The violence in Tripura flared up about 2 weeks ago when more than 10 incidents of communal violence were reported within a span of 4 days. The violence can be traced to communal violence in Bangladesh during the Durga puja. The aftermath of the violence affected Tripura as well, which shared three of its sides […]
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Around the world, and more specifically in India, disinformation is spreading and becoming a successful phenomenon of deception. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown how fast and wide information can spread: so fast, that the phenomenon has been given the name, “infodemic”. This disinformation, in Indian context, is broadly categorized into two — fake news and […]
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M. Nageswara Rao is an IPS officer who served as the interim-Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a brief period in 2019. Rao is now retired but continues to be very active on Twitter where he is known to post polarizing views about a variety of topics. He also regularly writes for Op […]
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In the last few months a video has been circulated all over the internet showing New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern smoking marijuana through a glass pipe. The video was shared everywhere including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. Ardern as in the past agreed to the fact that she has consumed cannabis in the past […]
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On October 11,2021, a hashtag named #शाहरुख_खान_गद्दार_है started to trend on twitter with over 34,000 tweets. Within this hashtag, users have made grave accusations against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, whose son Aryan is currently in the middle of a highly publicised narcotics investigation. Users felt it necessary to drag Khan into the situation with […]
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Since the mass evictions that took place in Assam’s Darrang district, a hashtag called #BoycottIndianGoods has been trending voraciously on Twitter. The users from middle east criticized India for its policies and actions towards the minority communities. The hashtag was used thousands of times over the course of the last few days. Tensions began to […]
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On September 27,2021 the Vice-President of INC Delhi posted a video of the ongoing farmers’ protest. In the video, a reporter can be seen talking to protestors who have gathered once again to protest the 3 laws which they believe will be damning for them. Since these protests started, some media outlets have taken it […]
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On Saturday, September 18,2021 tensions rose within the Punjab wing of the Indian National Congress. Months before state elections, a tussle between CM Capt. Amarinder Singh and others within the party grew. Rumours started to flow out that Singh is going to resign soon and soon enough on the same day, Singh handed in his […]
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A video has been shared on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter on terrorist attack of 9/11 happened at the World Trade Center in New York. This video purportedly showing ‘no planes’ in the 9/11 attack is a hoax. “9/11 was a controlled demolition disguised as a terrorist attack. They simply blew up the […]
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On September 13,2021 , a twitter account by the name of @ThePushpendra_ posted a video of what looks like a man printing Indian currency notes in a bootleg facility. The man can be seen printing notes of all different denominations. It must be noted that the account seems to be a fake account of the journalist […]
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