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OpIndia is an Indian news portal which claims to be a fact-checking website. It has sympathies towards right-wing populism and has propagated fake news over multiple occasions. In May 2019, theInternational Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), an affiliate of the acclaimed Poynter Institute rejected its application to be accredited as a fact-checker.

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