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NDTV spreads fake news about Made In India coronavirus vaccines, union Health Ministry busts claims

OpIndia Staff - 9 December, 2020

The govt has clarified that it has not rejected emergency use proposals for Coronavirus vaccines from Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech

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Will UPI transaction be more expensive in 2021? Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff - 9 December, 2020

In a report, Amar Ujala had claimed that UPI transaction will get expensive from January 1 as the Union government has decided to charge more.

News Reports

India Today Data Intelligence Unit strikes again, makes a mistake with basic math while reporting Hyderabad Municipal election results

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2020

Basic maths would have saved India Today's 'Data Intelligence Unit' some embarrassment.

News Reports

Fact check: Did Congress remove Ahmed Patel’s profile from its website within hours of his demise

OpIndia Staff - 26 November, 2020

While fact-checkers claim that Congress didn't delete Ahmed Patel's profile from its website, evidences show it was deleted and then restored

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Fraud fact-checker accuses TrueIndology of lying, when caught, wants an HD-quality photo from 1904

OpIndia Staff - 24 November, 2020

Pratik Sinha's lies were exposed in an OpIndia report. After his shoddy 'fact-checking' was called out, he has now resorted to name calling and shifting goalposts.

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Uttar Pradesh: One Alam kills minor daughter on the advice of an occultist, Times Now tries to give a Hindu spin by calling the...

OpIndia Staff - 6 November, 2020

Since the perpetrator is a Muslim, it was evident that the occultist would also belong to the same community, but Times Now calls him tantrik

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Was Nitish Kumar ‘calling out’ Yogi Adityanath for his comments on ’throwing out infiltrators? Not quite: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 5 November, 2020

News agencies misunderstood the context of Nitish Kumar's statement and alleged it was against Yogi Adityanath

News Reports

The Hindu spreads fake news about China occupying new regions in Pangong Tso just a month after making money by publishing Chinese propaganda

OpIndia Staff - 30 October, 2020

The Hindu had quoted an ex-BJP MP to claim that Chinese forces have occupied finger 2 and 3 on north bank of Pangong Tso lake

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Dainik Bhaskar uses NITian Anita Bharti’s image in an article about actress Preetika Chauhan’s arrest by NCB in drug case

OpIndia Staff - 26 October, 2020

Anita Bhati is a student of NIT Patna, who had recently started an online portal of 'TuOn', providing free coaching to students from 7th to 12th grade and those preparing for competitive exams

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Former adviser to Manmohan Singh, Pankaj Pachauri brazens it out after being caught spreading fake news about Indian trade with China

OpIndia Staff - 20 October, 2020

Pankaj Pachauri claimed Indian imports from China had increased by 27% during tension between the two countries at the LAC.

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