Friday, May 14, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  West Bengal: Another BJP worker from Nandigram killed in post-poll violence, Suvendu Adhikari pays tribute
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2021
  
  In a video shared by Suvendu Adhikari, he paid his tribute to the deceased BJP worker Debabrata Maity, killed by TMC
  
  Political History of India
  
  Jawaharlal Nehru: History has been kinder to him because he rewrote it
  
  Vinayak - 13 May, 2021
  
  Even in the Macaulay tinted version of history parroted by the Congress his contributions pale in comparison to Mohandas Gandhi who too benefited from the same.
  
  News Reports
  
  After backlash from Islamists, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leader Oommen Chandy edit their Facebook posts condemning Palestinians for nurse’s death
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2021
  
  Kerala CM and Congress leader forced to edit their Facebook posts to remove Palestine reference to death of nurse in Israel
  
  News Reports
  
  WB Governor’s decision to visit Assam to meet victims of TMC violence irks Mamata Banerjee, ‘orders’ to ‘refrain from surpassing CM’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2021
  
  Mamata Banerjee objects to WB Governor's planned visit to Assam to meet BJP workers who fled Bengal due to attacks by TMC workers
  
  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
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  The façade of Indian secularism: How the uncomfortable truth about realities of Sanatanis is hidden by Lutyens ecosystem
  
  Vinayak - 13 May, 2021
  
  The neatly ordered world according to the Nehruvian idea of India is nothing more than brushing the rubbish under the carpet and pretending upon the cleanliness while ignoring the fact that someday the rubbish will overflow the bounds of the rug.
  
  Opinions
  
  Israel: Here is why the average Hindu supports them
  
  mrityunjay - 13 May, 2021
  
  Israel has no history of animosity against India and her citizens and Israel has stood during India in thick and thin.
  
  Political History of India
  
  Jawaharlal Nehru: History has been kinder to him because he rewrote it
  
  Vinayak - 13 May, 2021
  
  Even in the Macaulay tinted version of history parroted by the Congress his contributions pale in comparison to Mohandas Gandhi who too benefited from the same.
  
  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'.
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
- News Reports
  
  ‘We were used by media, everyone from DM to CMO helped’: Family of RSS worker who died of COVID denies The Print report of...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2021
  
  Phone call recordings expose lies of The Print alleging that RSS worker didn't get help from govt before dying of Covid-19
  
  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.
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  Opinions
  
  Islamists praise Hitler while cursing Israel, but did you know that Hitler wished he were a Muslim too?
  
  T Waraich - 13 May, 2021
  
  "The Mohammedan religion would have been much more compatible to us than Christianity. Why did it have to be Christianity with its meekness and flabbiness?" Hitler is quoted as saying,
  
  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
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  News Reports
  
  While Delhi govt was alleging inadequate oxygen supply, data show it was returning oxygen to suppliers, asked them to store the excess
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2021
  
  Due to lack of storage plants and not enough demand, Delhi govt had returned oxygen and asked the suppliers to store them
  
  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.
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Floods

Shivraj Chauhan slams MP govt for sending electricity bills to flood victims, demands faster relief and compensation

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2019

Shivraj Singh Chauhan visited the flood-affected regions in Madhya Pradesh and assured the victims that he will fight for adequate compensation for them.

News Reports

Dear Devendra Fadnavis, we feel let down by inept handling of floods by your government

Keshav - 14 August, 2019

The response of the state government to Maharashtra floods has been very disappointing

Fact-Check

Amidst raging floods in Maharashtra, ABP Majha and opposition join hands to spread misinformation on Fadnavis govt

OpIndia Staff - 10 August, 2019

A coordinated smear campaign to tarnish BJP government in Maharashtra was run by opposition leaders and media outlets over a government resolution deciding compensation for flood victims.

News Reports

Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra flooded as heavy rains hit various parts of the country

OpIndia Staff - 9 August, 2019

As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the next two days will see more rains in Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra

News Reports

Kerala government accused of flood relief funds misuse, Lokayukta issues notice to CM and ministers

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2019

CM Pinarayi Vijayan and his ministers are accused of wrongful use of the Kerala flood relief fund.

Kerala Government, Congress spread misinformation about bill for Kerala flood rescue operations

OpIndia Staff - 2 December, 2018

Opposition parties tried to project a routine procedure as an example of centre's injustice towards Kerala

News Reports

As Sikkim faces massive landslides leaving several tourists stranded, evacuation operation continues

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2018

Helicopters have made several sorties from Gangtok and Sevoke evacuating around a hundred people, including a pregnant woman

News Reports

BJP MP calls for wealth in Kerala temples to be donated for flood relief, Twitter responds

OpIndia Staff - 12 September, 2018

Udit Raj, the BJP MP from Delhi (North-West) had stated that people of Kerala should protest on the streets demanding the wealth from Hindu temples to be donated for flood relief work.

News Reports