Thursday, June 17, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  ‘Surrender to us if you want jobs under govt scheme’: TMC leader threatens ISF workers to join his party
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2021
  
  TMC leader Modasser Hossain said that if ISF workers and supporters want benefits of 100 days' job scheme, they have to join TMC
  
  News Reports
  
  Ruckus in Pakistan parliament: Ruling party and opposition leaders hurl abuses against each other, throw papers
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  A video of the ruckus in the Pakistan Parliament has gone viral on the social media wherein the Pakistan legislators are seen abusing each other and throwing the copies of budget.
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress student body NSUI expels 7 leaders for posting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on official WhatsApp group, says it is ‘anti-party activity’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  7 NSUI leaders in East Singhbhum unit in Jharkhand expelled by the organisation for posting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on official WhatsApp group
  
  Politics
  
  Yogi Adityanath slams Rahul Gandhi for spreading fake news, tells him to stop defaming UP citizens: Here’s what he said
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 June, 2021
  
  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has slammed former Congress president Rahul Gandhi for spreading fake news.
  
  Politics
  
  Rahul Gandhi shares fake news related to Lord Ram, twice in two days. This is what it shows
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 15 June, 2021
  
  What made Rahul Gandhi share a fake news about 'Jai Shri Ram' chant even though Police had debunked the claims?
Opinions
- 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
  
  Politics
  
  Rahul Gandhi shares fake news related to Lord Ram, twice in two days. This is what it shows
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 15 June, 2021
  
  What made Rahul Gandhi share a fake news about 'Jai Shri Ram' chant even though Police had debunked the claims?
  
  Opinions
  
  Big Liberals, small hearts: By donating 80 vials of vaccine, America has proved to be the poorest country in the world
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 15 June, 2021
  
  Do you remember when Western media and their native sepoys flew drones over cremation grounds in India? They are quiet now
  
  Opinions
  
  A letter from the Editor-in-Chief: A battle with Facebook and our overall struggles these days
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 15 June, 2021
  
  OpIndia has been struggling for the past few months fighting too many battles on too many fronts, so we thought we would keep you in the loop
  
  Editor's picks
  
  BBC apologises for its coverage of footballer Eriksen’s collapse, it is time they apologise for their grotesque reportage on India’s Covid outbreak too
  
  Jinit Jain - 14 June, 2021
  
  The western media outlets, including BBC, ought to apologise India for perpetrating racism with their egregious coverage of country's COVID-19 pandemic and linking it with morbid images of burning funeral pyres.
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  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.
  
  Social Media Fact-Check
  
  How Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair communalised a petty quarrel and tried to defame ‘Jai Shri Ram’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 June, 2021
  
  It must be pointed out that the video of the assault does not contain any audio, which can verify the claim that Saifi was coerced into chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' or 'Ram Ram'
Media
- Media
  
  The Wire tries to force fit a ‘hate crime’ angle in Ghaziabad incident only because victim is a Muslim
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 17 June, 2021
  
  The Wire lowers its bar, goes from whitewashing Islamist terrorists to defending random 'taveez maker' from rural Uttar Pradesh
  
  News Reports
  
  Print Columnist CJ Werleman pushes anti-Semitic content, spreads disinformation claiming human rights violations by Israel in Palestine
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  CJ Werleman claimed that 40 per cent of Palestinian children in Israeli custody were raped and almost 100 per cent of them were tortured
  
  News Reports
  
  The Quint withdraws its cartoon defaming ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chant after Ghaziabad ‘hate crime’ turns out to be fake
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  TheQuint in an attempt to further its Hinduphobic propaganda published a cartoon featuring two completely unrelated incidents and parroted Zubair's baseless claims.
  
  News Reports
  
  Govt refutes New Indian Express’s report on FCI’s involvement in rice scam, says distribution is state govt responsibility
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  Government refuted claims of involvement of FCI in the alleged 'rice scam' where the Assam raided a godown and seized one lakh bags meant for distribution to the poor was being repackaged by a private company.
  
  Media
  
  Government debunks propaganda article published in The Hindu on the surge in FDI inflows for 2020-21: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 June, 2021
  
  GoI has debunked the propaganda article published in The Hindu on 2 June 2021 over the surge in FDI inflows
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  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.
  
  WTF News
  
  ‘Osama’ the crocodile from Uganda ate over 80 people prior to its capture in 2005: Read what happened
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 June, 2021
  
  Following the capture of Osama, the locals in the Luganga village believed that the man-eater got away too lightly.
  
  Satire
  
  As Kejriwal announces his Gujarat ambitions, here is another state where he is needed the most
  
  Shashank Singh - 14 June, 2021
  
  Why should Gujarat have all the fun?
  
  Opinions
  
  Language and history: Why the Indian society lost pride in its own heritage
  
  Guest Author - 14 June, 2021
  
  Have you ever gone to an Italian restaurant and felt proud when you properly pronouncedthe Italian name of that pasta you so wanted to have?
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Here is a list of 20 incidents where the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan has been misused to turn a random crime into ‘hate crime’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021
  
  An indicative list of incidents where 'forced to chant Jai Shri Ram' slogan 'hate crimes' turned out to be fake. Actual number is way higher.
  
  OpIndia Scoops
  
  British Pakistani rapper Frenzo Harami spews venom on Hindus. Here is what we know about him
  
  Anurag - 15 June, 2021
  
  Pakistan-born British rapper, who used to sell drugs before becoming a rapper, spoke the language of terrorists, used Gaumutra jibe
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Rahul Gandhi joins in spreading lies about a ‘scam’ by Ram Mandir trust: Here are the facts in 10 simple points
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2021
  
  On the 13th of June 2021, Aam Aadmi Party took to Twitter to level grave allegations against the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra.
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Here is the truth about the land deal by Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra and how the allegations by likes of AAP are baseless
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 14 June, 2021
  
  Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra and its head Champat Rai bought an additional piece of land for the purposes of additional construction to facilitate pilgrims who would be travelling to Ayodhya
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Privacy

WhatsApp moves to Delhi HC against Indian govt’s new IT rules, claims it will harm privacy protection policies

OpIndia Staff - 26 May, 2021

WhatsApp has filed a petition against the Government of India on May 25 in the Delhi High Court protesting against the new IT rules that require "significant social media intermediaries" like WhatsApp to trace the original senders of particular messages.

News Reports

‘Deferring deadline does not absolve WhatsApp’: Modi govt again gives stern warning over privacy policy

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2021

Earlier, WhatsApp had announced that its new controversial privacy policy has been deferred and it wont come into effect on May 15th.

News Reports

Competition Commission of India orders probe into new privacy policy of WhatsApp, says it is ‘abuse of dominance’

OpIndia Staff - 24 March, 2021

The Commission has directed the Director General to initiate a probe against WhatsApp under Section 26(1) of Competition Act

News Reports

USA: Google faces a $5 billion lawsuit for tracking users browsing Chrome in incognito mode

OpIndia Staff - 15 March, 2021

In June 2020, three Google users had filed a complaint and claimed that the company carries on a “pervasive data tracking business.” They said that Google collects browsing history and other web activity data even if it has switched on the “incognito” mode.

OpIndia Explains

Don’t fall for propaganda! WhatsApp will not have to breach end-to-end-encryption to follow the new IT guidelines

RS Govind - 1 March, 2021

We're all well aware that the Govt of India has recently notified the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

News Reports

WhatsApp says users not accepting the new privacy policy will start to lose access from May 15: Report

OpIndia Staff - 23 February, 2021

In case users do not comply with Whatsapp's new policies, for a short duration they would be able to receive calls and notification, but they won't be able to read or send messages from the app from May 15 onwards.

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