Saturday, February 27, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  Assam Congress MLA beats model code of conduct, lays foundation stone for 150 schemes hours before assembly election schedule announced by EC
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2021
  
  Assam Congress MLA Sherman Ali launched 150 schemes in a schools just hours before EC announced the dates for assembly elections
  
  Politics
  
  Hindu Mahasabha asks Rahul Gandhi to change Congress’ name to ‘Godsevadi Congress’ after Godse follower joined party: Read why
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2021
  
  Hindu Mahasabha has advised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to change the name of the Congress party to Godsevadi Congress.
  
  News Reports
  
  Punjab police books Shiromani Akali Dal leader and 6 others for keeping a girl confined for 8 months, raping and selling her
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2021
  
  One woman had lured the victim to the house of brother of an Akali Dal leader, where she was drugged and gangraped
  
  Politics
  
  TMC leader Firhad Hakim spotted campaigning at masjid, promises to increase money paid to Imams, breaches model code of conduct
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2021
  
  The BJP has said that they will register a complaint against Firhad Hakim for violating the Model Code of Conduct.
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress leader Hardik Patel, touted as ‘answer to Modi’ by neutral journalists, expresses anger against his party after Gujarat rout
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2021
  
  Congress leader Hardik Patel is miffed with the Gujarat Congress unit for not using him to the best of his abilities
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  As desperate Pakistan welcomes the Indo-Pak ceasefire with much fanfare, India takes it with a caution
  
  Shashank Bharadwaj - 27 February, 2021
  
  The latest ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan comes nearly 17 years after such an agreement was first signed
  
  Opinions
  
  Encryption vs Compliance: The new IT Act guidelines put messaging services like WhatsApp in a tight situation
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2021
  
  To comply with the new IT Act guidelines, services like WhatsApp will have to break its famous end-to-end encryption
  
  Opinions
  
  Is Yogendra Yadav now an anti-election activist?
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 27 February, 2021
  
  “We should have an outcome very soon, we do not have a mandate.” These were the words of Yogendra Yadav after Bihar elections
  
  Opinions
  
  Dangerous political rhetoric against Industrialists and a lingering question: Did it lead to the bomb threat to Mukesh Ambani
  
  Editorial Desk - 27 February, 2021
  
  A car laden with explosives was discovered outside Antilla, the residence of Mukesh Ambani and his family.
  
  Opinions
  
  I worry about Yogendra Yadav’s mental health and his The Print article on the 2021 Bengal elections proves I am not wrong
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 25 February, 2021
  
  As BJP rises in Bengal, a panic attack was detailed in The Print, written by our very own Icchadhari protestor, Yogendra Yadav.
Fact-Check
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  Social Media Fact-Check
  
  Covid vaccine to cost Rs 500 in the second phase of the vaccination drive? Here are the facts
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2021
  
  The second phase of India's Covid vaccination drive is set to begin from the 1st of March, 2021.
  
  Fact-Check
  
  Rahul Gandhi lies about India clearing millions of dollars of Chinese FDI after a 9-month freeze: Here are the exclusive details
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 26 February, 2021
  
  Rahul Gandhi shared a report that relied solely on sources, to claim that after a 9 month-long freeze, India had started clearing FDI from China
  
  Social Media Fact-Check
  
  Did Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira Khan elope with her Hindu servant? Here is the truth
  
  OpIndia Staff - 26 February, 2021
  
  The image that is being used to claim that Iran Khan has 'eloped with her Hindu servant' was originally shared by Nupur Shikare, her fitness trainer. The two were posing on the occasion of Diwali.
  
  News Reports
  
  Rahul Gandhi spreads fake news about train ticket fares being doubled: Here is the truth
  
  OpIndia Staff - 24 February, 2021
  
  Sources in Indian Railways said that do discourage crowding at passenger trains, their fares have been slightly increased
Media
- Media
  
  DIGIPUB, with VC accused of money laundering and links to Gautam Navlakha, wants new Digital Media rules repealed: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2021
  
  The letter was signed by Dhanya Rajendran of TNM, Prabir Purkayastha of NewsClick, Ritu Kapur and Abhinandan Sekhri.
  
  News Reports
  
  Turkish Intelligence agency and Pakistan’s ISI creates anti-India propaganda team by hiring Pakistani and Kashmiri journalists through TRT World
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2021
  
  Turkish state-owned media houses such as TRT World and Anadolu Agency have hired a large number of Pakistani and Indian Kashmiri journalists
  
  News Reports
  
  “Samachar Tamasha Nahi” – 5 instances in recent history when India Today group had indulged in drama, fake news and shoddy journalism
  
  OpIndia Staff - 26 February, 2021
  
  While Aaj Tak runs 'Samachar Tamasha Nahi' campaign claiming to be no-nonsense channel, 5 incidents when it was caught spreading fake news
  
  Media
  
  Varun Gandhi warns YouTube news channel for spreading fake news against him, the media group apologises
  
  OpIndia Staff - 26 February, 2021
  
  Varun Gandhi objected to videos published by SPN9 News and said it was important to take a stand and put an end to conspiracy.
  
  Politics
  
  With media sitting firmly in his lap, Rahul Gandhi continues to blatantly spread lies
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 24 February, 2021
  
  If anyone was looking for 'Godi media', look here, peacefully nestled in the lap of Yuvraj Rahul Gandhi.
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  News Reports
  
  Meet Dr Romesh Japra, Prominent Indian-American Cardiologist attacked in the USA for supporting Indian farm laws
  
  T Waraich - 23 February, 2021
  
  Recently, in a viral video, a group of protestors were seen gathered outside the house of prominent cardiologist Dr Romesh Japra in California and raising derogatory slogans.
  
  WTF News
  
  UK HelloFresh food app issues apology after a customer gets bottled-up urine with his order: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2021
  
  In the United Kingdom, a HelloFresh app customer was left in shock as he received a bottle full of urine as part of food delivery
  
  Satire
  
  Robert Vadra’s PR stunt, where ‘journalist’ fell off her bicycle, not part of Congress effort to make Rahul Gandhi look smarter, clarify top leaders
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 22 February, 2021
  
  The protagonists in our story are Robert Vadra, Congress party's son-in-law, and Mausami Singh, the 'journalist' who fell off her cycle.
  
  Opinions
  
  Metro is an upper caste male Brahminical, Hindu supremacist patriarchal project, scrap it
  
  Sandeep Kadian - 22 February, 2021
  
  Now that E Sreedharan, also known as Metro Man has joined the BJP, it is time to call out this patriarchal project which has done no good for Indians.
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  News Reports
  
  Modi govt tightens noose on social media giants and ‘intermediaries’: What it means, the effects of the provisions and how it could tame the...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 25 February, 2021
  
  The guidelines define the due diligence measures that the social media platforms will have to observe to operate in India
  
  News Reports
  
  Relatives of Liyaqat and Rihasat Khan give death stares: Hindu man whose garage was gutted by Muslim mob during Delhi anti-Hindu riots a year...
  
  रवि अग्रहरि - 25 February, 2021
  
  An eyewitness of the horrifying Delhi riots OpIndia spoke to revealed that fear still pervades among the Hindus residents of the region
  
  News Reports
  
  Workers of Khalsa org and Kejriwal govt discriminated against Hindu victims: An eyewitness account after 1 year of Delhi anti-Hindu riots
  
  रवि अग्रहरि - 25 February, 2021
  
  The eyewitness claimed that the Khalsa organisation predominantly helped the Muslim victims of the Delhi riots
  
  News Reports
  
  Adani Pavilion and Reliance Pavilion at Narendra Modi Stadium: All you want to know about naming stadiums and pavilions
  
  OpIndia Staff - 24 February, 2021
  
  The stadium was named after PM Modi as he was a former president of GCA, and Reliance & Adan won bids to sponsor two pavilions
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Google translates ‘God bless you’ to ‘Assalam Alaikum’ in Hindi, here is what is happening

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2021

Google translate shows अस्सलामु अलैकुम as Hindi translation of God Bless You instead of भगवान आपका भला करें

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Rahul Gandhi lost in translation: How ‘knickerwala’ jibe backfired in Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff - 25 January, 2021

Rahul Gandhi's speeches are a gift that keep on giving.

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Professor who translated Rahul Gandhi’s “don’t need army if farmers are strong” speech in Erode faints after the speech: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 24 January, 2021

Muhammed Imran, who translated Rahul Gandhi's speech at Erode, collapsed after interpreting the speech from English to Tamil

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Supreme Court to make its judgements available in regional languages soon

OpIndia Staff - 3 July, 2019

In the first phase, judgements would be translated to Assamese, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Odia and Telugu.

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Book Review : The Valmiki Ramayana, Vol. 1, translated by Bibek Debroy

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Hindu Mahasabha asks Rahul Gandhi to change Congress’ name to ‘Godsevadi Congress’ after Godse follower joined party: Read why

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Punjab police books Shiromani Akali Dal leader and 6 others for keeping a girl confined for 8 months, raping and selling her

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