Sunday, May 16, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  Punjab Vigilance uncovers 5 ‘shady deals’ by Navjot Singh Sidhu, says he favoured some private firms during his tenure as a minister
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2021
  
  Vigilance investigation against Navjot Singh Sidhu claims to have found links to 5 shady deals with certain corporate firms
  
  News Reports
  
  ‘If we change our religion, will we live?’ – Tearful WB Governor reveals the ordeal of people during Nandigram visit
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2021
  
  "Enough is enough", he said and said that the West Bengal Chief Minister must act and officials with the West Bengal police should be held accountable for dereliction of duty.
  
  News Reports
  
  Rebel YRS Congress MP who was arrested for criticising Andhra CM Jagan Reddy tortured in custody, images of injuries go viral
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  Guntur Magistrate ordered medical examination of rebel YRS Congress MP Raghu Rama Krishnam Raju to ascertain his custodial torture
  
  News Reports
  
  UP Aam Aadmi Party launches sexist attack on Smriti Irani after she highlighted how states had ignored warning on Covid second wave
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  The Uttar Pradesh unit of Aam Aadmi Party today posted a sexist tweet attacking Union Minister Smriti Irani.
  
  News Reports
  
  West Bengal Governor travels across the state and Assam to console those ravaged by post-poll violence
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  West Bengal Governor visited various villages and met the affected family members who were attacked or killed in the post poll violence
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  Fictional cow dung link to mucormycosis, silence on other fake claims: How ‘public health experts’ destroyed faith in institutions during the pandemic
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 16 May, 2021
  
  One of the most remarkable facet of it is the politicization of discourse surrounding the disease by public health experts.
  
  Opinions
  
  Massive Eid gatherings show the futility of lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic in India, it is time to lift them now
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 14 May, 2021
  
  The Muslim community across the world is celebrating Eid ul-Fitr today. With it, the holy month of Ramadan comes to an end.
  
  News Reports
  
  Kejriwal govt sets aside Rs 50 crores for free vaccination of Delhi residents, while spending far more on PR: Details
  
  Jinit Jain - 14 May, 2021
  
  While AAP government in Delhi spent Rs 150 crores on PR from Jan to March, it has only allocated Rs 50 crores for the free vaccination of Delhi's 2 crore population.
  
  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.
Fact-Check
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  Far-left and Congress trolls display ignorance while targeting PM Modi, misinterpret data to claim Rupee weakening against Bangladeshi Taka
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2021
  
  As the value of 1 Rupee is equal to 1.16 Bangladeshi Taka, trolls assumed Rupee is weak against Taka and targeted PM Modi
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress leader Udit Raj run Dalit organisation shares 13-year-old image to claim that dogs are scavenging bodies of Covid-19 victims
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  Udit Raj run All India Parisangh shares stock image from 2008 to attack PM Modi for the current Covid-19 situation in the country
  
  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
Media
- Media
  
  The Hindu quietly changes headline after columnist calls Tejasvi Surya a virus: Here are her previous problematic comments
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  The Hindu published an opinion-editorial by columnist Vaishna Roy on Friday where it called BJP MP Tejasvi Surya a virus.
  
  News Reports
  
  Legendary Australian cricketer slams world media for ‘vulture’ journalism, says Incredible India deserves respect: Here is what he said
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  In a recent post, the former cricketer has expressed his overwhelming support for India and slammed international media for vulture journalism
  
  News Reports
  
  5 years ago, The Week published an article insulting, mocking, lying about Veer Savarkar, today they apologise: Read full details
  
  Dibakar Dutta - 15 May, 2021
  
  After a lawsuit filed by Veer Sarvarkar's grand nephew, The Week apologises for a article on Sarvarkar published in 2016
  
  Media
  
  How NDTV played with words to give impression that Kerala woman died due to Israel, deleted and reposted, but still did not mention Palestine
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  NDTV subtly peddled an agenda trying to paint Israel as the aggressors and Palestine as the victim after a Indian woman died in terror attacks
  
  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
Variety
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  Jerusalem conflict: The history of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount and the holiest Jewish temple that preceded it
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  The Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock was built on the same spot where the Second Temple of the Judaism was located
  
  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.
Specials
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  News Reports
  
  Jerusalem conflict: The history of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount and the holiest Jewish temple that preceded it
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021
  
  The Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock was built on the same spot where the Second Temple of the Judaism was located
  
  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
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