Thursday, May 13, 2021

Politics
- World
  
  French President Macron’s party bans hijab wearing candidate to contest election, says hijab on election poster goes against secularism
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2021
  
  Macron's La Republique en Marche (LREM) clarified that in secular France, there should be no place for the overt display of religious symbols like the Hijab on electoral campaign documents
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress president Sonia Gandhi ‘took note’ of Saamana editorial view over party’s poll debacle in Assam, West Bengal and Kerala, claims Shiv Sena
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 May, 2021
  
  Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana on Wednesday claimed that Sonia Gandhi took note of suggestions made by it for Congress
  
  News Reports
  
  Rani Ahilyabai Holkar’s family writes to Maha CM, objects to Sanjay Raut’s attempt to compare Mamata Banerjee with the great queen
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 May, 2021
  
  In a strong reply, the letter by the Holkars of Indore criticised the editorial piece by Raut and said that it is shameful to compare great leaders of India to today’s mere politicians for petty gains.
  
  News Reports
  
  NGO’s bank account frozen and show cause notice issued after Jignesh Mevani sought funds in its name: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 May, 2021
  
  Jignesh Mevani has claimed political persecution after the charity commissioner of Gujarat ordered the freezing of the NGO's account.
  
  News Reports
  
  After oxygen, AAP govt plays politics over availability of COVID vaccines: Here is how they are wrong
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 May, 2021
  
  The AAP Govt has begun diverting attention from its poor vaccination efforts by shifting the goalposts
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  Here are 12 instances when the leftist media fanned fear against vaccines just before the second Covid wave
  
  Jinit Jain - 12 May, 2021
  
  Leftist propaganda websites hosted articles that raised doubts about Indian vaccines, thereby fuelling vaccine hesitancy in the months leading to the resurgent coronavirus outbreak.
  
  Opinions
  
  Samajwadi Party’s Covid politics: Why they want to derail the vaccination drive in Uttar Pradesh
  
  Shantanu Gupta - 11 May, 2021
  
  Akhilesh Yadav sent a very irresponsible message to his followers, that this is 'BJP’s vaccine' and 'I will not take this vaccine'.
  
  Opinions
  
  As ‘farmer leaders’ distance themselves, Tikri gangrape incident shows the dark side of “activism”
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 11 May, 2021
  
  In today’s world, activism is a full time job in itself. The only thing it is missing is proper regulation, with benefits and protections for everyone involved.
  
  Entertainment
  
  Class privilege at its worst: Farhan Akhtar defends receiving vaccine at center where only senior citizens and specially abled above 45 are eligible
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 10 May, 2021
  
  Farhan Akhtar announced that he had received his first Covid-19 vaccine dose at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai.
  
  Opinions
  
  From dead babies to hushing rapes: How the spectacle of human sacrifice has come to dominate liberal protests
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 10 May, 2021
  
  Yogendra Yadav was aware that a woman had been raped by AAP leaders at the Tikri border farmer protest site.
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  News Reports
  
  Did the Modi govt approve Covaxin for 12-year-olds? Here is the truth
  
  OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2021
  
  As of May 10, a total of 17,01,76,603 vaccine doses have been administered according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
  
  Fact-Check
  
  Did BJP leader Tejasvi Surya ‘apologise’ for his alleged ‘communal’ remarks on the BBMP bed scam? Here are the facts
  
  Shashank Bharadwaj - 8 May, 2021
  
  After Tejasvi Surya took the names of 17 employees in the BBMP case who are Muslims, Congress party and media houses had attacked him
  
  News Reports
  
  Turkish govt-owned news portal publishes misleading photograph with Indian Covid stats
  
  OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021
  
  Photograph of Nepalese cremation ground passed as India's while publishing Covid-19 stats by Turkish News outlet TRT World
  
  Fact-Check
  
  Scroll journalist mischievously shares misleading, old report to insinuate that union govt is funding a trial of using Gayatri Mantra to treat Covid-19
  
  OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021
  
  While AIIMS Rishikesh is testing using gayatri mantra along with usual treatment for Covid-19, fake news claims it as standalone treatment
Media
- Media
  
  Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint indulges in tragedy porn while emotionally manipulating a grieving family of RSS worker
  
  Jinit Jain - 12 May, 2021
  
  Instead of giving a distressed family some space and letting them grieve the loss of a loved one, Gupta sends his vultures to settle political scores.
  
  Opinions
  
  Here are 12 instances when the leftist media fanned fear against vaccines just before the second Covid wave
  
  Jinit Jain - 12 May, 2021
  
  Leftist propaganda websites hosted articles that raised doubts about Indian vaccines, thereby fuelling vaccine hesitancy in the months leading to the resurgent coronavirus outbreak.
  
  News Reports
  
  Washington Post and DW News resort to vulture journalism, criticised by netizens for ‘promoting’ India’s Covid crisis on Twitter
  
  Dibakar Dutta - 11 May, 2021
  
  Social Media users slammed Washington Post and DW for 'selling human tragedy' for cash.
  
  News Reports
  
  How Rajdeep Sardesai, a self-declared vulture, defended UAPA accused Natasha Narwal who is under trial for Delhi anti-Hindu riots
  
  OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2021
  
  Rajdeep Sardesai and others have been using the death of her father to stir sympathy for UAPA accused Natasha Narwal, claiming that her arrest was wrongful.
  
  World
  
  Chinese state media Editor accuses Subramanian Swamy of being ‘ungrateful’ over ‘war on COVID’, it doesn’t go down well for him
  
  OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2021
  
  Chinese state media Global Times Editor Hu Xijin on Sunday accused BJP leader Subramanian Swamy of being 'ungrateful' after he tweeted that India is...
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  News Reports
  
  China: Strong wind blows away floor panels in 100m high glass bridge, tourist left clinging to railings
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 May, 2021
  
  The incident took place in Piyan Mountain near the city of Longjing in China.
  
  Opinions
  
  Manoj Das the storyteller: Alive forever, in a million smiles and a million memories
  
  Sanghamitra - 4 May, 2021
  
  How does something as insignificant, and as regular as death binds a writer who is alive in a thousand stories.
  
  WTF News
  
  Worried because his hens stopped laying eggs, a poultry farmer in Pune approaches police
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  The Pune poultry farmer said that his hens stopped laying eggs after consuming the feed manuactured by a particular firm in Ahmednagar
  
  Opinions
  
  Breathing oxygen? Thank a tree hugger in Aarey forest
  
  Sanghamitra - 21 April, 2021
  
  As media reports started going oxygen, oxygen, oxygen in the last few days, the 'liberals' recalled their primary school science lessons.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  No documents or ID proof? Here is how the vulnerable section of the society will get their COVID vaccine
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 12 May, 2021
  
  How will the vulnerable population of India who do not have a valid ID proof get Coronavirus vaccine? Ministry has a prescribed procedure for it
  
  News Reports
  
  Herman Knippenberg – The Dutch diplomat who sent the ‘Serpent’ Charles Sobhraj behind bars
  
  Anurag - 12 May, 2021
  
  Herman Knippenberg was a Dutch diplomate in Thailand who had gathered vital information about Charles Sobhraj in Bangkok
  
  News Reports
  
  Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ Air Defence System: What is it and how does it work
  
  Shashank Bharadwaj - 12 May, 2021
  
  To counter the low-cost warfare initiated by Hamas, the Israel Defence Forces has activated its state-of-art air defence system - 'Iron Dome' to protect its civilian population from the barrage of rockets.
  
  News Reports
  
  Islamist Sharjeel Usmani jumps on the BDS bandwagon: All you need to know about the movement against Israel
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 May, 2021
  
  Sharjeel Usmani has jumped on the BDS movement bandwagon and has asked people to boycott brands such as Puma and HP.
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