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UPI still climbing, The Wire still faking: Notorious fake news peddler claims decline in UPI use, data shows healthy growth

Raju Das -
The Wire claimed Indians are using UPI less after the merchant fee announcement. But no fee imposed yet and UPI still growing.
Law

Bombay HC dismisses 4 petitions alleging wrong marks in NEET re-test, imposes fines after finding that results match original answer sheets

OpIndia Staff -
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed four petitions challenging the results of the NEET-UG re-examination conducted by the National...
News Reports

Drama in Lok Sabha: Rahul Gandhi audibly claims his mic is off, switches it off after Speaker Om Birla said it was on

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Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi keeps claiming that the Speaker switches off his microphone in Lok Sabha, when he remains audible. He repeated...
News Reports

“Such constant, unprovoked attacks are senseless, my popularity is none of your concern,” Meloni responds for the last time after Trump reiterated that she...

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Minutes after US President Donald Trump repeated his claims that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni repeatedly begged for a photo with him at the...
News Reports

As Bloomberg retracts its report claiming RBI sold gold worth $12 billion, read how its economist used different pricing data to arrive at the...

Dhruv Mishra -
Bloomberg has retracted the article claiming that RBI sold gold worth $12 billion, because they used domestic price, while RBI uses London Bullion Market Association price.
Opinions

Did 8,056 people really die in Uttar Pradesh due to heatwave? Read how data from 10 cities was used to estimate nationwide mortality based...

Dhruv Mishra -
In recent days, a figure claiming that 8,056 people died in Uttar Pradesh during a five-day heatwave has spread rapidly across the media reports and social media discussions.
Editor's picks

No, Govt of India is not taking away gold held by temples: Claims of gold monetisation and ‘strategic gold reserves’ from temple gold rejected...

OpIndia Staff -
The Finance Ministry has strongly rejected viral social media claims that the government plans to monetise temple gold reserves or issue gold bonds against them.
News Reports

Mamata Banerjee claims fish is not eaten in BJP-ruled states: Read how TMC’s claims of BJP banning non-vegetarian food are completely baseless and blatant...

Raju Das -
Mamata Banerjee falsely claimed that “fish is not eaten in BJP-ruled states” and warned that if the BJP comes to power in Bengal, they wil ban fish
News Reports

Opposition trying to provoke farmer protests by lying about India-US trade deal: Read how it is only interim framework, no tariff cut on major...

Raju Das -
The framework on India-US trade deal is not a binding pact but a preliminary outline reaffirming commitment to broader Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) talks
Crime

UP police arrest Matthew for converting over 50 Hindus to Christianity through fake ‘healing prayers’ and money: Read FIR details

OpIndia Staff -
The FIR mentions that Malkhan, along with some associates, was gathering people in large numbers on Sundays and Thursdays, luring them with false promises of miracles and money, and carrying out mass religious conversions.
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