Sunday, June 20, 2021

Politics
- Politics
  
  How Muslims made Periyar bend a knee, while he continued to abuse Hindus despite protests
  
  Suren - 20 June, 2021
  
  The slightest resistance from the Indian Muslim population was sufficient to make the Dravidian movement capitulate, while the campaign of abuse and calumny against Hinduism has gone on for decades, inspite of wide spread protests.
  
  Politics
  
  Pinarayi Vijayan is main accused in 1969 RSS worker killing: Kerala Congress chief K Sudhakaran makes stunning allegation
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 June, 2021
  
  A day after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had said the newly-coronated Kerala PCC President had once planned to kidnap his children, the Lok Sabha MP from Kannur K Sudhakaran has hit back at him saying that Pinarayi Vijayan was an accused in the murder of Vadikkal Ramakrishnan, an RSS worker killed in 1969 at Thalassery.
  
  Editor's picks
  
  Those with more than two kids wont get govt benefits, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announces adoption of two-child policy
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 June, 2021
  
  Himanta Biswa Sarma pointed out that families of the tea gardeners, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes will be exempted from the policy.
  
  News Reports
  
  Benjamin Netanyahu lost the chair after 12 years because he lost the Israeli ‘caste arithmetic’
  
  Lev Aran - 19 June, 2021
  
  Everyone thought Benjamin Netanyahu will show his magic and retain his posting as PM of Israel, but it didn’t happen
  
  News Reports
  
  Punjab: Five ministers strongly object to CM Captain Amarinder Singh’s decision to give government jobs to children of MLAs
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 June, 2021
  
  Five Punjab ministers accused CM Amarinder Singh of perpetuating VIP culture with the appointment of MLAs' sons to govt posts
Opinions
- Politics
  
  How Muslims made Periyar bend a knee, while he continued to abuse Hindus despite protests
  
  Suren - 20 June, 2021
  
  The slightest resistance from the Indian Muslim population was sufficient to make the Dravidian movement capitulate, while the campaign of abuse and calumny against Hinduism has gone on for decades, inspite of wide spread protests.
  
  Opinions
  
  FT refers to India as the ‘weakest link’ in the Quad. How their quoted expert denies conclusion and how they got it massively wrong
  
  Shashank Bharadwaj - 18 June, 2021
  
  Quoting a few experts in foreign policy, FT declared that India is the 'weakest link' of the informal alliance as it had failed to provide necessary vaccines to the nations as it had agreed to in the Quad summit that was held in March.
  
  Opinions
  
  India and China: The ups and downs of responses by the Asian giants against COVID-19
  
  Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 17 June, 2021
  
  Since China has a humongous population like, we could look at what worked there in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic
  
  Politics
  
  The churn in Bengal BJP is normal and on expected lines. Here is why I don’t worry too much about it
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 17 June, 2021
  
  Candidates don’t matter so much in Bengal, party affiliations do. The TMC proved this beyond all possible doubt in 2021.
  
  Opinions
  
  While Twitter has a policy of removing anti-vaccine tweets, its refusal to remove such posts by Congress leaders shows its bias in India
  
  Jinit Jain - 16 June, 2021
  
  Even though Twitter has been prompt to remove anti-vaccine tweets, it still allows them when posted by Congress leaders in India
Fact-Check
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  News Reports
  
  Days after Rahul Gandhi foul mouths Modi govt over increased dose gap for Covishield, AstraZeneca chief investigator backs the decision
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 June, 2021
  
  AstraZeneca scientist says level of protection provided by one dose of vaccine increases in second and third month after the jab
  
  Social Media
  
  Dhruv Rathee fans mark YouTuber Karolina Goswami for targeted harassment after she exposed his lies
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2021
  
  After Karolina Goswami pointed out the factual errors and mistakes in the Dhruv Rathee video, Rathee's supporters have been harassing and abusing Goswami.
  
  News Reports
  
  Kerala-based Maktoob Media gives a bizarre spin to Ghaziabad story, claims Aadil accused of beating the Muslim man was actually ‘rescuing’ him
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  Kerala based Maktoob Media peddles another fake news on Loni incident, claims accused Adil was rescuing Abdul Samad Saifi
  
  Fact-Check
  
  Congress leader spreads vaccine hesitancy again, this time claims newborn calves are slaughtered for their serum. Here is the truth
  
  Anurag - 16 June, 2021
  
  Covaxin does not contain newborn calf serum. It was used for development of cells to replicate Covid-19 virus in lab to produce vaccine.
Media
- Media
  
  BBC removes distorted map of India from Delta variant report after uproar on social media
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 June, 2021
  
  BBC published wrong map of India while talking about a story on the origin of Delta variant of Chinese coronavirus
  
  News Reports
  
  TV9 Bharatvarsh documentary shows ISIS bride Shamima Begum holding a document with Congress party’s logo: This is how it happened
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 June, 2021
  
  Instead of using original footage, TV9 Bharatvarsh used a digitally altered the image of Shamima Begum from a satire site
  
  Media
  
  Republic TV issues statement over Arnab Goswami’s disappearance from the news network: Here is what they said
  
  OpIndia Staff - 18 June, 2021
  
  Arnab Goswami was last seen on May 2 during a discussion on West Bengal assembly polls. He will make a return on Monday.
  
  Opinions
  
  FT refers to India as the ‘weakest link’ in the Quad. How their quoted expert denies conclusion and how they got it massively wrong
  
  Shashank Bharadwaj - 18 June, 2021
  
  Quoting a few experts in foreign policy, FT declared that India is the 'weakest link' of the informal alliance as it had failed to provide necessary vaccines to the nations as it had agreed to in the Quad summit that was held in March.
  
  News Reports
  
  Case filed against journalist Neha Dixit for accusing RSS affiliate Sewa International of ‘child trafficking’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2021
  
  In a tweet, Neha Dixit had appealed to NRIs not to donate to RSS affiliate Sewa International, claiming that they are involved in child trafficking.
Variety
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  Culture and History
  
  Ganga Dussehra – The day River Ganga descended upon the Earth
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 June, 2021
  
  Every year, on 10th day of Jyestha month (according to Hindu Calender) Ganga Dussehra is celebrated to mark the day on which Ganga came down to Earth
  
  News Reports
  
  AAP celebrates Delhi’s new architectural marvel, the Moti Nagar speed breaker
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2021
  
  AAP's Moti Nagar MLA has recently inaugurated a speed breaker, along with dozens of supporters flouting social distancing norms.
  
  Books
  
  Earth, space, time, and more: Read how Indian scholars had recorded astronomical facts centuries before they were ‘discovered’ by Westerns
  
  Shashank Bharadwaj - 17 June, 2021
  
  Based on original Sanskrit texts, the book “Indian Astronomy: A Source-Book” narrates how ancient India excelled in astronomy
  
  Variety
  
  ‘Friend tried to get me married to a gay banker, to avoid controversy over my pregnancy’: Neena Gupta in her autobiography
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2021
  
  In her book titled 'Sach Kahun Toh', Neena Gupta has revealed that when she got pregnant with her daughter Masaba out of a relationship with West Indian legendary cricketer Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, one of her friends had tried to get her married to a gay banker from Mumbai's Bandra.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  News Reports
  
  Exclusive: Ex-lecturer narrates her 13-year battle against her sexual predators protected by Chennai’s Loyola College administration
  
  Jhankar Mohta - 19 June, 2021
  
  It's been 13 years since Josephine has been fighting against the mighty administration of Loyola College, Chennai, but to no avail
  
  News Reports
  
  Exclusive: Agitators not farmers but criminals, says wife of victim burnt alive at Tikri border, farmers harass woman of village, says sarpanch
  
  अजीत झा - 19 June, 2021
  
  Haryana police arrested one of the main accused named Krishna who allegedly set Mukesh ablaze at the Tikri border
  
  News Reports
  
  OBC benefits for Muslims: How WB Police’s recruitment drive has exposed how parties found a way to make religious reservations
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 19 June, 2021
  
  The drive was meant to fill vacancies in the OBC-A category in the state. The list showed that apart from one or two individuals, all of them were Muslims.
  
  OpIndia Scoops
  
  Exclusive details: Here are some of the points that the Parliamentary Standing Committee, headed by Shashi Tharoor, raised with Twitter
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 19 June, 2021
  
  Indian officials of the microblogging site Twitter were questioned by the Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology on various issues.
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