Monday, June 14, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  PM Modi kills the manufactured stories about his rift with Yogi Adityanath with just three words
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 June, 2021
  
  In a rare gesture, PM Modi publicly praised Yogi Adityanath for a scheme amid the manufactured reports about rift between the two
  
  Politics
  
  Punjab Elections 2022: As political landscape warms up, will Dalit votes be the game changer?
  
  Anurag - 13 June, 2021
  
  After breaking off the alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal, the BJP has nothing to lose in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections. How will the politics play out as elections draw close
  
  Opinions
  
  Culture of political violence in West Bengal: How the Islamist challenge can turn an already very bad situation into much worse
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 13 June, 2021
  
  The outbreak of political violence in West Bengal since Mamata Banerjee's victory shows no signs of abating.
  
  News Reports
  
  Watch: People climb atop tankers to avoid queues as water crisis worsens in Delhi
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 June, 2021
  
  Locals in the Vivekanand Camp in the Chanakyapuri area in Delhi were seen climbing atop the water tank instead of waiting in queues
  
  Opinions
  
  How a ‘liberal’ filmmaker went from criticising Rahul Gandhi to saying ‘I am on your side’ and what it shows
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 13 June, 2021
  
  Congress and their loyalists are still not able to get over the shock of not only losing 2019 elections, but BJP outperforming them and itself from the previous term.
Opinions
- Politics
  
  Punjab Elections 2022: As political landscape warms up, will Dalit votes be the game changer?
  
  Anurag - 13 June, 2021
  
  After breaking off the alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal, the BJP has nothing to lose in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections. How will the politics play out as elections draw close
  
  Opinions
  
  Culture of political violence in West Bengal: How the Islamist challenge can turn an already very bad situation into much worse
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 13 June, 2021
  
  The outbreak of political violence in West Bengal since Mamata Banerjee's victory shows no signs of abating.
  
  Opinions
  
  How a ‘liberal’ filmmaker went from criticising Rahul Gandhi to saying ‘I am on your side’ and what it shows
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 13 June, 2021
  
  Congress and their loyalists are still not able to get over the shock of not only losing 2019 elections, but BJP outperforming them and itself from the previous term.
  
  Opinions
  
  Why so-called ‘fact-checkers’ are a greater evil than random misinformation that they claim to fight
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 12 June, 2021
  
  In his speech, the PM also took veiled jibes at a few CMs as well as loudmouthed opposition politicians with no skin in the game.
  
  Opinions
  
  Importance of social media in democratising freedom of speech, tussle with the Govt of India and why Twitter must comply
  
  Avni Sablok - 11 June, 2021
  
  As the world battles COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis has emerged over ‘penetrative’ role of social media platforms, like Twitter, in India
Fact-Check
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  Fact-Check
  
  International magazine claiming India suffered 5-7 times more Covid-19 deaths is baseless speculation: Health Ministry on claims by The Economist
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021
  
  Health ministry refutes claims by The Economist that India's Covid-19 fatality numbers are several times more than official numbers
  
  News Reports
  
  Digvijaya Singh lies to Pakistani journalists that Kashmiri Pandits benefited from reservation policies historically: Here is the truth
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021
  
  Kashmiri Pandits slam Digvijaya Singh for telling Pakistani journos that they enjoyed reservation benefits before scrapping Article 370
  
  Fact-Check
  
  Alt News edits fake fact-check claiming states did not demand decentralisation of vaccine procurement, continues to obfuscate
  
  OpIndia Staff - 10 June, 2021
  
  Alt News edits its ‘fact-check’ to add Rahul Gandhi’s demand on vaccine decentralisation, claims it does not matter and PM Modi is still lying
  
  Fact-Check
  
  AltNews comes up with a lousy fact-check on PM Modi, ends up exposing opposition’s lies about decentralised vaccine procurement
  
  Shashank Bharadwaj - 10 June, 2021
  
  AltNews claimed that the PM's statement regarding some state governments demanding for decentralised vaccine procurement was untrue. However, their so-called 'fact-check' is full of loopholes.
Media
- News Reports
  
  Indian embassy in Turkey shuts up Turkish state-run publication for peddling Pakistani propaganda against India
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 June, 2021
  
  State-run news agency of Turkey publishes Pakistani propaganda saying India issuing fake domicile certificates in Kashmir
  
  Media
  
  Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint, Indian Express, others spread lies about Aisha Sultana’s ‘bio weapon’ comment. Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 June, 2021
  
  How mainstream media is helping Aisha Sultana get away with accusing Indian government of using COVID as a bioweapon against the people of Lakshadweep.
  
  Fact-Check
  
  International magazine claiming India suffered 5-7 times more Covid-19 deaths is baseless speculation: Health Ministry on claims by The Economist
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021
  
  Health ministry refutes claims by The Economist that India's Covid-19 fatality numbers are several times more than official numbers
  
  Opinions
  
  Why so-called ‘fact-checkers’ are a greater evil than random misinformation that they claim to fight
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 12 June, 2021
  
  In his speech, the PM also took veiled jibes at a few CMs as well as loudmouthed opposition politicians with no skin in the game.
  
  Media
  
  How propaganda media and cartoonist Manjul are milking a Twitter email to the hilt
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021
  
  Anti-BJP cartoonist Manjul took to Twitter to insinuate that the Modi government has been trying to silence his freedom of expression.
Variety
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  Culture and History
  
  ‘Corona Mata’ Temple in UP marks a continuing Hindu tradition of worshipping Goddesses for protection against diseases: All you need to know
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021
  
  ANI reported on Saturday that a 'Corona Mata' Temple has been established at Pratapgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.
  
  News Reports
  
  Kerala: Missing for 11 years, Sajitha found living next door with her lover Rehman in a locked room
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2021
  
  For 11 years, Kerala woman Sajitha lived just 500 meters away from her parent's house in her lover's house without the knowledge of anyone
  
  News Reports
  
  Mamata Banerjee is all set to marry Socialism in the presence of Communism, Leninism, Marxism. Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2021
  
  Communism is a practising lawyer, while his two siblings - Socialism and Leninism, run a silver anklet manufacturing unit in Salem. Socialism is the youngest of the three siblings. Both Communism and Leninism are married, and the latter has a son named Marxism.
  
  World
  
  Unit 731: The horrors of biological warfare experiments that the world forgot
  
  Sanghamitra - 9 June, 2021
  
  Unit 731 was the name of the Imperial Japanese Army's covert biological and chemical warfare division.
Specials
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  Culture and History
  
  ‘Corona Mata’ Temple in UP marks a continuing Hindu tradition of worshipping Goddesses for protection against diseases: All you need to know
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021
  
  ANI reported on Saturday that a 'Corona Mata' Temple has been established at Pratapgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.
  
  News Reports
  
  Karnataka HC dismisses petitions against probing Amazon, Flipkart: Here are the allegations against e-commerce giants
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021
  
  Karnataka High Court quashed petitions filed by Amazon and Flipkart against an order by competition regulator over unfair trade practices.
  
  News Reports
  
  As TMC MP Nusrat Jahan declares her marriage invalid, questions arise whether she lied to the parliament on her marital status
  
  OpIndia Staff - 9 June, 2021
  
  While Nusrat Jahan says her wedding was invalid, the Lok Sabha records show Nikhil Jain as her husband, and she is listed as married
  
  Opinions
  
  As EVM theories fade after Mamata Banerjee’s win, here is all you need to know about how EVMs cannot be hacked, no matter who...
  
  Guest Author - 5 June, 2021
  
  EVMs are "calculator like devices" that cannot be hacked, as they can not be reprogrammed, and they don't have any hardware for external communication
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