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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On October 12,2021 news began to flash that Covaxin had gotten emergency approval from the government to be administered to children between the ages of 2 and 18. This came as a very good news for everyone as children in India have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 The news spread like wildfire on all […]
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On October 13,2021, a hashtag named #RSS_देश_की_शान begun trending on Twitter. Within this hashtag, users who support RSS came forward and voiced their support for the Hindu nationalist organisation. Within this hashtag users particularly used an image of a compound stating that RSS workers built India’s second largest COVID-19 care facility with 6000 beds and […]
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A photo showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed with an applause is going viral on Facebook and Twitter. In the picture, Modi can be seen standing at the centre of what looks like a conference. This is being vigorously shared on Facebook in the form of a graphic. However, the same claim on Twitter […]
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Last week, during a routine patrol of Indian Army close of Line of Actual Control near Yangtse in Tawang Sector, around 200 troops of China’s People’s Liberation Army entered into Indian territory leading to a face-off with the Indian Army, which was eventually resolved by the commanders at the local level. The news went viral […]
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On October 6,2021, a video alleging that the new Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi converted to Christianity through baptism is going viral on Facebook and Twitter. In the video, a man in a turban can be seen getting baptised by a priest followed by a dip in the water. This video has been posted by […]
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Since October 10,2021, many hashtags related to India and Kashmir started to trend on Middle Eastern Twitter. These hashtags include #india_is_the_terrorist_country, #help_Kashmir, #Modi_is_a_terrorist , #save_kashmir, #free_kashmir. Each of these hashtags were supplemented with their Arabic versions as well. The hashtags on Kashmir called for the people to come together and stop India from ‘terrorizing’ Kashmir. […]
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On October 10,2021, a video of a man in a bus started to go viral on social media. In the video it can be seen that a woman is slapping a man who was allegedly repeatedly touching her. The man can be seen apologising. The video is being posted along with a caption saying,”इन पक्के […]
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Since the morning of October 9,2021, two images have been circulating on social media. These two images show injured soldiers making their way through a rocky region and the second seems to be showing a skirmish of some sort. One user from Pakistan claimed that one of the soldiers in the picture is Indian Air […]
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On October 6,2021, a picture of Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg’s status began to get posted by many people on Twitter and Facebook. In the screenshot, it can be seen that Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram will shut down again for a period of seven days. The post was shared by panicked individuals […]
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