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Social Media

Rahul Gandhi claims ‘Modilie’ is a new English Word, Oxford Dictionaries say ‘Fake News’

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2019

Rahul had tweeted the image yesterday, aimed as a jibe against PM Modi, claiming that the word has been recently added to the English dictionary.

Big Tech is watching you: Dear TrueIndology, you never existed

Abhishek Banerjee - 8 May, 2019

While TrueIndology gets suspended, Indians described as piglets, swine, cockroaches and rodents seems to be ok with Twitter

Politics

PM Narendra Modi becomes the second most followed leader in the world, surpasses US President Donald Trump

OpIndia Staff - 7 May, 2019

With over 110 million followers worldwide, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has overtaken US President Donald Trump who has 96 million followers globally

Social Media

The dark side of the Internet: Sordid saga of the Gurugram mall woman

K Bhattacharjee - 3 May, 2019

If we do not learn to tame the wild beast that social media is, there may be devastating consequences

Media

Fake news channel NDTV hires fake news peddler Dhruv Rathee, to bust fake news this election

Sanghamitra - 27 April, 2019

Perhaps the union of Dhruv Rathee and NDTV is destiny after all, like a river eventually merging with the sea, individual fake news peddlers probably have to merge one day with the ocean of lies and fake news that is NDTV.

Social Media

Legal complaint filed against photoshop artist day after PM Modi and Akshay Kumar appreciated his work

OpIndia Staff - 26 April, 2019

A day after the PM himself appreciated Krishna's work, a legal complaint has been filed against the photoshop artist.

News Reports

Netizens play Jagga Jasoos as Arvind Kejriwal resurfaces days after rumours of him beaten up by AAP MLAs went viral

OpIndia Staff - 25 April, 2019

From 'scratch marks' on nose to 'new frame of glasses', Twitterati had a field day on Kejriwal's first public appearance after a long time

News Reports

IIT Bombay’s Management School says their Twitter account was compromised, anti-BJP tweet was posted by someone outside the institution

OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2019

Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management says an anti-BJP tweet posted from its Twitter account was done by someone outside the institution

Social Media

Journalists and politicians spread lies about Sadhvi Pragya’s age, do not retract their tweets even after being fact-checked

OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2019

Sadhvi Pragya's 2016 bail application in the Bombay High Court cites her age as 44. Which means that she would at least have been born in 1972 at least.

News Reports