Saturday, April 17, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya busts lies peddled by Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Remdesivir supply
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  Nawab Malik also falsely allaged that central govt has ordered one company to supply Remdseivir to Gujarat state only
  
  News Reports
  
  TMC admits the audio of Mamata Banerjee promising rally of dead bodies is genuine, demands action on BJP for ‘illegal call recording’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  TMC alleges that BJP illegally recorded phone call of the CM with a TMC worker, and played the recording out of context.
  
  Politics
  
  Lalu Prasad Yadav granted bail by Jharkhand High Court in fodder scam case: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  The Jharkhand High Court has granted bail to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in a fodder scam case.
  
  News Reports
  
  Violence continues during polls in West Bengal: BJP polling agent assaulted allegedly by TMC goons in North 24 Parganas
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  Like the first four phases, fifth phase polls for West Bengal Assembly election has also been marred with violence
  
  News Reports
  
  An hour into the 5th phase of 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections and reports of violence begin to pour in: Crude bombs hurled
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  The ruling TMC and the BJP are contesting on all the 45 assembly seats across five districts in phase five of the West Bengal assembly elections today
Opinions
- Political History of India
  
  The assassination of Mahashay Rajpal, the publisher of Rangeela Rasool: How secularism and freedom of expression died along with him
  
  Bhagat Ram - 17 April, 2021
  
  Pandit Chamupati Lal, a close friend of Mahashay Rajpal, wrote a short biography of the Islamic Prophet, Mohammed.
  
  Opinions
  
  New York Times provides platform to Islamic bigotry, columnist claims onus to convert is on non-Muslims after Hindu boyfriend refuses to convert
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 17 April, 2021
  
  The New York Times on Friday provided platform to Islamic bigotry in a blog where the author narrates her 'tragic' love story.
  
  Opinions
  
  Panic amid pandemic: Did we get complacent as we thought we got lucky
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 17 April, 2021
  
  As India struggles in second wave of coronavirus pandemic, a lowdown of how we all got complacent to the Chinese virus
  
  Opinions
  
  Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint accuses the centre of issuing diktats to states on COVID-19, which is far from the truth
  
  Editorial Desk - 16 April, 2021
  
  ThePrint ignores that apart from the initial nationwide lockdown, centre has given every flexibility to states on the ward against COVID-19
  
  Opinions
  
  Derek O’Brien’s Clubhouse interaction exposes how TMC fears the prospect of loss in West Bengal: Three statements made and what they mean
  
  Editorial Desk - 16 April, 2021
  
  Perhaps to fire-fight what Prashant Kishor said, Derek O'Brien appeared on Clubhouse for a short interaction with select 'liberals'.
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  Media
  
  Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire spreads fake news a day after The Logical Indian apologised for the same: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  Siddharth Varadarajan spread fake news again, in fact, the same fake news that the Logical Indians had apologised for just a day ago.
  
  News Reports
  
  While Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘Corona App’ shows ample beds available for Covid-19 patients, hospitals deny
  
  Jhankar Mohta - 16 April, 2021
  
  A number of tweets by users and a check by OpIndia has found that the 'real-time' data in the Delhi government's Corona App is far from reality.
  
  News Reports
  
  The truth behind video shared by Manjinder Singh Sirsa claiming Pakistani Army officials tortured an Indian soldier
  
  OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2021
  
  Video of Pakistani soldiers torturing a Baloch man shared by Manjinder Singh Sirsa claiming that the victim is an Indian soldier
  
  Editor's picks
  
  The false claims of COVID-19 vaccine shortage and the propaganda for American vaccines: A detailed analysis
  
  Raju Das - 8 April, 2021
  
  While non-NDA states are lagging behind vaccinating eligible population, they are demanding to open up the vaccines to all adults
Media
- Media
  
  ABP journalist falls for joke where iPhone user claimed to have started ‘Indu ki Dhaba’ after job loss
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  ABP journalist Astha Kaushik bought the iPhone user's fake 'Indu ki Dhaba' claims without any due verification.
  
  Media
  
  Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire spreads fake news a day after The Logical Indian apologised for the same: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  Siddharth Varadarajan spread fake news again, in fact, the same fake news that the Logical Indians had apologised for just a day ago.
  
  Media
  
  Former Indian Express journalist has an ‘Allah’s virus’ moment, thanks God for COVID-19, says pandemic saved Muslims from detention camps
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021
  
  Irena Akbar, formerly with the Indian Express, has thanked God for Covid-19 and attributed the virus to God's plan.
  
  Opinions
  
  Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint accuses the centre of issuing diktats to states on COVID-19, which is far from the truth
  
  Editorial Desk - 16 April, 2021
  
  ThePrint ignores that apart from the initial nationwide lockdown, centre has given every flexibility to states on the ward against COVID-19
  
  News Reports
  
  US intelligence backtracks on Russian bounty claims, here is how media ran unfounded stories to damage Trump’s re-election bid
  
  Dibakar Dutta - 16 April, 2021
  
  A June 2020 article in NYT had claimed that Russia is offering money to Taliban-linked terrorists to kill US soldiers, a claim that has now been discredited.
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  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.
  
  News Reports
  
  Indonesia: Man almost marries the wrong woman after Google Maps guides him to the wrong location
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 April, 2021
  
  After the groom's party enter the bride's house for a wedding in Indonesia, someone in the group realised they are in the wrong house
  
  WTF News
  
  Woman’s fear of cockroaches leads couple to change houses 18 times, husband files for divorce
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 April, 2021
  
  A couple in Bhopal has changed 18 houses in three years of marriage due to the wife's fear of cockroaches.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  News Reports
  
  While Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘Corona App’ shows ample beds available for Covid-19 patients, hospitals deny
  
  Jhankar Mohta - 16 April, 2021
  
  A number of tweets by users and a check by OpIndia has found that the 'real-time' data in the Delhi government's Corona App is far from reality.
  
  Government and Policy
  
  Exclusive: How Maharashtra wasted thousands of tonnes of pulses, in the middle of the pandemic, sent under PM Garib Kalyan Yojana
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 15 April, 2021
  
  While the central govt gave their approval to the other states to utilise the left-over pulses, Maharashtra was left behind - Here is why
  
  News Reports
  
  No hospital beds, healthcare system on the brink of collapse: Covid-19 situation in Maharashtra worsens
  
  Jhankar Mohta - 15 April, 2021
  
  With the sudden surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, the medical infrastructure in Maharashtra seems to be on the verge of collapse.
  
  News Reports
  
  Majnu Ka Tila: Kejriwal govt abandons destitute Pakistani Hindu refugee, ‘Seva Bharati’ provides helping hand
  
  रवि अग्रहरि - 15 April, 2021
  
  RSS and Seva Bharti are providing a helping hand to Pakistani Hindu refugees at Majnu ka Tila camp.
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