China, a country which calls itself the largest democracy in the world uses an increasing number of paid “internet commentators” in a sophisticated attempt to control public opinion. These internet commentators who are hired by the authorities of the People’s Republic of China manipulate public opinion and disseminate disinformation to the benefit of the governing […]
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The Principality of Sealand is a small island nation in the North Sea and its government maintains and sells nobility titles such as ‘duke’, ‘duchess’ and ‘count’ on its website as a source of revenue for the nation. It was recently found that a threat actor installed a malware on the website that steals […]
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On November 29,2021, the words ‘Hindu Gods’ was trending on Twitter within which users were celebrating the fact that comedian Munawar Faruqi declared that he would stop performing live after 12 of his shows got cancelled upon threats from Hindu organisations. Within the trend, a picture comparing shivlings in different parts of the world remained […]
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Some pictures of Haryana’s storyteller Devi Chitralekha are being shared on social media with the claim that she is married to a Muslim man who was once her driver. It was also claimed that Chitralekha hid the truth of her husband being a Muslim so that it doesn’t harm her career of being a narrator. […]
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A very popular lore has always been around that Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of Hyderabad had donated over 5000 kilos of gold to fund the war against China to the Indian government. The popular conception is that this is still the largest amount ever donated by a person or an organisation. Recently, […]
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The Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) entrance was cancelled following a paper leak. This news brought a lot of disappointment to the aspirants who had been wanting to sit for the exam. Amidst this, a picture of people sleeping on the road is going viral on Facebook. According to users, the picture was taken […]
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An image of Rahul Gandhi standing in a sweet shop is being posted on Facebook by users. In the image it can be seen that there is a sign on the door that says ‘ राहूल गाँधी के प्रधानमंत्री बनने तक उधारी बन्द।’ This particular picture is being posted mostly on Facebook. Upon further investigation, […]
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In October 2021, Sukmawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia converted to Hinduism. In connection to this, many users in India posted a claim that the ‘princess of Indonesia’ converted to Hinduism following which 50,000 Indonesians did the same. Indonesia has the world’s largest population of Muslims. pic.twitter.com/4qsiSxhz94 — Nilesh Nilkanth Oak निलेश ओक (@NileshOak) November 25, 2021 […]
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Andhra Pradesh is currently experiencing record rainfall which has led to the deaths of more than 30 people. Tirupati is one of the worst hit areas of the region. Amidst this, a video is being shared online showing cows drowning in the flood and is being shared widely. Each version of the video has over […]
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On November 25,2021, PM Modi announced the construction of the Jewar Airport in Greater Noida which is said to be ready by 2024. In order to celebrate this development, hundreds upon hundreds of users posted a graphic of PM Modi and CM of UP Yogi Adityanath on the background of the picture of a very […]
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