Articles for Shekhar Gupta

Late Fali Nariman was against Hindu priest Yogi Adityanath becoming CM, while his SC judge son is a Parsi priest
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Late Fali Nariman was against Hindu priest Yogi Adityanath becoming CM, while his SC judge son is a Parsi priest

Op India  

Eminent jurist Senior Advocate Fali S Nariman passed on the morning of 21st February. He in an interview in 2017, questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi if the appointment of a Hindu monk Yogi Adityanath as chief minister of India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh was “the beginning of a Hindu state.” In the interview taken by Shekhar Gupta, Nariman had …

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Professor CK Raju castigates The Print for publishing defamatory article against him
1 year, 3 months ago

Professor CK Raju castigates The Print for publishing defamatory article against him

Op India  

On Monday, Professor C.K. Addressing the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Print, Shekhar Gupta, Professor Raju shared a post on X calling out the ‘journalistic malpractice’ for publishing the article based on his claims without having done the due diligence. Accusing that the reporter lacked ‘competence’ to report on a scholarly discussion, he said, “It is unfortunate that the reporter …

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Even as India was shining after the G20 summit, Shekhar Gupta could not get over old habits – obsession with terror factory Pakistan
1 year, 3 months ago

Even as India was shining after the G20 summit, Shekhar Gupta could not get over old habits – obsession with terror factory Pakistan

Op India  

Old habits die hard. Days of presuming Saudi-UAE patronage are gone At a glorious juncture of India’s foreign policy, Shekhar Gupta couldn’t stop himself from thinking and writing about Pakistan. When India delivered two big body blows to Pakistan – a surgical strike in Uri and an air attack on Balakot – the spectacular failure of Pakistan to get support …

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Prashant Kishor and his flawed calculations on how Congress is stronger than BJP
2 years, 8 months ago

Prashant Kishor and his flawed calculations on how Congress is stronger than BJP

Op India  

What are the 3 weaknesses of BJP? At ~29th minute in this interview, PK begins to explain the second weakness of BJP – “their inability to do well in Eastern and Southern India”. PK continues: “Start from Bihar, go to Bengal, down below is Odisha, united Andhra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala” Maybe he meant East Coast states, but then why …

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2022 Assembly poll results: Bringing out the worst in the usual suspects — again
2 years, 9 months ago

2022 Assembly poll results: Bringing out the worst in the usual suspects — again

Firstpost  

The elections of 2014 and 2019 showed that India is anything but a nation of sheep. In the overall reckoning, the BJP’s serial electoral victories appear trivial in comparison to the nationwide phenomenon of a wide gamut of these usual suspects going berserk on the dot. The phenomenon is a surreal inversion of an anguished King Lear’s lament that melts …

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Shekhar Gupta's ThePrint emotionally manipulates family of RSS worker Amit Jaiswal who passed away due to COVID
3 years, 7 months ago

Shekhar Gupta's ThePrint emotionally manipulates family of RSS worker Amit Jaiswal who passed away due to COVID

Op India  

As the ferocious second wave of the coronavirus outbreak continues its relentless march across the country, taking precious lives in its wake, some individuals and media portals have resorted to vulture journalism, in their bid to discredit the Modi government. Source: The Print The article penned by Khan and published on Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint alleged that an RSS worker Amit …

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Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint peddles lie on COVID-19 strategy of Modi govt
3 years, 8 months ago

Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint peddles lie on COVID-19 strategy of Modi govt

Op India  

ThePrint editor Shekhar Gupta, who has an ‘expert opinion’ to make on every subject under the sun, has now decided that the central government is responsible for the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic gripping the country. They claimed that the Modi govt adopted a ‘one size fits all approach, which forces the states to follow diktats from the top …

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COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation: How it works in India and globally
3 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation: How it works in India and globally

Op India  

On the 6th of April, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that the COVID-19 vaccine is for those who ‘need it’ not for those who ‘want it.’ Explaining the phased approach that has been taken by the government of India as far as the COVID-19 vaccine is concerned, Bhushan said that the purpose of the vaccine currently was two-fold: to …

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Where Free Speech Is A Path To Lose Personal Liberty: After 70 Years Of Constitutional Democracy
4 years, 1 month ago

Where Free Speech Is A Path To Lose Personal Liberty: After 70 Years Of Constitutional Democracy

Live Law  

We celebrate 70 years of Constitutional Governance in India, i.e., Bharath on 26th November 2020 with Damocles sword on free speech that could deprive personal liberty. Arnab Goswami and Republic TV made the Sushant Singh Rajput case into a very big story and it played into Bihar's politics. Supreme Court Bar Association President Dushyant Dave wrote a letter to the …

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Sharad Pawar admitted in 2006 that Mumbai train blasts targeted Hindus
4 years, 5 months ago

Sharad Pawar admitted in 2006 that Mumbai train blasts targeted Hindus

Op India  

The 11th of July, 2020 marks the 14th anniversary of one of the darkest days of Independent India. In the same interview, Sharad Pawar also claimed that the purpose of the blasts was to create communal tensions between Hindus and Muslims, so that Muslim youth will be radicalised by the resultant communal clashes. As it so happens, in the interview, …

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Coronavirus: Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint republishes five-days old article claiming that Singapore has recorded zero Covid-19 deaths
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint republishes five-days old article claiming that Singapore has recorded zero Covid-19 deaths

Op India  

The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak that originated in China has spread to almost all parts of the world including Singapore. The Conversation, a network of not-for-profit media outlets that publish news stories written by academics and researchers, publishes an article on March 18, titled: ‘Why Singapore’s coronavirus response worked – and what we can all learn’, which claimed that as on …

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Coronavirus: AltNews founder, Shekhar Gupta and others spread unverified claims
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: AltNews founder, Shekhar Gupta and others spread unverified claims

Op India  

Self-proclaimed fact-checker AltNews founder Pratik Sinha today retweeted a tweet from a fake account, thereby spreading misinformation to millions amidst the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak. Twitter user Vikrumaditya alias Vasundhara claimed that he/she is wearing the same mask since a week as doctors don’t have enough N95 masks, the masks which are more efficient in preventing the spread of the Wuhan …

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Journalist with Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint says those chanting ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ are goons
4 years, 10 months ago

Journalist with Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint says those chanting ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ are goons

Op India  

The intense Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu sentiments burgeoning amongst the ultra-left wing liberals was evident yet again on Sunday after a ‘journalist’ associated with Shekhar Gupta’s news website ‘ThePrint‘ indulged in similar agenda by outraging against those chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and Jai Shri Ram’ slogans in a rally. Read: Two articles, one dangerous agenda: Shekhar Gupta led The Print …

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A year when the country changed fundamentally, but not the media: Top 10 lies spread by the mainstream media in 2019
5 years ago

A year when the country changed fundamentally, but not the media: Top 10 lies spread by the mainstream media in 2019

Op India  

One of the most monumental years in the history of Independent India is drawing to a close. However, Shekhar Gupta, the chief of Editors Guild and his ‘news’ portal The Print come as a stench of the rotting soul when they manage to stoop further at every given opportunity. While Tweeting a line from the transcript that said ‘Ahmed Patel …

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Columnist at Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint spreads Pakistani and Khalistani propaganda about London protests on Article 370 abrogation
5 years, 4 months ago

Columnist at Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint spreads Pakistani and Khalistani propaganda about London protests on Article 370 abrogation

Op India  

Columnist associated with Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint, Zainab Sikander, has resorted to using the protests by Pakistani immigrants and Khalistanis in Britain to peddle her agenda against the abrogation of Article 370. — Zainab Sikander August 16, 2019 In other videos of the Pakistani protests shared by the same media outlet, Pakistani flags are clearly visible which betray the actual motivations …

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Author lashes out on Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint for distorting and misinterpreting his talk and lying in the report
5 years, 6 months ago

Author lashes out on Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint for distorting and misinterpreting his talk and lying in the report

Op India  

Author Nityanand Misra lashed out on Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint for distorting and misinterpreting his talk and lying in the report. 16/n — Nityānanda Miśra July 7, 2019 In a long Twitter thread, Nityanand Misra exposed the errors in the report one by one. The author recommends avoiding/minimizing the usage of Arabic-Persian words and use Hindi yet in the report the …

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Shekhar Gupta whitewashes Rajiv Gandhi's vacation using INS Viraat
5 years, 7 months ago

Shekhar Gupta whitewashes Rajiv Gandhi's vacation using INS Viraat

Op India  

In India, Nehru and his descendants are considered beyond criticism and accountability. Gupta then goes ahead to ‘explain’ how PM Modi and Amit Shah are seasoned politicians and they had brought up the issue of Rajiv Gandhi ‘now’ for a purpose, Punjab votes. Gupta goes ahead to justify the holiday as a lifestyle that the elite, yuppie and young couple …

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Sex and cheap thrills: When ‘The Print’ struggles, Shekhar Gupta pulls a ‘coup’ on journalistic integrity
5 years, 8 months ago

Sex and cheap thrills: When ‘The Print’ struggles, Shekhar Gupta pulls a ‘coup’ on journalistic integrity

Op India  

In the second half of 2016, the great philosopher Shri Deepak Kallal had remarked while gently stroking his collar bone, “Sex- When the headline has a question mark, it says a lot about the writer that either he/she is confused, or knows the ways of journalism good enough to use that punctuation perfectly. One is bound to ask what purpose …

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‘Family’, Ahmed Patel, Shekhar Gupta and bribe to Congress politicians: Explosive revelations in the AgustaWestland chargesheet
5 years, 9 months ago

‘Family’, Ahmed Patel, Shekhar Gupta and bribe to Congress politicians: Explosive revelations in the AgustaWestland chargesheet

Op India  

The Enforcement Directorate filed its 4th supplementary charge-sheet on the Agusta Westland scam on Thursday at a Delhi Special Court. The charge-sheet, accessed in its entirety by Opindia.com, states clearly, “The conclusion that kickback was paid to Air Force Officials, bureaucrats and politicians is based on documents seized by Swiss police as well as by deposition of Christian Michel James …

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The Print article by Shekhar Gupta on air battle after Balakot airstrikes peddles faulty analysis, half truths and whole lies
5 years, 9 months ago

The Print article by Shekhar Gupta on air battle after Balakot airstrikes peddles faulty analysis, half truths and whole lies

Op India  

A robust discussion about the military capabilities of a nation and, the conduct of its armed forces in peace and wartime, in public space is important on many levels. For this article, I’m sticking to the following numbers: Pakistan Air Force – 20 F-16 – 08 JF-17 – 04 Mirage-V – 04 Mirage-III – 04 Indian Air Force – 12 …

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Winner of Nobel Prize in Economics rubbishes ThePrint report about him helping Rahul Gandhi on election promises
5 years, 11 months ago

Winner of Nobel Prize in Economics rubbishes ThePrint report about him helping Rahul Gandhi on election promises

Op India  

Nobel laureate Angus Deaton has denied Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint’s report which claimed that he is helping Congress shape the minimum income scheme. On 31st January, ThePrint ran a report by one D. K. Singh who claimed that Angus Deaton, a British economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2015 along with French economist Thomas Piketty are advising the …

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