Monday, January 18, 2021

Politics
- Media
  
  Pakistan claims India staged Pulwama attack after Mumbai Police leaks chat to embarrass Arnab, Republic hits back: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021
  
  Pakistan has now issued a statement on the nonsensical controversy surrounding the private WhatsApp chats of Arnab Goswami
  
  News Reports
  
  Fake letter on Delhi BJP’s letterhead circulated containing derogatory comments and inciting violence against protesting farmers
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021
  
  The fake letter from BJP leader Rajesh Bhatia contains derogatory remarks for farmers and incites BJP workers for violence against farmers
  
  Politics
  
  Shiv Sena to contest West Bengal Assembly elections
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021
  
  Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut today took to Twitter to announce that the party will contest upcoming elections in West Bengal.
  
  News Reports
  
  ‘Azadi’ slogans raised at Azad Maidan in Mumbai as thousands of Muslim protestors gathered to protest against farm laws
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021
  
  The protestors raised 'Azadi' slogans in support of the farmers at the 'Kissan Alliance Morcha' that was held at the Azad Maidan yesterday
  
  Media
  
  Congress admits Mumbai police leaked Arnab Goswami chats: Here are all the wild conspiracy theories they generated
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 17 January, 2021
  
  Prithviraj Chavan has admitted that it was the Mumbai Police which leaked the private WhatsApp chats of Arnab Goswami.
Opinions
- Media
  
  What the Nidhi-Harvard story reveals about our world: Get off your high horse, you are not that special, anyway
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 16 January, 2021
  
  Liberal journalist, Nidhi Razdan, thought she had received an offer from Harvard University to become an Associate Professor of journalism.
  
  Opinions
  
  Firangi lord Rahul Gandhi realises the glory of Hindu festival after witnessing it, makes superb U-turns while making zero sense
  
  Sanghamitra - 14 January, 2021
  
  After Congress tried to ban Jallikattu for years, today Rahul Gandhi has decided that he likes it. Also the lord Gandhi has been kind enough to allow us brown people to continue their traditional festivities on Pongal.
  
  Opinions
  
  Explained – The political crisis over crop procurement in Chhattisgarh and why paddy procurement has been stopped in the state
  
  Anand Walunjkar - 14 January, 2021
  
  As mandis in Chhattisgarh overflow due to bonus announced by govt, both Congress and BJP blaming each other
  
  Opinions
  
  Is collapse of Congress making the left ecosystem more openly Hinduphobic?
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 14 January, 2021
  
  Americans already know about Muslims and Hindus. The binary is simple to explain. That’s what Indian liberals are doing.
  
  Opinions
  
  ‘Sarve Santu Niramayah’: The wait is over, may we all be free from the disease
  
  Nirwa Mehta - 12 January, 2021
  
  A sticker on the Covishield vaccine box reads 'सर्वे संतु निरामयः'. It means may all be free from disease. Indeed.
Fact-Check
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  News Reports
  
  NDTV’s Ravish Kumar spreads fake news on paddy procurement by govt: Read full details of letter written by govt of India
  
  OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2021
  
  PIB Additional Director General sent a letter to NDTV after Ravish Kumar used wrong data to accuse govt of lying about paddy procurement
  
  Media Fact-Check
  
  Usual suspects lie and spread propaganda to allege that Centre branded all protesters as Khalistanis in SC: Read details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2021
  
  The left-leaning propagandists twisted AG Venugopal's assertion that Khalistanis have infiltrated the farmers' protests to allege Centre has called all the farmers as Khalistanis
  
  Media Fact-Check
  
  ‘No cash award system’, Indian army refutes media reports that Shopian encounter was staged for Rs 20 lakhs
  
  OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2021
  
  These reports were widely shared on Twitter, with many rebuking the Indian Army for faking an encounter in lieu of a bribe
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Does Twitter own Signal? Well, No. Here is all you need to know
  
  Anurag - 12 January, 2021
  
  Rumours suggested that Signal is owned by Twitter which turned out to be misinformation
Media
- Media
  
  Congress admits Mumbai police leaked Arnab Goswami chats: Here are all the wild conspiracy theories they generated
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 17 January, 2021
  
  Prithviraj Chavan has admitted that it was the Mumbai Police which leaked the private WhatsApp chats of Arnab Goswami.
  
  Media
  
  The curious case of Steve Jarding: How the specialist in failure Harvard Professor failed Nidhi Razdan
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021
  
  Steve Jarding is in the advisory board of the Kautilya School of Public Policy (KSPP) along with Nidhi Razdan.
  
  Media
  
  Harvard University announced freeze on hiring two months before Nidhi Razdan claimed she was joining the Uni: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021
  
  In April 2020, the Harvard University had announced that they were implementing an immediate freeze on hiring and salary.
  
  Media
  
  Nidhi Razdan, fake Harvard professorship and her blog explaining the fiasco, which raises more questions than answers: Details
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 16 January, 2021
  
  Nidhi Razdan has now penned a blog detailing how she fell victim to a phishing attack promising her professorship at Harvard.
  
  Media
  
  What the Nidhi-Harvard story reveals about our world: Get off your high horse, you are not that special, anyway
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 16 January, 2021
  
  Liberal journalist, Nidhi Razdan, thought she had received an offer from Harvard University to become an Associate Professor of journalism.
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire WTF News
  
  News Reports
  
  Kerala state board Class 9 textbook distorts history, claims Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahwari was the ‘Father of Surgery’ instead of Sushrutha
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 January, 2021
  
  Indian physician Sushrutha, who lived much earlier than Al-Zahwari, is considered to be the 'father of surgery'
  
  News Reports
  
  ASI approves underwater research project to determine how and when the Ram Setu was formed
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2021
  
  The research would be carried out to understand the nature and formation of the Ram Setu and its surrounding areas
  
  World
  
  World’s oldest known artwork is of a warty pig, found in Indonesia’s Sulawesi Islands
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2021
  
  The warty pig cave painting located in Leang Tedongnge cave in Sulawesi Island is believed to be created by humans using red ochre pigment.
  
  Culture and History
  
  NCERT says it has no information on source of claim made in textbook that Mughals had rebuilt temples after destroying them
  
  OpIndia Staff - 13 January, 2021
  
  NCERT History textbook says that Shahjahan and Aurangzeb have issued grants for rebuilding temples destroyed in war
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  News Reports
  
  They’re paying someone in Taloja to torture him till he names Arnab, he’s on death bed: Ex-BARC CEO family speak up, file affidavit
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 January, 2021
  
  Days after they arrested BARC COO Romil Ramgarhia, they arrested BARC former CEO Partho Dasgupta on the 25th of December 2020.
  
  World
  
  All you need to know about Navdeep Bains, minister who resigned from Trudeau govt: Corruption, Khalistan, immigration scam and lobbying for China
  
  OpIndia Staff - 16 January, 2021
  
  Navdeep Bains is considered to be one of the aggressive Khalistan sympathizers within the Canada government.
  
  OpIndia Scoops
  
  BHU to induct degree course on Hindu Studies with Ancient scriptures, Vedas, Puranas and more: Exclusive details
  
  रवि अग्रहरि - 16 January, 2021
  
  Bharat Adhyayan Kendra of BHU has come up with a structured two-year course on Hindu Studies, scriptures and traditions
  
  Opinions
  
  Explained – The political crisis over crop procurement in Chhattisgarh and why paddy procurement has been stopped in the state
  
  Anand Walunjkar - 14 January, 2021
  
  As mandis in Chhattisgarh overflow due to bonus announced by govt, both Congress and BJP blaming each other
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