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News Reports

Journalist shares image of a Pakistani cannibal who ate a baby as ‘RAW agent captured in Nepal’

OpIndia Staff - 10 July, 2020

The photo of a RAW agent supposedly arrested in Nepal is actually photo of a Pakistani cannibal who was convicted of eating children

News Reports

The Wire issues half-hearted correction after being called out by NCPCR for their blatantly fake news about ‘eight-fold increase in complaints post lockdown

OpIndia Staff - 10 July, 2020

The Wire retracted it after the author of the article said that she had no evidence to support her stunning claim.

Fact-Check

The curious case of ‘Drone Boy’ who has made 600 drones using broken mixer grinders and televisions. A fact-check

Raju Das - 9 July, 2020

While 'drone boy' Prathap NM has claimed to have made 600 drones using e-waste, not a single photo or video of them exist

News Reports

New video suggests AajTak report on sexual exploitation in Chitrakoot was misleading, ‘victim’ says she didn’t understand the questions

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2020

AajTak shares a misleading report on sexual exploitaion of girls in Chitrakoot, gets fact-checked

News Reports

HRD Minister clears the air about the exclusion of some chapters from CBSE syllabus for current year, calls MSM’s reporting sensationalism

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2020

HRD Minister said that news reporter are sensationalizing the removal of chapters from CBSE syllabus due to lockdoown

News Reports

No, Indian PUBG user did not make Chinese player say ‘Hindustan Zindabad’, Times Network’s website fell for satire

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020

Times group's MensXP falls for satire, believes that Indian PUBG user made Chinese player say 'Hindistan Zindabad'

Media Fact-Check

Central govt rejects Business Standard report on the merger of CBDT and CBIC, schools the newspaper on journalism

OpIndia Staff - 6 July, 2020

Business Standard had published an article claiming that the central government is mulling over the merger of CBDT and CBIC as a part of its austerity drive to reduce the costs amidst coronavirus pandemic

News Reports

Guardian falsely claims China built radar tower near Pangong Tso lake in last few weeks: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 4 July, 2020

Satellite images and media reports show that China had built radar station near Pangong Tso lake years ago, not recently as Guardian claims

News Reports

Congress leaders and anti-BJP trolls spread fake news that Modi’s visit to Leh military hospital was staged: Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff - 4 July, 2020

The Conference Hall of the Leh Army Hospital has been convereted into a ward for soldiers with minor injuries, that does not mean it is fake

Crime

No, BJP leader Vikas Dubey is not the gangster who killed 8 policemen in Kanpur, read how Congress trolls spread fake news

OpIndia Staff - 3 July, 2020

Several trolls took to social media to share an image of a BJP leader along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister to claim that the person was the notorious gangster Vikas Dubey, to allege that he belonged to BJP.

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