Friday, April 23, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  Mamata Banerjee skips third Covid-19 meeting called by PM, claims ‘not invited’ after sending chief secretary to represent her
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  Mamata Banerjee also said that 2 lakh central forces brought into the state from 'outside' are spreading Covid-19 in West Bengal
  
  Politics
  
  Watch: Arvind Kejriwal apologises profusely after PM Modi admonishes him for live telecasting private meet against protocols
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  Prime Minister Modi was not happy with Arvind Kejriwal for breaking protocols and chastised the Delhi CM for it.
  
  News Reports
  
  Arvind Kejriwal nosedives into gutter politics, spreads lies during CMs’ video conference with PM, illegally airs private meeting
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  As soon as the PM got to know of this fact, he reprimanded Arvind Kejriwal for breaking protocol, and the telecast was immediately stopped. Reportedly, the PM said to Kejriwal, “You have broken a very imp protocol, such private conversation are never televised”.
  
  Media
  
  ThePrint’s contributing editor caught on the wrong foot, tries to play vulture politics over death of colleague, gets called out: Here’s what happened
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  On Thursday (April 22), 'journalist' Shivam Vij took to Twitter to inform about the death of a college classmate named Shaoli Rudra.
  
  News Reports
  
  Angela Merkel laments that they ‘allowed’ India to become pharmacy of the world, fears that they will not get Covid-19 medicine
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  Angela Merkel said that EU nations didn't treat their pharmaceutical industry so well, and 'allowed' India to become a large pharma producer
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  The West does not have any moral high ground over China, their conduct during Covid crisis is further proof of it
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 23 April, 2021
  
  The United States of America has projected its geopolitical rivalry with China as a great conflict between good and evil.
  
  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.
Fact-Check
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  News Reports
  
  Mamata Banerjee skips third Covid-19 meeting called by PM, claims ‘not invited’ after sending chief secretary to represent her
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  Mamata Banerjee also said that 2 lakh central forces brought into the state from 'outside' are spreading Covid-19 in West Bengal
  
  Media
  
  Moneycontrol spreads misleading news second time in two days, first about oxygen export, now about Bharat Biotech and the price of vaccine
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  Moneycontrol has resorted to spreading misleading news about the pricing of COVID-19 vaccinations by Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute.
  
  Media Fact-Check
  
  Shashi Tharoor spreads fake news about death of former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Hindustan Times apologises too: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  Congress leader Shashi Tharoor spread fake news about death of ex-Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, several others joined in
  
  Fact-Check
  
  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.
Media
- Media
  
  ThePrint’s contributing editor caught on the wrong foot, tries to play vulture politics over death of colleague, gets called out: Here’s what happened
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  On Thursday (April 22), 'journalist' Shivam Vij took to Twitter to inform about the death of a college classmate named Shaoli Rudra.
  
  Media
  
  Moneycontrol spreads misleading news second time in two days, first about oxygen export, now about Bharat Biotech and the price of vaccine
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  Moneycontrol has resorted to spreading misleading news about the pricing of COVID-19 vaccinations by Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute.
  
  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
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  WTF News
  
  Worried because his hens stopped laying eggs, a poultry farmer in Pune approaches police
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  The Pune poultry farmer said that his hens stopped laying eggs after consuming the feed manuactured by a particular firm in Ahmednagar
  
  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.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Cafe on Kabristan: A restaurant in Ahmedabad where people dine among the dead and which was once frequented by painter M.F. Husain
  
  OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021
  
  The New Lucky Restaurant in Ahmedabad is the world's first graveyard cafe, housing 26 graves in total
  
  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.
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