Saturday, June 12, 2021

Politics
- Politics
  
  Ahead of Punjab Assembly Elections, Shiromani Akali Dal forms alliance with Mayawati-led Bahujan Samajwadi Party
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021
  
  After leaving NDA. Shiromani Akali Dal inks alliance with Bahujan Samajwadi Party for assembly elections in Punjab
  
  News Reports
  
  Youth Congress workers throw own bike into the lake to protest against Modi government: Watch and know why
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021
  
  The Congress party had announced on Wednesday (June 9) that it would hold a 'symbolic protest' outside petrol pumps on Friday.
  
  Crime
  
  BJP MP, 4 others attacked by TMC cadre with ‘bamboo and sticks’ while arranging return of BJP cadre who had fled violence
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021
  
  BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said that Roy and four other workers were attacked by TMC when they were arranging the return of BJP workers who left due to the post-poll violence in the state.
  
  News Reports
  
  Leaked Clubhouse chats: Here is what senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh promised to a Pakistan-origin journalist about Kashmir
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021
  
  During conversation with a Pakistani-origin journalist on Clubhouse app, Congress leader Digvijay Singh promised to reinstate Article 370
  
  World
  
  France President Emmanuel Macron slams Joe Biden administration for blocking vaccine raw material export to India
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2021
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron took potshots at the Joe Biden administration for blocking export of Covod-19 raw materials.
Opinions
- 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
  
  Opinions
  
  Aatish Taseer shows how his ‘jamaat’ has mastery over playing victim, brands Bollywood pro-Modi even as it remains anti-Hindu
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 11 June, 2021
  
  'Eminent intellectual' Aatish Taseer has has claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attempting to silence Bollywood.
  
  Opinions
  
  Dehumanising ‘Sanghis’ and weaponisation of sex: Why the defence of the ‘hate sex’ audio by one of the women present is problematic
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 10 June, 2021
  
  The entire idea is about dehumanisation of political adversaries. Once adversaries have been sufficiently dehumanised, all manners of crimes against them are justifiable.
  
  Opinions
  
  Perils of woke feminism: How recent Clubhouse conversation encourages sexually predatory behaviour and promotes Grooming Jihad
  
  Jinit Jain - 10 June, 2021
  
  In a audio conversation on Clubhouse, luminaries of liberal and feminist firmament encouraged sexually predatory behaviour against Hindus.
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  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.
  
  News Reports
  
  The Hindu’s ‘fact-check’ about PM Modi’s address to the nation on vaccines is flawed and self-contradictory. Details
  
  Jinit Jain - 9 June, 2021
  
  The Hindu recently published an article to assert that India never ,lacked access to vaccines. However there were glaring loopholes in it.
Media
- 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.
  
  Media
  
  Wife Pramila Dixit launches Rohit Sardana Foundation to support independent journalism: Here is how you can support the campaign
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2021
  
  Pramila Dixit announced the decision to launch the Rohit Sardana Foundation in honour of the deceased journalist.
  
  News Reports
  
  Islamic terror outfit Hamas honours Al Jazeera for its ‘high professionalism’ during the recent Israel-Gaza clashes
  
  OpIndia Staff - 10 June, 2021
  
  The deputy head of the terror outfit Khalil al-Hayya hailed the Qatari channel Al Jazeera for its high professionalism during its coverage of the "Sword of Jerusalem" battle and for demonstrating its affiliation with the cause of the 'oppressed' Palestinian people.
  
  News Reports
  
  Pakistan: Journalist Hamid Mir apologises after lambasting army and ISI over attacks on media personnel
  
  OpIndia Staff - 9 June, 2021
  
  Hamid Mir said that he neither named any person in his contentious speech nor had any differences with the Pakistani army.
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  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.
  
  WTF News
  
  Did a pet hippo kill and eat his owner six years after he was ‘adopted’ as per viral message? Here are the details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 6 June, 2021
  
  The incident pertains to the tragic death of a farmer from South Africa named Marius Els, who was mauled to death by his pet hippo Humphrey.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  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
  
  News Reports
  
  Covid-19 lab leak theory: Indian scientists had flagged ‘unnatural insertions’ in its genome, were forced to withdraw study
  
  Raju Das - 4 June, 2021
  
  Researchers from Kusuma School of Biological Sciences in IIT Delhi had found that Covid-19 virus in humans is different from those in bats
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