Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  Madan Mitra, self proclaimed ‘Crush of Bengal’ who wanted to get Jai Shri Ram banned, is TMC candidate from Kamarhati
  
  Dibakar Dutta - 9 March, 2021
  
  Madan Mitra, self proclaimed 'crush of Bengal' is also a popular meme on the internet due to his penchant for bizarre comments.
  
  News Reports
  
  Uttarakhand: After a day of ‘will he or won’t he’ speculations, CM Trivendra Rawat set to resign today
  
  OpIndia Staff - 9 March, 2021
  
  Reports suggest that a faction of the party is unhappy with the functioning of the Uttarakhand government led by Trivendra Singh Rawat.
  
  News Reports
  
  It is confirmed, Congress CM in Punjab is speaking on behalf of middlemen, not the farmers: Here is what he said
  
  OpIndia Staff - 9 March, 2021
  
  Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has objected to the Centre's move of directly making payments to farmers' bank account, alleging that it would aggravate the ongoing crisis over farm laws.
  
  Political History of India
  
  ‘New Ram Mandir will be symbol of hate’ argument is based on same lies that propagated ‘Babri demolition radicalised Muslims’
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 9 March, 2021
  
  The seeds of Islamic radicalisation and terrorism were sowed much before the demolition of Babri Masjid. But 'liberals' just found it convenient to blame the Hindus.
  
  News Reports
  
  Will he join politics or won’t he?: ‘It is all about opportunities’, said Sourav Ganguly in his interview with Republic Bangla
  
  OpIndia Staff - 8 March, 2021
  
  "Politics is not bad. We had (have) the greatest of leaders in the country who influence the population," Sourav Ganguly pointed out.
Opinions
- Editor's picks
  
  Freedom House and Pakistan: How global liberalism dehumanises Hindus
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 9 March, 2021
  
  In reading the reports from Freedom House, what stood out is how similar it is to the now familiar secular whitewashing style of mainstream media here in India.
  
  Opinions
  
  Ex-CEO of Rajya Sabha TV draws a ludicrous comparison between free vaccinations in the past with COVID-19 immunisation: Here’s why he is wrong
  
  Jinit Jain - 9 March, 2021
  
  Gurdeep Singh Sappal, the former CEO of Rajya Sabha TV and a Congress loyalist, ranted against nominal price of COVID-19 vaccines charged at private vaccination centres
  
  Political History of India
  
  ‘New Ram Mandir will be symbol of hate’ argument is based on same lies that propagated ‘Babri demolition radicalised Muslims’
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 9 March, 2021
  
  The seeds of Islamic radicalisation and terrorism were sowed much before the demolition of Babri Masjid. But 'liberals' just found it convenient to blame the Hindus.
  
  Opinions
  
  On Women’s day, can we please make child marriage illegal among India’s minority community?
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 8 March, 2021
  
  Could we please make child marriage illegal in India? In fact, could we do it today?
  
  News Reports
  
  As Western engagement with China has failed, decoupling with it is the only option left
  
  Anurag - 7 March, 2021
  
  As China has become a visible threat to the global economy, the best idea would be to disengage with China in all possible aspects
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  Fact-Check
  
  Fact-Check: Has BJP opened a ‘branch’ in Sri Lanka too? Know what is ‘Sri Lanka Bharatiya Janata Party’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 March, 2021
  
  An image has gone viral on the internet with claims that the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling political party in India, has launched a 'branch' in Sri Lanka.
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress caught trying to pass off old video of mock drill as police shooting CAA protesters to malign BJP govt in Assam
  
  OpIndia Staff - 6 March, 2021
  
  Assam Congress uses a video from mock drill by police in Jharkhand which was earlier also used several times to spread fake news
  
  Social Media
  
  Trolls use fake, photoshopped images to attack Kangana Ranaut for pictures of a fruit smoothie
  
  OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021
  
  Kangana Ranaut faced troll attack after sharing a photo of a smoothie she had made. Trolls claimed that she had copied food image from the internet.
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress tries to pass off multiple images of tea gardens from Taiwan as that of Assam, gets fact-checked by BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma
  
  OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021
  
  Congress party used two photographs from tea gardens in Taiwan for its Assam Bachao campaign on Facebook
Media
- Media
  
  Shekhar Gupta admits that he has been scared to criticise Rahul Gandhi and Congress, Congress leaders prove him right
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 March, 2021
  
  Shekhar Gupta criticised the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi for failing to put enough pressure on the Modi government
  
  Media
  
  ‘Can’t wait to anchor Jabab Chay Bangla’: Republic Bangla to go on air from March 7, Arnab Goswami to anchor a debate show
  
  OpIndia Staff - 6 March, 2021
  
  The channel has taken to its official Twitter handle to announce the official launch of its Bengali News channel Republic Bangla
  
  News Reports
  
  The popularity of PM Narendra Modi surges, becomes the most-watched personality on television in India last year: BARC report
  
  OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021
  
  Much the same as his social media fan-base, the impact of PM Narendra Modi on television has also been multiplying
  
  News Reports
  
  Defence analyst Nitin Gokhale and journalist Ashutosh say they will sue Caravan India for allegedly misquoting them: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021
  
  The article in Caravan magazine, written by its editor Hartosh Singh Bal, claims that the government's move to regulate fake news and web portals is aimed to act against people who are writing against the government.
  
  Fact-Check
  
  The Wire publishes fake news regarding new guidelines for digital media sites, gets fact-checked
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021
  
  The Wire falsely claimed that the ministry will select members for the self-regulating body of the digital media portals under the guidelines
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  Satire
  
  Woman heard crying in Sonia Gandhi’s house after Delhi Court convicts Ariz Khan in Batla House encounter case
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 8 March, 2021
  
  A Delhi Court has ruled that Ariz Khan is guilty in the Batla House Encounter case, years after Sonia Gandhi had cried.
  
  News Reports
  
  Catholic school expels 3 kids of an OnlyFans model after ‘jealous’ mothers of other children complain about her ‘raunchy pictures’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 5 March, 2021
  
  The OnlyFans model said that a group of jealous 'Karen mums' complained to the school about her, leading to expulsion of her children
  
  Books
  
  Rahul Roushan’s book ‘Sanghi Who Never Went To A Shakha’ goes out of stock on Amazon
  
  OpIndia Staff - 5 March, 2021
  
  The Kindle version of the book, however, can be pre-ordered on Amazon.
  
  Opinions
  
  ‘Even if life was taken away illegally, courts are helpless’: the Congress toolkit for protecting institutions
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 5 March, 2021
  
  Rahul Gandhi had recently said that though the Emergency was wrong, Congress has never tried to capture India's institutional framework.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  Interviews
  
  Violence in Bengal, election rigging, misgiving of Congress, Abbas Siddiqui, COVID-19 and China: CPI (M) leader Rabin Deb talks to OpIndia
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 6 March, 2021
  
  Rabin Deb, one of the tallest leaders in West Bengal of the CPI (M) talks to OpIndia ahead of the 2021 elections, TMC and BJP
  
  Editor's picks
  
  ‘Haram or Halal, TMC wants only money’, says West Bengal Congress leader Haji Mohabbat Khan in an interview with OpIndia
  
  OpIndia Staff - 5 March, 2021
  
  The Congress leader said that if 'communal BJP' has to be stopped from winning in West Bengal, then Congress is the only hope
  
  News Reports
  
  ‘Freedom House’ downgrades India from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’: Read how it is wholly funded by the US govt and has ties to George...
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 4 March, 2021
  
  Freedom House downgraded India based on facts they did not find convenient and a fallacious narrative woven by left and Islamists
  
  OpIndia Scoops
  
  Still living in fear, no compensation yet for our losses: A year on, OpIndia spoke to the owner of a parking lot burnt down...
  
  रवि अग्रहरि - 1 March, 2021
  
  The owner of the parking lot that was burnt down by rioters in Delhi's Shiv Vihar said that the cars were ransacked a day before the actual violence gripped the national capital
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international yoga day

Incredible India tourism campaign ropes in Yoga Instructor Ira Trivedi whose tweets hurting Hindu sentiments had gone viral

OpIndia Staff - 21 June, 2020

Incredible India, a tourism campaign launched by GoI, has decided to provide platform to anti-Hindu Ira Trivedi in one of its webinars.

Social Media

“Namaz is better than Yoga”: Cricketer Mohammad Kaif attacked by Islamists for celebrating International Yoga Day

OpIndia Staff - 21 June, 2020

On June 21, 2020, former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif took to social media to celebrate International Yoga Day and shared pictures of himself posing in various Yoga poses.

Opinions

‘Culture’ as a soft power diplomacy: Transforming India’s global image

Dr. Mukesh Kumar Srivastava - 22 September, 2019

In promoting Indian cultural diplomacy, the Modi government has also revitalised its institutional mechanisms to strengthen and foster India’s cultural heritage.

News Reports

Kerala Catholic body issues diktat: No chanting of prayers, no idol worship, no embracing Hinduism while practising Yoga

OpIndia Staff - 28 June, 2019

The guideline warned that "Christians must be vigilant against the fact that they should not be embracing another religion (Hinduism in this case) while practising meditation”

Law

Activist files complaint against Rahul Gandhi for his International Yoga Day tweet where he insulted the Indian Army

OpIndia Staff - 23 June, 2019

Mumbai-based activist has filed a complaint against him for his tweet on International Day of Yoga where he ended up insulted the Indian Army

News Reports

No lessons learnt: Rahul Gandhi not only mocks International Yoga Day but also Indian Army’s elite Dog Unit

OpIndia Staff - 21 June, 2019

Rahul Gandhi posted a tweet mocking yoga done by army dogs

Culture and History

Yoga is rooted in Hindu spiritual traditions and so is Vande Mataram, disassociating them from Hinduism an insult to our ancestors

K Bhattacharjee - 21 June, 2019

The Communist Chief Minister of Kerala pontificated on how none of the Asanas performed on International Yoga Day had anything to do with any religion.

News Reports