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Rajdeep Sardesai lies that Punjab government received only Rs 71 crore from the centre to fight coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab govt has received Rs 247 crore from center contrary to claims of Rajdeep Sardesai & Punjab Finance Minister
News Reports

India Today comes up with infographic suggesting that Delhi is most aggressive in Coronavirus testing, Ahmedabad Commissioner shows how that is misleading

OpIndia Staff -
Ahmedabad commissioner pointed out that it is misleading for India Today to compare Coronavirus testing data of Delhi with large states
Media Fact-Check

HT refused a Ram Guha article that peddled lies about Central Vista project: Here’s why the trash could only be published in The Wire

S. Sudhir Kumar -
This fake news article by Ram Guha, rejected by Hindustan Times, was published by the controversial publication, The Wire.
News Reports

5 Muslim men lied, spread fake news, TOI carried it: The truth about ‘Muslims organising last rites of Hindu man ostracised by neighbours

OpIndia Staff -
A report published in the Times of India claimed that five Muslim men organised last rites of Hindu man after the neighbours shunned his family
Media Fact-Check

Scroll shares fake claim that children in Bihar are eating frogs due to lack of food, lies busted by DM

OpIndia Staff -
The authorities have revealed that the children had enough food in their homes and the video was deliberately made by some malicious individuals to defame the district administration.
News Reports

Palghar mob lynching: Complaint filed against journalists for peddling fake news about BJP sarpanch being arrested for lynching of 2 sadhus

OpIndia Staff -
A frenzied mob of more than 100 people lynched 2 sadhus and their driver in Palghar, Mumbai on April 16, 20
Media

‘Arrest was necessary to prevent him from indulging in similar activity’: Read scathing comments of Court in fake news case against ABP journalist

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Kulkarni, ‘journalist’ with ABP Majha was arrested by Mumbai Police for misleading people with fake news that led to the migrant crisis in Bandra
News Reports

NDTV publishes report claiming Arunachal tribals are hunting snakes due to rice scarcity, gets called out by minister and state govt

OpIndia Staff -
The government of Arunachal Pradesh has also refuted the claims made by NDTV. It said that there is no rice scarcity in the state and people struggling for livelihoods are being provided free rations by the government.
News Reports

Ambedkarnagar Police busts fake news spread by UP Congress, Samajwadi Party and others regarding death of young boy Rizwan amidst coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Ambedkarnagar Police has refuted claims made on social media that one Rizwan Ahmad died after being beaten by the Police.
Opinions

How fake news about ‘intolerance’ inspires attacks on essential workers

Abhishek Banerjee -
Those who built the fake narrative of 'rising intolerance' need to own up for the atmosphere of irrational fear gripping the country amidst coronavirus outbreakk
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