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Fact Check: Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand did not make a statement about Yogi Adityanath becoming CM again in 2027

Khushboo Singh

Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati is undertaking a ‘Dharmayuddha Yatra’ (religious war march) for cow protection. Through this journey, he is visiting various districts of Uttar Pradesh, appealing for cow protection and demanding that the government declare the cow as the ‘Rashtra Mata’ (Mother of the Nation). During the yatra, Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand has also been targeting […]

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Fact Check: The incident of bodies suddenly sitting up and walking in the Delhi AIIMS mortuary did not happen; the viral video is AI-generated

Khushboo Singh

A CCTV footage is going viral on social media. In this footage, several bodies can be seen lying on stretchers in a morgue. Suddenly, two of the bodies sit up, and shortly afterward, the stretchers along with the bodies start moving back and forth. Users sharing this video claim that it is CCTV footage of […]

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A New Pattern of Digital Disinformation: Targeted Information Warfare Against the Indian Army and Its Officers

Khushboo Singh

The rapid expansion of digital communication and the growing reach of social media platforms have transformed the information landscape in unprecedented ways. Within this evolving environment, information warfare, cognitive warfare, and influence operations have become significant elements of contemporary geopolitical competition and ideological conflicts. Various studies and international organizations have highlighted that disinformation, misinformation, and […]

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Fact Check: PM Modi Did Not Say That the Mothers and Sisters of the Country Should Sell Their Gold and Deposit the Money in Banks

Khushboo Singh

In view of global conditions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently appealed to citizens not to buy gold for a year in order to reduce the burden on foreign exchange reserves. This statement by PM Modi received media coverage, and several media organisations also shared postcards related to it. Meanwhile, a postcard carrying a statement attributed […]

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Weaponizing Narratives: A Study of Pakistan-Linked Misinformation Targeting India

Khushboo Singh

Executive Summary Over the last three months, multiple investigations, fact-checks, and digital monitoring exercises conducted by DFRAC identified a sustained pattern of misinformation campaigns originating from or amplified by Pakistan-linked social media ecosystems targeting India. These campaigns have evolved beyond conventional geopolitical propaganda and increasingly exploit communal sensitivities, regional tensions, political polarization, and public distrust. […]

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From Kashmir to India: How ‘Azad Urdu’ weaves an anti-India narrative

Khushboo Singh

Azaad Digital is a multilingual digital news platform from Pakistan that publishes news, analysis, and fact-check content in English, Urdu, and Chinese. With the objective of expanding its reach to Urdu-speaking readers worldwide, this media network has launched a separate platform for the Urdu language named Azaad Urdu. Azaad Urdu presents itself as an independent, fact-based, and […]

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