Saturday, September 19, 2020

Politics
- Politics
  
  Protests against Left minister in Kerala gold smuggling case ‘anti-Quran’, says Communist Party leader: Here is how he came to that strange conclusion
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 September, 2020
  
  CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in his weekly column has referred to the protest against the Kerala Communist govt and minister KT Jaleel as an "anti-Quran agitation"
  
  News Reports
  
  Minister Anurag Thakur apologises after ruckus breaks out in Parliament over his comments on the Nehru-Gandhi family
  
  OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2020
  
  Anurag Thakur had slammed the Congress party over the PM Relief Fund during a discussion on PM CARES Fund
  
  Political Fact-Check
  
  Rahul Gandhi opposes Agriculture reform by Modi govt, even though Congress had promised the same in election manifesto: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2020
  
  Rahul Gandhi claimed that the three bills, which aim to reform agricultural marketing, is nothing but a new form of 'Zamindari' and some friends of PM Modi will be the 'Zamindars' of New India
  
  Social Media
  
  Congress leader responds to a parody account, hurls insults at journalist Anjana Om Kashyap
  
  OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2020
  
  Congress' Ajay Singh Yadav mistakes parody account for journalist, gets upset at 'bar dancer' reference.
  
  News Reports
  
  Maharashtra: Senior IPS officer who had helped scam-accused Wadhawans to move around during lockdown made Pune top cop
  
  OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2020
  
  Earlier, Amitabh Gupta was the principal secretary with the Maharashtra home department.
Opinions
- Law
  
  The court must not call out Sudarshan News for speaking for the rights of Dalits and calling out a Dalit leader who just would...
  
  Editorial Desk - 18 September, 2020
  
  Justice Joseph castigated Sudarshan News on Friday over the manner in which Congress leader Udit Raj was treated.
  
  Government and Policy
  
  Why you should support farm ordinances introduced by the Modi govt: The mother of all reforms
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 18 September, 2020
  
  In mid-June, the Modi govt brought three ordinances related to farming, which can forever change the agricultural landscape of India. Folks, this is the mother of all reforms.
  
  Opinions
  
  Of Macaulay and Nehru: A dilapidated education system and the need for the phoenix to rise from the ashes
  
  Kshitij Chopra - 18 September, 2020
  
  A major consequence of the dilapidated education system, thanks to Nehru and Macaulay, is that an average Indian graduate is a test taker and a job seeker
  
  Opinions
  
  How YS Jaganmohan Reddy held the Judiciary to ransom after a PIL was filed to ‘clean politics up’
  
  Guest Author - 18 September, 2020
  
  Even before the debate on Justice Gogoi’s tenure settles, a fresh attempt to breach independence is seeming to blow from down south.
  
  Opinions
  
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi: The leader who followed his Raj Dharma
  
  Avni Sablok - 17 September, 2020
  
  Taking a cue from ancient Indian traditions, PM Narendra Modi highlighted that every Indian should have access to good governance and positive results of development.
Fact-Check
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  Political Fact-Check
  
  Rahul Gandhi opposes Agriculture reform by Modi govt, even though Congress had promised the same in election manifesto: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2020
  
  Rahul Gandhi claimed that the three bills, which aim to reform agricultural marketing, is nothing but a new form of 'Zamindari' and some friends of PM Modi will be the 'Zamindars' of New India
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress leaders spread fake news, twist Defence Minister’s statement to insinuate that China occupied 38,000 sq. km of land in the recent LAC stand-off
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2020
  
  Congress leaders twist Rajnath Singh's statement on Aksai Chin to claim China occupied 38000 sq km Indian land recently
  
  Fact-Check
  
  India takes loans from Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, leftist media and Rahul Gandhi spin it to claim India borrowed from China amidst LAC standoff
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2020
  
  As a 2nd largest share-holder, India has right to take loans from AIIB, and it being Beijing based does not make it a Chinese bank
  
  Fact-Check
  
  Fact Check: Is India going under lockdown once again from September 25?
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 September, 2020
  
  PIB has debunked rumours on social media about the reimposition of lockdown from September 25 in the wake of Coronavirus surge.
Media
- Media
  
  Delhi Police arrests journalist Rajeev Sharma for possessing classified defence documents, had written for Chinese mouthpiece GlobalTimes
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 September, 2020
  
  Rajeev Sharma had written several columns for Chinese newspaper Global Times, the mouthpiece of Communist Party of China for the last several years.
  
  Editor's picks
  
  Bloomberg Quint calls an economist an ‘infectious disease expert’ to peddle the theory that a high recovery rate is a ‘useless statistic’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2020
  
  The Quint earlier transformed an engineer to a doctor to prove that India is in the middle of community transmission stage
  
  News Reports
  
  “You are supposed to be unprejudiced,” investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala schools BJP-hater NDTV journalist Sreenivasan Jain
  
  OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2020
  
  Without nothing left to say, Sreenivasan Jain laughed aloud and claimed, "I would love to think that I am unprejudiced."
  
  Law
  
  The court must not call out Sudarshan News for speaking for the rights of Dalits and calling out a Dalit leader who just would...
  
  Editorial Desk - 18 September, 2020
  
  Justice Joseph castigated Sudarshan News on Friday over the manner in which Congress leader Udit Raj was treated.
  
  Law
  
  Here is criticism of ‘a particular community’ as approved by the Honourable Supreme Court
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 18 September, 2020
  
  The Supreme Court has not taken kindly to a show by Sudarshan News, criticising a 'particular community'
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire
  
  News Reports
  
  Stolen Vijayanagara era bronze idols of Sri Ram, Maa Sita and Laxman handed over to India by UK authorities
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2020
  
  The idols were formally handed over to India by the British police in a ceremony at the India House, London.
  
  News Reports
  
  Here are 8 other things JRD Tata spoke about in the now viral clip showing his views on Jawaharlal Nehru
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 September, 2020
  
  In 1987, JRD Tata was interviewed by Rajiv Mehrotra as part of his "In Conversation" series, which aired on Doordarshan
  
  News Reports
  
  “Some Mohammedans are the crudest in this respect, and the most sectarian,” Swami Vivekananda had remarked 120 years ago
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 September, 2020
  
  ‘Every man or woman who does not exactly believe it must be killed’ Swami Vivekananda had described the attack on disbelievers by Muslims
  
  News Reports
  
  Nandini Sundar sends notice to Garuda Prakashan in an attempt to stop publication of the book on Delhi Riots: Here is their response
  
  OpIndia Staff - 11 September, 2020
  
  Nandini Sundar served a 'cease and desist' notice to Garuda Prakashan against the publishing of the highly anticipated book, 'Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Julio Ribeiro and Open Letters, a love story better than Twilight: Here are some letters that the former IPS officer has signed
  
  OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2020
  
  Former IPS Officer Julio Ribeiro has recently written to the Delhi Police complaining of their 'flawed investigation' into Delhi Riots.
  
  Government and Policy
  
  No more APMC monopoly, more choice, freedom for farmers to seek better prices for crops: All you need to know about the new bills...
  
  Shashank Bharadwaj - 18 September, 2020
  
  The objective of the three proposed laws is to make way for creating the Modi government's ambitious vision of 'One India, One Agriculture Market'.
  
  Opinions
  
  Janeudhari Brahmin Rahul Gandhi’s party celebrates a man who advocated physical violence against Brahmins
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2020
  
  The janeudhari Brahmin-Rahul Gandhi has himself in the past, heaped praises and glorified the rabid anti-Hindu Periyar
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Delwar Hossain Sayeedi: The man who is convicted for war crimes against Hindus and pro-Bangladeshi supporters in 1971 war
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 September, 2020
  
  Delwar Hossain Sayeedi is a war criminal convicted for presiding over murders, rapes and forced conversions of Hindus and pro-Bangladeshis during the 1971 war
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