514 Articles by
Dibakar Dutta
Centre-Right. Political analyst. Assistant Editor @Opindia. Reach me at [email protected]
News Reports
CMO’s link with gold smuggling racket? Kerala CM’s Vijayan’s principal secretary removed after his name comes up in the scandal
The opposition has been accusing that Sivasankar had used his influence to help Swapna Suresh, the main accused, escape and facilitated the clearance of the 'diplomatic package' containing the smuggled gold.
Politics
‘TMC goons vandalised my car, attacked our party workers unprovoked’, says BJP MP Arjun Singh
Arjun Singh had earlier accused the Joint Commissioner of Police of trying to assassinate him, on the instructions of Mamata Banerjee.
News Reports
Explained: Why is China now eyeing the Russian city of Vladivostok?
The territory of Vladivostok was a part of the Qing Dynasty of China and was handed over to the Russians via the Treaty of Peking in 1860.
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New swine flu virus with ‘pandemic potential’ identified by researchers in China: Study
The paper found that about 4.4% of the general population have already been exposed to the new strain of the Swine flu virus.
News Reports
Popular Pakistani troll reveals how he makes sure PM Modi doesn’t win any Twitter polls, how anti-India propaganda is organised and furthered
Al Jazeera documentary highlights how Twitter warriors can create the mirage of a war, far-fetched from the reality on the ground
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Former KGB agent Yuri Bezmenov exposes the four stages of a Communist takeover of a country in rare 1984 interview
Yuri Bezmenov was in love with India so much so that he did not want the country to be 'irreparably damaged' under the Soviet influence.
OpIndia Explains
‘Rats of Shah Dola’: How hundreds of children in the Islamic State of Pakistan are forcefully deformed and exploited as beggars
In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the microcephalic children find refuge at the shrine of Shah Daula in Varedia but are deformed and exploited to beg
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West Bengal: State govt decides to halt plans to increase the number of beds because ‘migrants recovering faster’ without needing hospitalisation
Reportedly, the state of West Bengal has 8,785 beds, out of which 25% are occupied. The highest hospital occupancy is seen in Kolkata and Howrah.
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‘A political football’: When Malcolm X, American Muslim minister and human rights activist, warned African Americans about ‘liberals’
Malcolm X accused the liberals of using the black Americans as 'political pawns' in their political struggle against the conservatives.
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“Indians are unaware of their rights,” Vinod Dua takes inspiration from US riots and urges people in India to follow suit
Vinod Dua says people in India failed to display their anger like the violent rioters in US did in the name of protests