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Sunday, May 31, 2020

Politics
- 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.
  
  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
  
  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.
  
  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
  
  BJP questions huge single-day jump in recovery of Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, demands explanation from state government
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  The BJP in Maharashtra has hit out at the Maha Vikas Aghadi Government for allegedly fudging data related to the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.
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
  
  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
  
  News Reports
  
  TOI publishes fake news about ‘Maharashtra model’ receiving national praise, twice: Read details here
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  In April, TOI had used a press briefing from Uddhav Thackeray's office to claim that the IMCT team visiting Mumbai had praised the 'Worli-Koliwada Model'. It was also endorsed by Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.
  
  Media
  
  Rana Ayyub shares Hindustan Times report to claim a child’s death in Bihar was due to ‘starvation’, gets fact-checked by Indian Railways
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020
  
  Hindustan Times had published an article dated May 27, 2020, titled: "Migrants’ kid dies as father hunts for milk at railway station", claiming that a four-and-a-half-year-old son of migrants from Bihar based in Delhi died of hunger at the railway station on arrival by a ‘Shramik Special’ train.
Media
- 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
  
  News Reports
  
  DD News temporarily shifts operations from Mandi House to Khelgaon after an employee tested positive for Coronavirus after death
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  News operations of DD News shifted to Khelgaon studio from the night of May 28 while Mandi house studios are sanitised
  
  News Reports
  
  Legal notice sent to Amazon and directors of Patal Lok for hurting religious sentiments of Sikh community, unconditional apology sought
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  The DSGMC has sent legal notice to Amazon and the directors of Patal Lok web series Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy for insulting Sikhs
  
  News Reports
  
  Woman raped by Moulvi Aslam, media gives it a ‘Hindu spin’ by using image of a saffron-clad Hindu priest and describing the perpetrator as...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  A Muslim sorcerer claiming to relieve people of their miseries through his wizardry was depicted as a Hindu priest by media organisations
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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