Thursday, July 9, 2020

Politics
- News Reports
  
  Watch: BJP’s Sambit Patra and Congress’ Gaurav Vallabh hurl Sukanya Devi and Ranga-Billa cases at each other in intense TV debate
  
  OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020
  
  When Congress spokesperson equated Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah with Ranga-Billa, BJP's Sambit Patra raised Sukanya Devi rape case
  
  Politics
  
  Jyoti Basu is the mass murderer India forgot
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 8 July, 2020
  
  Please don’t feel bad about speaking ill of the Late Jyoti Basu. If there is another world, be certain that there are (at least) 28,000 voices from the other side backing you up.
  
  Politics
  
  Maharashtra: Chief Minister sits at home while Leader of Opposition tours the state extensively amid coronavirus outbreak
  
  Guest Author - 8 July, 2020
  
  Despite being most affected state in the coronavirus pandemic, CM Uddhav Thackeray has hardly been on the ground taking control of situation.
  
  News Reports
  
  Govt to probe violations by Sonia Gandhi headed Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and others, Home Ministry sets up committee
  
  OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020
  
  The committee will coordinate probe into violation of various legal provisions of PMLA, Income Tax Act, FCRA etc by these foundations. Special Director of Enforcement Directorate will head the committee.
  
  News Reports
  
  Gold smuggling case: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan distances himself and the state government from the raging controversy
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2020
  
  Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan pointed out that the said parcel came to the UAE consulate and that the Kerala government had nothing whatsoever to do with it.
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  Viśiṣṭvividhīkaran: Sanatan Dharma and Qualified Diversification
  
  Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 8 July, 2020
  
  Sanatan Dharma has been a coming together of Diversification and paths to the Truth, with various sects and traditions over the millennia
  
  Politics
  
  Jyoti Basu is the mass murderer India forgot
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 8 July, 2020
  
  Please don’t feel bad about speaking ill of the Late Jyoti Basu. If there is another world, be certain that there are (at least) 28,000 voices from the other side backing you up.
  
  Politics
  
  Maharashtra: Chief Minister sits at home while Leader of Opposition tours the state extensively amid coronavirus outbreak
  
  Guest Author - 8 July, 2020
  
  Despite being most affected state in the coronavirus pandemic, CM Uddhav Thackeray has hardly been on the ground taking control of situation.
  
  Opinions
  
  The Cabal Strategizes: Tahir Hussain behind Delhi Riots
  
  Guest Author - 8 July, 2020
  
  Tahir Hussain was the one to put the money to sinister use by mobilizing Delhi Riots in February 2020
  
  Opinions
  
  How Mumbai’s long-awaited dream of IFSC status is nowhere near complete and Gandhinagar secured IFSC status
  
  Guest Author - 7 July, 2020
  
  Manmohan Singh announced in 2004 that Mumbai would be turned into Shasnghai. However, that did not happen.
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  News Reports
  
  No, Indian PUBG user did not make Chinese player say ‘Hindustan Zindabad’, Times Network’s website fell for satire
  
  OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020
  
  Times group's MensXP falls for satire, believes that Indian PUBG user made Chinese player say 'Hindistan Zindabad'
  
  Media Fact-Check
  
  The Wire’s claims that NCPCR saw 8-fold increase in complaints post-Coronavirus outbreak are false: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2020
  
  The Wire has recently been trying to milk the coronavirus pandemic to cast aspersions on Modi government
  
  Media Fact-Check
  
  Central govt rejects Business Standard report on the merger of CBDT and CBIC, schools the newspaper on journalism
  
  OpIndia Staff - 6 July, 2020
  
  Business Standard had published an article claiming that the central government is mulling over the merger of CBDT and CBIC as a part of its austerity drive to reduce the costs amidst coronavirus pandemic
  
  News Reports
  
  Guardian falsely claims China built radar tower near Pangong Tso lake in last few weeks: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 4 July, 2020
  
  Satellite images and media reports show that China had built radar station near Pangong Tso lake years ago, not recently as Guardian claims
Media
- News Reports
  
  No, Indian PUBG user did not make Chinese player say ‘Hindustan Zindabad’, Times Network’s website fell for satire
  
  OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020
  
  Times group's MensXP falls for satire, believes that Indian PUBG user made Chinese player say 'Hindistan Zindabad'
  
  News Reports
  
  Delhi HC lifts gag order against media and victims in #MeToo sexual harassment cases against Newslaundry investor Mahesh Murthy
  
  OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020
  
  Lifting gag order in sexual harassment cases against Mahesh Murthy, Delhi HC said that defendants have freedom of speech
  
  Media Fact-Check
  
  The Wire’s claims that NCPCR saw 8-fold increase in complaints post-Coronavirus outbreak are false: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2020
  
  The Wire has recently been trying to milk the coronavirus pandemic to cast aspersions on Modi government
  
  Media
  
  ‘You work to protect Islamist terrorists, you’re anti-Hindu and anti-India’: Read Kapil Mishra’s response to The Quint
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2020
  
  Responding to The Quint journalist, he said that in his personal opinion Quint is anti-India and anti-Hindu and biased against the truth.
  
  Law
  
  SC tears into lawyer for approaching apex court accusing it of biased in listing Arnab Goswami case for urgent hearing: Here is what transpired
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2020
  
  The SC had granted three-week interim protection to the Arnab Goswami against multiple FIRs filed against him by the Congress
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire
  
  Culture and History
  
  Nindāstuti: A Dharmic Paradigm of Devotion through Apparent Censure
  
  Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 7 July, 2020
  
  Nindāstuti is a form of Shleshakavya - a poetic composition that is laden with double-entendres and is looked upon as a form of Dvesha-bhakti
  
  News Reports
  
  Read about the valorous tale of 1965 Param Vir Chakra winner Abdul Hamid – ‘The Tank Destroyer’ – on his birth anniversary
  
  OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2020
  
  Abdul Hamid is remembered for his extraordinary bravery in the battle of Asal Uttar, one of the fiercest tank battles fought during the 1965 India-Pakistan war.
  
  News Reports
  
  Bahuda Yatra: Lord Jagannath in Puri is returning to his temple today, read about the festival and rituals associated
  
  OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2020
  
  Bahuda Yatra is the festival where Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadra are brought back to their temple in their respective Rathas.
  
  Culture and History
  
  The battle of Rezang La: When 123 Indian soldiers faced impossible odds against 3000 well-armed Chinese and fought to the last man
  
  Guest Author - 22 June, 2020
  
  On a freezing and unforgiving November night, 123 Indian soldiers – frostbitten, weary, hungry and heavily outnumbered – defied the might of the rampaging Chinese Army. On 18 November 1962, Major Shaitan Singh and men of Charlie Company, 13 Kumaon Regiment, forever passed into the mists of legend.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  Interviews
  
  ‘Turn vegan’ anti-slaughter poster in Lucknow featuring goat not related to Eid, claims PETA in an exclusive interview with OpIndia
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2020
  
  A massive controversy was kicked up after the Islamic fundamentalists vehemently protested against the PETA poster in Lucknow which showed a goat urging people to go vegan
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  China’s Inner Mongolia reports suspected cases of bubonic plague: Here is all you need to know about ‘Black Death’ plague
  
  Jinit Jain - 6 July, 2020
  
  Authorities in China in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have called for a Level III alarm after cases of 'Black Death' plague, or Bubonic plague, emerged from the region
  
  News Reports
  
  China’s ‘Century of Humiliation’: How period between First Opium War in 1839 and victory of CCP in 1949 shapes China’s view about the world
  
  OpIndia Staff - 4 July, 2020
  
  The Chinese claim to Vladivostok is a stark reminder of the extent to which the 'Century of Humiliation' plays a very crucial role in shaping China's foreign policy.
  
  OpIndia Scoops
  
  Tahir Hussain not only planned and instigated the mob, but was also pelting stones and petrol bombs at Hindus: Chargesheet
  
  OpIndia Staff - 4 July, 2020
  
  While Dilbar Negi was dismembered and burnt alive, Ankit Sharma was mutilated, murdered and dumped in a Chand Bagh drain by a Muslim mob spearheaded by AAP leader Tahir Hussain
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Twitter account of Kolkata girl hacked hours after PM Modi followed her among others

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2019

Embarrassed that Indians got their goat (figuratively, not literally) for having Ch Fawad Hussain as a minister, Pakistani hackers hacked into Bose's account to embarrass PM Modi and Twitter user @pokershash

Social Media

Adnan Sami’s Twitter account hacked by pro-Pakistan Turkish hackers

OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2019

The hacker tweeted that whoever betrays the 'brother' country Pakistan will see Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's photo as profile picture.

Social Media

Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account hacked by pro-Pak Turkish hackers, hackers tweet anti-India tweets

OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2019

The hacker group replaced Bachchan's profile picture with a photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and also changed the bio, adding "Love Pakistan" and an emoji of the Turkish flag.

Media

Angered by reporting, pro-Sabarimala activists hack Asianet website, but the wrong one

OpIndia Staff - 20 October, 2018

It seems like the activists wanted to hack the media arm of Asianet

News Reports

Goa BJP website hacked, ‘Pakstan zindabad’ note left by hackers

OpIndia Staff - 15 October, 2018

One can see the signature of the hacker which reads 'Muhammad Bilal' with 'Team PCE' that follows it.

News Reports

Massive security breach in Facebook, 90 million accounts affected

OpIndia Staff - 29 September, 2018

Facebook is already facing scrutiny for allegedly leaking millions of users' data to Cambridge Analytica

Social Media

Happy birthday, Pooja! Jamia Millia website hacked to wish one Pooja

OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2018

No one has taken responsibility for this 'expression of love' and the website is now restored.

News Reports

Janta ka Reporter misquotes Chief Election Officer in a bid to malign EVMs

Raju Das - 20 December, 2017

How to cook up a controversy from nowhere

Politics

BJP spokesperson Shaina NC does a ‘Rajdeep’ after sending out senseless tweet

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2017

Another major face-palm moment for the BJP over the Chandigarh stalking incident

News Reports

Aadhaar, the technology, and the privacy debate

Sambit Nayak - 6 August, 2017

A look at how the technology behind Aadhaar enrollment and authentication works, and the concerns.

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Veteran Bollywood actor Jagdeep dies at 81

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020

Jagdeep is father of Bollywood actor Javed Jafri.

News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Ex-BJP district President Wasim Bari killed by terrorists, father and brother also murdered

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020

Former BJP Bandipora President Wasim Bari killed by terrorists who shot at him outside his shop

News Reports

Watch: BJP’s Sambit Patra and Congress’ Gaurav Vallabh hurl Sukanya Devi and Ranga-Billa cases at each other in intense TV debate

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020

When Congress spokesperson equated Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah with Ranga-Billa, BJP's Sambit Patra raised Sukanya Devi rape case

News Reports

Indian Army decides to ban 89 apps for its personnel: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020

Other than Chinese apps there are other few apps like Facebook, Instagram, etc which the Indian Army has also banned for its personnel

News Reports

Mahesh Bhatt predicted her end, threw chappal at her: Kangana Ranaut’s team denies Pooja Bhatt’s claims about Bhatts helping Kangana

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020

Bollywood has always preferred to promote its own progeny and by denying, Pooja Bhatt is running away from the undeniable fact

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Australian surfer Carmen Greentree abducted and raped for 2 months in a houseboat in Kashmir in 2004, pressurised to convert to Islam

OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2020

Carmen Greentree has penned a book titled "A Dangerous Pursuit of Happiness" narrating her abduction and rape in Kashmir.

Politics

Jyoti Basu is the mass murderer India forgot

Abhishek Banerjee - 8 July, 2020

Please don’t feel bad about speaking ill of the Late Jyoti Basu. If there is another world, be certain that there are (at least) 28,000 voices from the other side backing you up.

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