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When the Media lies, it takes away the people’s right to know. The only way to reclaim that right is to catch them in the act.

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‘Muslim men, women and children were chased out of their homes’: Here is how The Wire spread fake news blatantly

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2020

Hoshiarpur Police uploaded a video on its official Twitter page, debunking fake news about Muslim families being harassed as peddled by 'The Wire'

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Assorted fake news peddlers come together to spread lies that woman drowned her five children in river ‘due to lockdown’

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2020

While the country has come together to fight Chinese coronavirus, a certain section of propagandists are rooting for the government's efforts to fail.

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Fact Check: Alt News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair deliberately misrepresents gathering for relief work as a ‘religious gathering’ of Jain monks

OpIndia Staff - 11 April, 2020

The 'religious ceremony' which Mr Zubair claims was in fact a meeting presided over by the Jain monks to provide food to the needy and destitute in Surat during lockdown

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Did US President Donald Trump really ‘threaten’ India with ‘retaliation’ over hydroxychloroquine export? Read details

OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2020

A barge of misinformation was peddled by the media over US President Donald Trump's statements claiming that he had "threatened" India with retaliation if the Modi government does not allow the export of hydroxychloroquine.

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Rajasthan: Man who claimed that his pregnant wife was turned away from Bharatpur hospital for being Muslim, now admits concocting the story

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2020

Recently an incident of alleged religious discrimination came to light, where a Muslim pregnant woman of Bharatpur in Rajasthan who was in labour, was allegedly denied admission to a hospital by the staff over her religion

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Propagandists equate ISKCON in UK to Tablighi Jamaat in India after ISKCON devotees get infected by Coronavirus: Here’s why they are wrong

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2020

Unlike Tablighi Jamaat in India, ISKCON in UK was not in violation of any government guidelines or order to arrest the spread of Coronavirus

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145 Hindus test Coronavirus positive after visiting Vaishno Devi: Islamist Ali Sohrab, who was once arrested, spreads fake news again

OpIndia Staff - 4 April, 2020

Fake news peddler Ali Sohrab was in November last year arrested by UP Police over his provocative tweets on Supreme Court judgement of Ram Janmabhoomi verdict

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