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Rafale verdict: Media plays Nero to Rahul Gandhi’s lies, Business Standard blatantly lies about Justice Joseph’s observations

Nupur J Sharma - 15 November, 2019

The Supreme Court on 14th November 2019 dismissed the review petitions filed against its verdict on the Rafale case where it gave the deal a clean chit.

Opinions

Rafale Saga: A sinister attempt to undermine Democracy by the liberal media-political establishment has been crushed

K Bhattacharjee - 14 November, 2019

The Rafale Saga was a malicious attempt by Rahul Gandhi and its media and activist ecosystem at swaying the mind of the voter going into the elections.

Media

Defence analyst slams Nidhi Razdan’s claim that she countered Pakistan at UK Kashmir event, exposes her lies and anti-India statements

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2019

Nidhi Razdan of NDTV had claimed that she countered Pakistan propaganda at the UK event on Kashmir, however, that seems far from the truth

Opinions

Aatish Taseer and his cheerleaders go loco: Here is how they are lying and deceiving about him losing his OCI

Nupur J Sharma - 8 November, 2019

On the night of 7th November 2019, Ministry of Home Affairs said that writer and journalist Aatish Taseer is ineligible for getting an OCI card, as he had concealed the fact that his father was of Pakistani origin.

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Government clarifies that there is no ‘Gold Amnesty Scheme’ after media publishes misleading reports

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2019

Media houses had reported earlier today that the government may soon announce a 'gold amnesty scheme' which will fix a holding limit for gold and will tax Indians over a certain amount of gold.

News Reports

Reserve Bank of India clarifies that it has not sold any gold or trading in it, refutes the ET report categorically

OpIndia Staff - 27 October, 2019

Tweaking its headline a bit, the ET had falsely reported that RBI has begun to sell some of its gold again despite their own reports suggested that RBI had bought more gold rather than selling from its reserves.

Media

US President Donald Trump cancels subscriptions of ‘fake news’ Washington Post and New York Times

OpIndia Staff - 25 October, 2019

President Trump often refers to two controversial publications - New York Times and Washington Post as "failing Times" and the "Amazon Post" respectively.

Media

Aaj Tak drags ‘Karwa Chauth’ into report on violence in a Muslim household, rectifies after OpIndia calls out their misleading headline

OpIndia Staff - 21 October, 2019

OpIndia had pointed out the blatant Hinduphobia exhibited by Aaj Tak in its report linking the crime committed by a Muslim man to the Hindu festival of "Karwa Chauth'.

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