Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Politics
- News Reports
  
  AAP supported farmer protests hampering war against Covid-19, oxygen supplier writes to GOI saying tankers delayed due to roadblocks by protestors
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  Inox Air Products said that they are facing delays in Delhi while transporting oxygen due to road blockades by the farmer protestors
  
  Law
  
  ‘Won’t interfere in ongoing polls’, Supreme Court junks petition filed by TMC leader seeking 100% VVPAT verification of votes
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  SC rejected plea by TMC leader Gopal Seth seeking 100% VVPAT matching saying it is not inclined to interfere in ongoing poll process
  
  News Reports
  
  After getting vaccinated himself, Rakesh Tikait says the Modi government will be responsible if farmers get COVID-19
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  Rakesh Tikait had recently said that 'farmers' protests is not Shaheen Bagh than can be stopped in the name of coronavirus
  
  News Reports
  
  ‘Farmers’ to march from Punjab to Delhi amid Covid surge, Yogendra Yadav says they will not let govt quell the protest in the name...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  This 'farmer' march comes at a time when Delhi is going through a surge in Coronavirus cases, with testing facilities getting overwhelmed.
  
  Politics
  
  Sanjay Raut threatens Kannadigas in Mumbai, BJP terms his remarks ‘anti-national’: Here is what happened
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  In an editorial published on Sunday in Saamana, Sanjay Raut threatened Kannadigas in Mumbai, BJP has slammed the remark
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  Journalism: The new performance art
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 20 April, 2021
  
  With the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists have screamed "Beware of the Ides of March" to anyone who would listen - Barkha Dutt for example.
  
  Opinions
  
  From censorship to propaganda and disinformation: Here’s how China seeks to reshape the narrative on the repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
  
  Jinit Jain - 20 April, 2021
  
  From outrightly denying the existence of Uyghur repression, China has evolved its strategy to hardened public stance, vigorously deflecting criticism and showing a tenacity to confront its critics in the West.
  
  Opinions
  
  Of Grief and Grievances: Maharashtra suffers as MVA leadership sinks to low-level politics in crisis
  
  Guest Author - 20 April, 2021
  
  As Maharashtra continued to peak with the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases in the nation, CM Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray clearly made his choice to ‘fall’ in the second kind.
  
  Opinions
  
  Why did 9 anti-Modi parties demand from Election Commission that rallies must be held?
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 20 April, 2021
  
  Let us get into the dirt and start pointing fingers, if that is what everyone wants. How did the second wave come to be?
  
  Opinions
  
  Understanding the hate factory: How Rohan Joshi and his hateful post against Hindus gives us an insight into the ‘liberal’ mind
  
  T Waraich - 19 April, 2021
  
  Comedian Rohan Joshi tells Bhakts, "I have nothing but contempt for them and nit a shred of empathy" as he mocks Coronavirus deaths
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  News Reports
  
  Pro-AAP vlogger Dhruv Rathee spreads fake news about only BJP campaigning for Bengal elections, gives clean chit to TMC, Left, and Congress
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  While TMC, Congress and the Left are all continuing with rallies and crowded election campaigns, Dhruv Rathee made a ranting Facebook post blaming only the BJP. He did not share it on Twitter.
  
  News Reports
  
  Fact-Check: Did the centre terminate the insurance cover for healthcare workers killed in the line of Covid duty?
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  Some reports have suggested that GoI has cancelled the insurance scheme for Health workers. In reality it was extended for one month and new plans will be announced soon.
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress leaders, others share old picture of Yogi and Amit Shah in Kumbh, accuse them of spreading Coronavirus
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  Alka Lamba shares old picture of Kumbh to malign Yogi Adityanath and BJP, Netizens follow suit
  
  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
- News Reports
  
  India Today shares prescription medicines containing steroids, which could be fatal for some, for ‘home treatment’ of Covid-19
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  India Today cited Canada-based Dr Zain Chagla to urge people to 'self-medicate' in the face of the Coronavirus crisis
  
  News Reports
  
  From sitting on upturned dustbins to photo ops at crematorium grounds, Barkha Dutt gets questioned for her ‘vulture journalism’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  While the situation on ground is indeed grim, people on social media have been calling out the dramatics by journalists who could have perhaps focused on the news instead of their brand building.
  
  Opinions
  
  Journalism: The new performance art
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 20 April, 2021
  
  With the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists have screamed "Beware of the Ides of March" to anyone who would listen - Barkha Dutt for example.
  
  Media
  
  ABC journalist complains about kids’ cartoon not having queer, disabled or gender diverse dogs of colour, PinkNews calls it ‘important debate’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 18 April, 2021
  
  ABC network journalist Beverly Wang sparked controversy with a 'woke' article criticising a cartoon for children called 'Bluey'.
  
  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.
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
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  How China’s ‘Re-education through labour’ policy put minorities in labour camps even before the Uyghur crisis: About the Masanjia camps
  
  OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021
  
  The letter went into detail about the conditions at China's Masanjia Labor Camp, including the gruelling hours, verbal abuse and physical abuse
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  Government of India opens COVID-19 vaccine for everyone above 18 years of age: All you need to know
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  On April 19, the Government of India announced the Phase 3 Strategy of Covid-19 vaccination.
  
  News Reports
  
  As Commonwealth Games Village turns into a Covid-19 facility, here is the chronology of the 2010 Congress scam
  
  OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2021
  
  According to an RTI filed by the Indian Express in 2020, over 50 cases of payment disputes related to the Commonwealth Game scam still remain pending.
  
  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.
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Usual suspect Wikipedia joins anti-India propaganda, PM Modi’s page targeted to show Indian democracy in decline under his watch

Nupur J Sharma - 8 February, 2021

As PM spoke in Rajya Sabha, a problematic edit to the Wikipedia page of Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to the fore

Big tech Unites: If censorship wasn’t enough, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales wonders why Twitter and Facebook didn’t censor Trump sooner

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Jimmy Wales said that Donald Trump was clearly spreading disinformation on Twitter and Facebook & they failed to contain that

World

‘Caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, calling Ahmadiyya leader a Muslim’: Why Pakistan is threatening Google and Wikipedia

OpIndia Staff - 26 December, 2020

Pakistan decried internet giants Google and Wikipedia for disseminating sacrilegious content through its platforms

News Reports

Govt of India orders Wikipedia to remove an image showing wrong map of Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff - 2 December, 2020

This matter was flagged by a Twitter user asking government to take action against Wikipedia for displaying a wrong map of India

News Reports

“Wikipedia has become a huge moral hazard”: Co-founder Larry Sanger accuses the website of turning into a ‘monocultural establishment organ of propaganda’

OpIndia Staff - 26 November, 2020

Larry Sanger accuses Wikipedia of no longer adhering to the principle of providing information from a neutral point of view

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Caravan Magazine asked us about our coverage on Wikipedia and its Left bias – Here is our detailed response

Nupur J Sharma - 26 November, 2020

OpIndia coverage of Wikipedia lies started after Delhi Riots and Caravan Magazine, with its strong Left bias, is clearly not happy about it

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As Pornhub faces heat over child rape videos, Wikipedia editors promptly remove content mentioning criticisms and petitions against the website

OpIndia Staff - 28 August, 2020

A petition against Pornhub has got more than 1 million signatures, but Wikipedia refuses to include in the Wikipedia page of the site

News Reports

Most article on Scots Wikipedia written in mangled English by an American who can’t speak Scots: Reddit user makes explosive revelation

OpIndia Staff - 26 August, 2020

A Reddit user has revealed that most articles on Scots Wikipedia are written in mangled English by people who don't know Scots

News Reports

Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger had accused the organisation of hosting paedophilic content

OpIndia Staff - 26 August, 2020

In 2010, Larry Sanger had alleged that Wikimedia Commons was rife with renderings of children performing sexual acts

Opinions

Bengaluru riots, Wikipedia and the impossible staircase of Indian secularism

Abhishek Banerjee - 14 August, 2020

Wikipedia's blatant religious bias is glaringly evident in their articles of Bengaluru and Delhi riots.

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