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Empowering Students through Media Literacy: DFRAC conducts workshop at Jamia Hamdard Institute of Skill Development

Aayushi Rana

Date: October 1, 2025 | Venue: Jamia Hamdard Institute of Skill Development On October 1, 2025, DFRAC conducted an insightful workshop at Jamia Hamdard Institute of Skill Development for students pursuing vocational courses in Digital Marketing, Data Science, Finance, and Industry-Oriented Skills. The workshop was organized under the program “Empowered Youth and Verified Voices,” powered […]

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Anti-India Propaganda on the Digital Front: A New Form of Cyber Terrorism

Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui

In this era of social media and digital platforms, lies, rumors, and half-truths are the ammunition used to weaken a country. This is information warfare, where lies obscure truth, and those lies are repeated until they become accepted as truth. DFRAC’s investigation has revealed that certain networks and accounts are engaged in a systematic campaign […]

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Extremist Propaganda and False Narratives: An Investigation into Hamid Ali’s Role

Dilshad Noor

Hamid Abdullah Ahmad Al-Ali is highly active on social media. On the social platform X, his handle is @Hamedalalinew, where he has approximately 42,000 followers. His bio states: “This is Sheikh Hamid Al-Ali’s new account. His previous account was suspended, and he posted an announcement about this on his website http://h-alali.net for confirmation. Hamid Abdullah […]

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Fact Check: Viral photo from Ladakh violence is not of Congress councillor Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag

Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui

After the protest in Leh demanding full statehood, violence broke out. Several pictures and videos of this violence went viral on social media. Among them, one picture of a masked man carrying weapons was shared, claiming he was Congress councillor Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag. BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya, along with several other users, shared […]

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Viral Collage claiming Indian Soldiers martyred in Pakistan’s ‘Operation Bunyan Um Marsoos’ is False

Aayushi Rana

A Pakistan-based account and media house shared a collage of martyred Indian soldiers, claiming they were killed during Pakistan’s “Operation Bunyan Um Marsoos,” launched in response to India’s “Operation Sindoor.” A Pakistan-based news outlet Kashmirdigital.pk shared the collage and claimed that New Delhi has finally acknowledged the heavy cost of the war of attrition, releasing […]

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Fact Check: No, Qatar Did Not Arrest 2 Indian Nationals for Spying for Israel After “Israeli Strikes”

Aayushi Rana

Pakistan-based accounts claimed, “Qatari intel arrested 2 Indian nationals on suspicion of spying for Israel, after Israeli strikes in Qatar.” Multiple other users were found sharing the same claim, which can be viewed here and here. Fact Check Upon investigation, we found the claim to be fake. There have been no reports from credible media […]

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Fact Check: No, Armenia has not cancelled its Arms Deal with India

Aayushi Rana

Leaders from throughout Eurasia gathered in Tianjin, China, for the SCO Summit 2025 to talk about global issues, economic cooperation, and regional security. Amidst this, Pakistan-based accounts have shared the claim stating, “Armenia will cancel some Indian weapon purchase, after establishing ties with Azerbaijan & Pakistan”. The users who shared the claim can be viewed […]

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