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Swiss giant MSC to acquire 49% stake in Adani’s Vizhinjam Port in India’s largest ever foreign investment in port infra, Kerala govt objects: Read...
US lifts sanctions on four Indian companies, removes them from the Specially Designated Nationals list after nearly two years
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Punjab electricity crisis deepens as demand nears record high; farmer unions launch statewide protests over agricultural power shortage ahead of 2027 polls
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Meghalaya HC upholds Sonam Raghuvanshi’s bail in honeymoon murder case: Why the court allowed the prime accused to walk out of jail
The economic doom that never came: Despite fear-mongering by Congress and their ecosystem, India sailed through the West Asia crisis and maintained growth
‘Ancient Pakistan’: Why, after decades of claiming to be Arabs, Turks, Pakistanis suddenly jumped to appropriate ancient Indian history?
Nazia Elahi Khan is an excuse: Islamists of Kolkata are desperate to show some street power after losing their political power
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Seychelles ‘created’ a new award not for PM Modi, but due to its own domestic politics: Read why the outrage in India is stupid
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Congress peddles fake news to discredit Operation Sindoor, lies about Modi govt not ‘recognising’ martyrs for a year: Here is the truth
NHAI fact-checks media claims on Patna-Purnea Expressway, says no change in approved alignment to benefit Bihar Deputy CM’s aide, all plans followed due process
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Defence Ministry responds to baseless claims by The Wire and others that Rajnath Singh lied by claiming zero deaths during Operation Sindoor, explains how...
The Wire targets the Indian Army, claims armed forces are undergoing Hinduisation and Hindisation: Author Ali Ahmed concocts 2H to vent out his inner...
Jaipur: News24 tries to hide the Congress link of a “farmer” leader who organised dairy farmers’ protest in Jaipur
BBC sanitises Antifa terror: British broadcaster calls Antifa attackers ‘protestors’ after US court hands them 450 years in prison over Texas ICE attack, cop...
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US lifts sanctions on four Indian companies, removes them from the Specially Designated Nationals list after nearly two years
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West Bengal assembly passes two OBC amendment bills, removes OBC quota granted by the Mamata Banerjee govt to 77 Muslim communities
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BJP’s Nitin Nabin calls Cockroach Janta Party a part of ‘Tukde Tukde Gang’, vows to ‘teach them a lesson’
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Punjab electricity crisis deepens as demand nears record high; farmer unions launch statewide protests over agricultural power shortage ahead of 2027 polls
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Latest Guardian sob story on Umar Khalid is another indication that NEET is a mask – the real intention is to free Delhi Riots...
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Meghalaya HC upholds Sonam Raghuvanshi’s bail in honeymoon murder case: Why the court allowed the prime accused to walk out of jail
Opinions
The economic doom that never came: Despite fear-mongering by Congress and their ecosystem, India sailed through the West Asia crisis and maintained growth
News Reports
‘Ancient Pakistan’: Why, after decades of claiming to be Arabs, Turks, Pakistanis suddenly jumped to appropriate ancient Indian history?
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Nazia Elahi Khan is an excuse: Islamists of Kolkata are desperate to show some street power after losing their political power
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Seychelles ‘created’ a new award not for PM Modi, but due to its own domestic politics: Read why the outrage in India is stupid
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Defence Ministry responds to baseless claims by The Wire and others that Rajnath Singh lied by claiming zero deaths during Operation Sindoor, explains how...
tobacco
Congress peddles fake news to discredit Operation Sindoor, lies about Modi govt not ‘recognising’ martyrs for a year: Here is the truth
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NHAI fact-checks media claims on Patna-Purnea Expressway, says no change in approved alignment to benefit Bihar Deputy CM’s aide, all plans followed due process
Media
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Defence Ministry responds to baseless claims by The Wire and others that Rajnath Singh lied by claiming zero deaths during Operation Sindoor, explains how...
News Reports
The Wire targets the Indian Army, claims armed forces are undergoing Hinduisation and Hindisation: Author Ali Ahmed concocts 2H to vent out his inner...
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Jaipur: News24 tries to hide the Congress link of a “farmer” leader who organised dairy farmers’ protest in Jaipur
Editor's picks
BBC sanitises Antifa terror: British broadcaster calls Antifa attackers ‘protestors’ after US court hands them 450 years in prison over Texas ICE attack, cop...
tobacco
NHAI fact-checks media claims on Patna-Purnea Expressway, says no change in approved alignment to benefit Bihar Deputy CM’s aide, all plans followed due process
Variety
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Books
Culture and History
Satire
WTF News
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‘Ancient Pakistan’: Why, after decades of claiming to be Arabs, Turks, Pakistanis suddenly jumped to appropriate ancient Indian history?
tobacco
Mexico: Suspected thieves found taped to poles with warning signs attached, people on social media credit ‘Batman of Lagos de Moreno’ for the acts
News Reports
Why are Asiatic Lions, which once roared from Greece to the Ganges, confined to Gir? A journey from the brink of extinction to a...
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Not just China, but in almost all of Asia and even in Europe: India is shamed and criticised for caste system, but similar systems...
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How a war between Israel and Arab nations more than 50 years ago had pushed Brazil to blend Ethanol with Petrol, with India and...
News Reports
‘Ancient Pakistan’: Why, after decades of claiming to be Arabs, Turks, Pakistanis suddenly jumped to appropriate ancient Indian history?
News Reports
‘Cremation business’ controversy erupts after Isha Foundation modernised Asia’s largest crematorium in Patna: Read what the organisation told OpIndia about the project
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‘Don’t eat meat and get hot-headed, eat Gutkha and shut up’: NCP leader tells Muslims for violence over Tripura fake news
OpIndia Staff
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3 December, 2021
NCP leader Jayant Patil was present at the said event at Bhiwandi too. Addressing the media, Awhad said, Muslims should not get their brains 'hot' by eating meat. They should use ice to cool their heads and keep their mouths shut.
News Reports
Kanpur resident whose ‘gutkha pose’ went viral during India-NZ test match clarifies about entire incident
OpIndia Staff
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26 November, 2021
A picture of a man allegedly chewing gutkha during the India-NZ test in Kanpur had triggered a meme fest on social media
News Reports
West Bengal government bans panmasala and gutkha for one year
OpIndia Staff
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26 October, 2021
West Bengal Government has banned the sale of panmasala and gutkha in the state for a period of one year.
Entertainment
Amitabh Bachchan cancels contract with paan masala brand and returns money: Read why he took that decision
OpIndia Staff
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11 October, 2021
Amitabh Bachchan withdraws from paan masala advertising campaign after facing backlash from his fans and has returned the money
News Reports
Bihar: Spitting of tobacco in public to be penalised, can lead to a fine and 6-months imprisonment
OpIndia Staff
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14 April, 2020
Given that 25.9% of the population in Bihar consumes tobacco, it will be an uphill task to prohibit them from spiting in public places.
News Reports
Enterprising Gujarati man uses drone to deliver ‘paan masala’ during coronavirus lockdown, police books two
OpIndia Staff
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12 April, 2020
A young man named Hiren Patel managed to fly a drone with packets of tobacco in Morbi near Rajkot using a drone owned by friend Ravi
Government and Policy
Commerce Ministry recommends lowering limits on import of duty-free alcohol and tobacco, is it contrary to global norms?: Here are the facts
OpIndia Staff
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20 January, 2020
The Commerce Ministry has reportedly recommended a restriction on the purchase of tax-free alcohol at duty-free shops to one bottle
Opinions
E-cigarettes: What are they, why they were banned, and why it is difficult to ban traditional cigarettes
Raju Das
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19 September, 2019
Ban on e-cigarette is a welcome decision, but government will have a tough time explaining not banning cigarettes
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