndia Staff - 3 June, 2020

P Chidambaram, the former union minister, considered 'untouchable' for a long time, was arrested by the CBI last year and had spent over 106 days in custody before managing to get released under strict bail conditions.

News Reports