Friday, April 23, 2021

Politics
- Politics
  
  Election Commission cracks down on road shows, pad yatras, cycle rallies; allows public meetings for up to 500 people
  
  OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2021
  
  The new norms from the Election Commission will significantly impact campaigning for the West Bengal elections going forward.
  
  Politics
  
  As PM Modi cancels Bengal rallies to hold COVID-19 meet, here is how many times Mamata Banerjee attended the review meeting in past few...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2021
  
  Mamata Banerjee, over the course of the past 3 months, has not attended even a single meeting between Chief Ministers and the Prime Minister.
  
  Media
  
  Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint gives space to Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel to spread falsehoods over Coronavirus pandemic
  
  OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2021
  
  Despite publishing a PTI report detailing the Central Government's warning to Chhattisgarh in January, ThePrint fails to pushback against CM Baghel's claims.
  
  News Reports
  
  West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee holds massive rally in Dakshin Dinajpur, refers to PM, HM as “goons”
  
  OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2021
  
  West Bengal goes into 6th phase of voting in current assembly elections.
  
  News Reports
  
  After Rakesh Tikait got vaccinated himself, BKU issues another threat to the Modi govt amid the Coronavirus pandemic: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2021
  
  After so-called farmers deciding to march from Punjab to Delhi yet again, Rakesh Tikait led Bhartiya Kisan Union has been issuing threats, warning the BJP government to not make any attempts to vacate the protesting site
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  Fake stories of suffering by social media ‘influencers’ amidst COVID-19 outbreak: What it says about our moral compass?
  
  Jinit Jain - 22 April, 2021
  
  Many social media 'influencers' have been caught sharing fake stories of sufferings to gain followers and funds amidst raging COVID-19 pandemic
  
  Opinions
  
  I am tired and extremely disoriented: How I got the Chinese virus and lived to tell the tale
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 22 April, 2021
  
  OpIndia Editor Nirwa Mehta takes you through her journey of surviving COVID.
  
  Opinions
  
  Breathing oxygen? Thank a tree hugger in Aarey forest
  
  Sanghamitra - 21 April, 2021
  
  As media reports started going oxygen, oxygen, oxygen in the last few days, the 'liberals' recalled their primary school science lessons.
  
  Opinions
  
  Journalism: The new performance art
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 20 April, 2021
  
  With the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists have screamed "Beware of the Ides of March" to anyone who would listen - Barkha Dutt for example.
  
  Opinions
  
  From censorship to propaganda and disinformation: Here’s how China seeks to reshape the narrative on the repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
  
  Jinit Jain - 20 April, 2021
  
  From outrightly denying the existence of Uyghur repression, China has evolved its strategy to hardened public stance, vigorously deflecting criticism and showing a tenacity to confront its critics in the West.
Fact-Check
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  Congress’ attack against Covishield continues, now spreads fake news of ‘one vaccine, 3 rates’ from official Twitter handle
  
  Sanghamitra - 22 April, 2021
  
  The previous low price was a part of SII's commitment to GOI and some other countries for sharing the risk of production. After the current 'under contract' 110 million doses are delivered, SII will sell to GOI at Rs 400 per dose, same as states.
  
  News Reports
  
  Is Serum Institute really making a huge profit and charging discriminatory price from states for Covid-19 vaccine? Read details
  
  Raju Das - 21 April, 2021
  
  Serum Institute had offered GOI a discount for 1st 100 million doses, it will not be making huge profits from states as alleged
  
  Fact-Check
  
  TMC, Kashmiri Journalist and propagandists found posting fake images and videos amidst Covid-19 crisis
  
  OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2021
  
  TMC's campaign handle 'Banglar Gorbo Mamata' was found spreading deliberate lies and fake news during the Covid pandemic.
  
  News Reports
  
  Pro-AAP vlogger Dhruv Rathee spreads fake news about only BJP campaigning for Bengal elections, gives clean chit to TMC, Left, and Congress
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  While TMC, Congress and the Left are all continuing with rallies and crowded election campaigns, Dhruv Rathee made a ranting Facebook post blaming only the BJP. He did not share it on Twitter.
Media
- Media
  
  Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint gives space to Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel to spread falsehoods over Coronavirus pandemic
  
  OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2021
  
  Despite publishing a PTI report detailing the Central Government's warning to Chhattisgarh in January, ThePrint fails to pushback against CM Baghel's claims.
  
  Media
  
  NDTV journalist Gargi Rawat Ansari shows how she is willing to sacrifice human lives so propaganda continues to reign supreme
  
  OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2021
  
  NDTV journalist Gargi Rawat Ansari is married to Yusuf Ahmad Ansari, the great-grandson of former Congress President Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari
  
  News Reports
  
  As ICMR study proves high efficacy of made in India Covid vaccines, read how politicians and media had stoked vaccine hesitancy against Covaxin
  
  OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2021
  
  For many months, doomsday predictors had fuelled vaccine hesitancy by making all kinds of baseless claims about Covaxin
  
  News Reports
  
  Moneycontrol deletes report, NDTV brazens out misleading reports on oxygen export after central government calls out malicious propaganda
  
  OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2021
  
  After central government slammed media for spreading falsehoods about oxygen exports, Moneycontrol takes down its report
  
  News Reports
  
  India Today shares prescription medicines containing steroids, which could be fatal for some, for ‘home treatment’ of Covid-19
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  India Today cited Canada-based Dr Zain Chagla to urge people to 'self-medicate' in the face of the Coronavirus crisis
Variety
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  Opinions
  
  Breathing oxygen? Thank a tree hugger in Aarey forest
  
  Sanghamitra - 21 April, 2021
  
  As media reports started going oxygen, oxygen, oxygen in the last few days, the 'liberals' recalled their primary school science lessons.
  
  WTF News
  
  Taiwan man marries the same woman four times, divorces thrice to get extra paid leaves, employer fined for refusing to pay
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2021
  
  The bank clerk in Taiwan pulled off this bizarre stunt up until he managed to get his 8 days paid leave extended up to 32 days
  
  Satire
  
  As ESPN goes for gender-neutral terms, here is how Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals match commentary may read like
  
  Sandeep Kadian - 15 April, 2021
  
  The 'Gentleman's Game' is no longer one as gentleman is not an inclusive term and it offends those who put pronouns in Twitter bios.
  
  News Reports
  
  Indonesia: Man almost marries the wrong woman after Google Maps guides him to the wrong location
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 April, 2021
  
  After the groom's party enter the bride's house for a wedding in Indonesia, someone in the group realised they are in the wrong house
Specials
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  Media Fact-Check
  
  Hindustan Times publishes a misleading article by Congress worker Praveen Chakravarty: Has India inoculated only 7% of its population?
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 22 April, 2021
  
  Hindustan Times today published an opinion piece by 'Data analyst' Praveen Chakravarty, who is a Congress party worker.
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  How China’s ‘Re-education through labour’ policy put minorities in labour camps even before the Uyghur crisis: About the Masanjia camps
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  The letter went into detail about the conditions at China's Masanjia Labor Camp, including the gruelling hours, verbal abuse and physical abuse
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Government of India opens COVID-19 vaccine for everyone above 18 years of age: All you need to know
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  On April 19, the Government of India announced the Phase 3 Strategy of Covid-19 vaccination.
  
  News Reports
  
  As Commonwealth Games Village turns into a Covid-19 facility, here is the chronology of the 2010 Congress scam
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  According to an RTI filed by the Indian Express in 2020, over 50 cases of payment disputes related to the Commonwealth Game scam still remain pending.
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DMK files FIR against popular Tamil YouTuber Maridhas for calling M Karunanidhi as the ‘father of corruption’

OpIndia Staff - 8 June, 2020

Maridhas claimed that the success of the former DMK patriarch was due to manipulative skills and a shrewd divide and rude policy.

News Reports

FIR against Vlogger Maridhas in Melapalayam, den of Islamists, for analysing role of Tablighi Jamaat in spread of Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 9 April, 2020

Maridhas has been a persistent thorn for DMK and now, there is an FIR against him for criticising Tablighi Jamaat and its role in spread of Coronavirus

Opinions

Maridhas and the DMK: A Tamil David against the Dravidian Goliath

Suren - 27 August, 2019

Young Tamils of today need no introduction to the Youtube channel Maridhas Answers. A young gentleman, in impeccable simple Tamil, uses calm argumentation, facts and logic to demolish the prevailing narrative in Tamil Nadu