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NewsClick Scandal

NewsClick is a news organisation that has been peddling anti-India propaganda. In 2021, the Enforcement Directorate initiated an investigation into their illicit foreign funding. In 2023, there were revelations about NewsClick getting funding from China to peddle pro-China, anti-India propaganda. Several journalists connected to NewsClick were also raided by the Delhi Police in October 2023.

This section has details of the NewsClick scandal since the investigation started in 2021.

News Reports

CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat had close ties to Neville Roy Singham, accused of spreading Chinese propaganda and funding NewsClick, email exchanges reveal

Jinit Jain - 8 August, 2023

Neville Roy Singham reportedly wrote to Prakash Karat, informing him of Chinese media's wide coverage of CPI(M) in reference to Mao Zedong's birth anniversary.

News Reports

Prabir Purkayastha and NewsClick team were introduced to Chinese handlers by Neville Roy Singham for defending China’s handling of COVID-19: Details

Jinit Jain - 8 August, 2023

In a recent emergence of purported email exchanges, Neville Roy Singham introduces NewsClick team to their Chinese handlers.

News Reports

Newsclick Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha exchanged emails with US millionaire Neville Roy Singham, discussed how to report India-China border dispute, and more

OpIndia Staff - 8 August, 2023

China was dictating leftist media portals in the likes of Newsclick to parrot the Chinese line, revealed NYT and the email

News Reports

P Sainath’s PARI removes references to Neville Roy Singham after NewsClick Chinese funding expose: Here’s how they are linked in more ways than one

Jinit Jain - 7 August, 2023

P Sainath, the founder of People's Archive of Rural India (PARI) serves as one of the senior fellows at Neville Roy Singham's nonprofit accused of sowing Chinese propaganda

News Reports

Shame on you: Netizens slam Youtuber Abhisar Sharma after Chinese financing of NewsClick emerges

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2023

Abhisar Sharma features regularly on NewsClick videos wherein he is seen either defending the Congress party or furthering anti-India narratives.

News Reports

Indian leftist propaganda outlet, NewsClick, is financed by Chinese Communist Party supporter, reveals NYT investigation

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2023

The New York Times pointed out that Singham has been successful in disseminating Chinese government talking points under the pretext of 'progressive advocacy' in countries such as India, Brazil, South Africa and the United States.

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