Friday, May 29, 2020

Politics
- News Reports
  
  After Chattisgarh, youth Congress leader in Indore files complaint against BJP leader Tajinder Bagga for calling Rajiv Gandhi “father of mob lynching”
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020
  
  Tajinder Bagga responds in his own unique style: "I apologies for saying Rajiv Gandhi is Murderer actually RAJIV GANDHI IS MASS MURDERER"
  
  Opinions
  
  Here is how media’s war on Yogi Adityanath became a headache for Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 28 May, 2020
  
  Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is angry. There are dozens of trains full of migrant workers heading from Maharashtra towards West Bengal.
  
  Politics
  
  Congress stoops to new low, makes perverse claim about PM Modi using old photograph of PM with Madame Tussauds’ female employee
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020
  
  The Congress party used a photograph of Narendra Modi in which measurements were being taken for his statue at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.
  
  News Reports
  
  Mumbai: BJP MLA files petition in HC, questions the constitutional validity of Uddhav government’s gag order on citizens
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020
  
  The 23c May order also indirectly bans all criticism of the Maharashtra government led by Uddhhav Thackeray as one of the clauses in the prohibitory order says that messages that incite “mistrust towards government functionaries and their actions taken to control Covid-19” will also be acted against.
  
  News Reports
  
  Pakistan rants, issues statement ‘condemning’ the commencement of construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020
  
  In the statement issued by Pakistan, the commencement of the construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya was 'condemned'
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  As West Bengal is ravaged by Cyclone Amphan, a long term sustainable plan is required to help South Bengal
  
  Santanu Chakraborty - 28 May, 2020
  
  South Bengal still stranded without food and shelter as West Bengal government messes up relief and rescue after Cyclone Amphan.
  
  Media
  
  How mainstream media is failing India during a pandemic: Fake news and the migrant crisis amidst Coronavirus lockdown
  
  Priyanka Deo - 28 May, 2020
  
  These days, mainstream media has been complaining about how it’s being treated. One can make the argument that Indian journalism is dominated by mainstream media via print and broadcast.
  
  Media
  
  The Hindu’s ‘Readers Editor’ rebuffs a reader’s genuine concern because he interrupted the paper’s anti-India propaganda: Read how
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 28 May, 2020
  
  The current Readers Editor writes a weekly column that seldom addresses the concerns of the readers. His articles are a bore and have no relevance to the “terms of reference”.
  
  Opinions
  
  Here is how media’s war on Yogi Adityanath became a headache for Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 28 May, 2020
  
  Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is angry. There are dozens of trains full of migrant workers heading from Maharashtra towards West Bengal.
  
  Politics
  
  How Congress is insulting voters of Maharashtra
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 27 May, 2020
  
  As with many other things, Rahul Gandhi needs a lesson in basic civics. In this case, it happens to be the principle of collective responsibility.
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  Media
  
  Rana Ayyub shares Hindustan Times report to claim a child’s death in Bihar was due to ‘starvation’, gets fact-checked by Indian Railways
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020
  
  Hindustan Times had published an article dated May 27, 2020, titled: "Migrants’ kid dies as father hunts for milk at railway station", claiming that a four-and-a-half-year-old son of migrants from Bihar based in Delhi died of hunger at the railway station on arrival by a ‘Shramik Special’ train.
  
  News Reports
  
  Old photos of wildfires all over the world used to falsely claim severe wildfire in Uttarakhand, police to file FIR against fake news peddlers
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2020
  
  Images shared on social media sites soon drew traction and many media houses reported that Uttarakhand has been burning in a forest fire for the last four days
  
  Social Media Fact-Check
  
  Journalist Rana Ayyub lies, shares a video on Instagram to claim a passenger on-board Shramik train had died of hunger
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2020
  
  The Railways sources have clarified that the woman was suffering from a prolonged illness
  
  Media Fact-Check
  
  India Today report claims ‘exclusive’ details of Lockdown 5.0, MHA calls it speculations, denies quoted ‘sources’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2020
  
  The MHA tweet added that attributing imaginary statements to the MHA is incorrect and irresponsible.
Media
- Media
  
  While NDTV calls terrorist a mere ‘driver’, authorities suspect Pakistan’s JeM and LeT hand behind averted terror attack in Pulwama: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020
  
  NDTV has referred to the terrorist driving the car in Pulwama as a mere 'driver' but authorities say Pakistani terrorists are involved.
  
  Media
  
  How mainstream media is failing India during a pandemic: Fake news and the migrant crisis amidst Coronavirus lockdown
  
  Priyanka Deo - 28 May, 2020
  
  These days, mainstream media has been complaining about how it’s being treated. One can make the argument that Indian journalism is dominated by mainstream media via print and broadcast.
  
  Media
  
  After Shekhar Gupta’s The Print asked the opposition to spread fake news, here are some instances when opposition followed the advice
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020
  
  A column published on Shekhar Gupta's The Print urged the opposition to spread lies against the BJP government at the centre
  
  Media
  
  The Hindu’s ‘Readers Editor’ rebuffs a reader’s genuine concern because he interrupted the paper’s anti-India propaganda: Read how
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 28 May, 2020
  
  The current Readers Editor writes a weekly column that seldom addresses the concerns of the readers. His articles are a bore and have no relevance to the “terms of reference”.
  
  Media
  
  Rana Ayyub shares Hindustan Times report to claim a child’s death in Bihar was due to ‘starvation’, gets fact-checked by Indian Railways
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020
  
  Hindustan Times had published an article dated May 27, 2020, titled: "Migrants’ kid dies as father hunts for milk at railway station", claiming that a four-and-a-half-year-old son of migrants from Bihar based in Delhi died of hunger at the railway station on arrival by a ‘Shramik Special’ train.
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire
  
  Books
  
  Nightmare of Nehruism – a ‘tribute’ to Jawahar Lal Nehru by Sita Ram Goel
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2020
  
  Excerpts from the book "How I became a Hindu" by Sita Ram Goel in which he talks about how he felt about independent India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Nehruism.
  
  Opinions
  
  Praṇavārth: Brahman, Manifested
  
  Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 25 May, 2020
  
  Praṇava (प्रणव) - ॐ holds a position of paramount importance in Dharma.
  
  Culture and History
  
  Is Hinduism a ‘religion’ or just a ‘way of life’? Depends on how one defines ‘religion’ itself
  
  Maria Wirth - 25 May, 2020
  
  Hindus are often heard arguing that Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life while others object and see Hinduism as a religion
  
  News Reports
  
  Round 2: Leftists and Naxal sympathisers start casting doubts on the excavation at Ram Janmabhoomi temple site, call it “of little use”
  
  OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2020
  
  A day after various remains of a temple was unearthed from Ram Mandir site at Ayodhya, Nandini Sundar a known Naxal sympathiser, took to Twitter to peddle a new narrative to discredit the findings.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  News Reports
  
  Amidst pandemic and untold suffering, the circle of life continues: 31 births in Shramik trains amidst Lockdown
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 28 May, 2020
  
  Lakhs of migrant labourers have been transported back to their home states in special Shramik Trains that have been started by the Government of India.
  
  Interviews
  
  Ultimately, we are all in this together: Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari talks about his month long ground reporting on coronavirus and migrant crisis
  
  OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2020
  
  Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari traveled for over a month to understand and get to the bottom of the ground realities of the migrant crisis. In conversation with OpIndia, Bhandari talks about how the governments fared and what more they could do to mitigate the crisis.
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  The Kaluchak Massacre: Does India remember this brutality, 18 years on
  
  Deepika Sharma - 14 May, 2020
  
  In the early hours of 14 May 2002, three Pakistani terrorists managed to sneak into Indian territory from Samba region - And thus began the Kalachak Massacre
  
  News Reports
  
  The full story behind the murder of a minor Hindu boy in Gopalganj
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2020
  
  Rajesh Jaiswal's gravest allegation was that in order to suppress the incident, the police has altered the autopsy report of Rohit Jaiswal
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Bollywood entertainer Richa Chadha wants RBI to ‘write off’ everyone’s EMI. Here is why it is not possible, ever

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2020

The Reserve Bank of India doesn't write off loans. It is the banks that write off the loans that are granted by them. And write off does not mean waive off.

News Reports

Three arrested in Nagpur for circulating fake audio clip claiming 59 people tested positive for Chinese virus in the city

OpIndia Staff - 27 March, 2020

The 4.52-minute fake audio clip had also mentioned that there are nearly 200 people who are suspected to be carrying Coronavirus in Nagpur

News Reports

Islam above Coronavirus safety: Users take to TikTok to spread falsehood, launch campaign against social distancing

OpIndia Staff - 21 March, 2020

At a time when social distancing is crucial, these TikTok videos encourage people under the guise of Islam to indulge in risky behaviour.

News Reports

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who defended Tarun Tejpal in rape case, spreads misinformation about Aligarh child murder case

OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2019

However, Kashyap alone is not to blame since even self-proclaimed fact-checkers have resorted to whitewashing the crime and basing their 'fact-checks' on police statements instead of scientific evidence

News Reports

‘BJP removed you from voter list, but Kejriwal sir added you back’ – phone calls in Delhi create controversy

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2019

Numerous people have alleged that they have been receiving calls from the Aam Aadmi Party where the caller told them falsely that their names have been struck off from the voter list of Delhi.

Media

DNA misquotes PM Modi: Refers to the ‘general quota’ as the ‘upper caste quota’ bill

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2019

All the suspected 'Modi-haters' began spreading lies and misrepresentations surrounding the Bill soon after it was announced.

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News Reports

ISKCON files complaint against comedian Surleen Kaur and Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd for a video where ISKCON devotees were called ‘harami porn-waley’

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

Surleen Kaur had said in the video published by Shemaroo ‘no doubt we are from ISKCON, but from inside we are all harami porn lovers’.

News Reports

After Bengaluru, another probable sonic boom creates panic among residents of Tirupur city

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020

Tirupur District Majistrate K Vijaya Karthikeyan tweeted that the sound was a most probably a sonic boom caused by a supersonic aircraft

News Reports

Key witness in Mumbai terror attack case who had identified Ajmal Kasab and survived his bullets dies in Thane

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020

Harishchandra Shivardhankar had confronted Ajmal Kasab and Abu Ismail during Mumbai attacks and was hit by two bullets

News Reports

After Chattisgarh, youth Congress leader in Indore files complaint against BJP leader Tajinder Bagga for calling Rajiv Gandhi “father of mob lynching”

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020

Tajinder Bagga responds in his own unique style: "I apologies for saying Rajiv Gandhi is Murderer actually RAJIV GANDHI IS MASS MURDERER"

Opinions

As West Bengal is ravaged by Cyclone Amphan, a long term sustainable plan is required to help South Bengal

Santanu Chakraborty - 28 May, 2020

South Bengal still stranded without food and shelter as West Bengal government messes up relief and rescue after Cyclone Amphan.

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Social Media Fact-Check

Journalist Rana Ayyub lies, shares a video on Instagram to claim a passenger on-board Shramik train had died of hunger

OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2020

The Railways sources have clarified that the woman was suffering from a prolonged illness

Entertainment

Paatal Lok changes the morphed image with BJP leader where he is shown next to corrupt character after he files a complaint against Anushka...

OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2020

Days after BJP MLA Nandkishore Gurjar filed a complaint against Amazon Prime series Paatal Lok producer Anushka Sharma for using a morphed image of himself without his permission, the producers have changed the image.

News Reports