Yogi Devnath, a religious figure from Gujarat, who follows the same guru as UP CM Yogi Adityanath, is known for sharing social posts that emanate hate for other religious communities. This week, he shared a picture of popular Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while he was in the United Kingdom. This picture went viral within hours […]
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A newspaper clipping of ‘The Boston’ is going viral on social media claiming that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was detained at Boston Airport on charges of drug possession and carrying unaccountable cash in 2001. The viral news was published on September 30, 2001, with the headline, “Indian Politician Arrested.” A user on Facebook shared the […]
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A video has been doing rounds on social media wherein it is claimed that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupendra Baghel golden garland while welcoming visiting Congress delegates in Raipur during the party’s 85th plenary session. Many leaders from BJP and journalists shared this video with the same claim. A verified user Santosh Chauhan tweeted, “Is it […]
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On 4th March 2023, a verified Twitter account run by the name of ‘Rishi Bagree’, who has a following of almost 300k, posted the following tweet: The tweet quotes an article with the headline ‘Cambridge slips to lowest-ever place in world university table’ and writes ‘Is this a coincidence’. In the replies to this tweet, […]
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The Communist regime in China has faced two pandemics since the end of 2019 – the outbreak of Covid and simmering labour unrest. Expectedly, it subdued the coverage of both, with brute force and authoritative censorship. No media, mainstream or social, was allowed to independently carry news about the country’s Covid situation or workers going […]
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A video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking American youths to fight the war against Russia is doing rounds on the Internet. In this video, people are seen making allegations against Zelensky that he was seeking young Americans to go to war for NATO’s sake. In the viral clip of Zelensky, he is speaking in […]
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Manish Sisodia, former Delhi deputy Chief Minister, who also held several portfolios like Education and Health, has been arrested and sent to CBI custody for his alleged role in “Delhi Liquor Scam” till March 4. His arrest has led to a misinformation match between Sisodia’s parent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party which […]
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Pakistan’s project Khalistan keeps sprouting on social media. After emergence of Amritpal Singh, an extremist leader espousing the cause of a separate Sikh land, Islamabad’s Twitter army has found an easy job to recycle videos of Sikh anger, launching hashtags in favour of Khalistan and highlighting uncorroborated atrocities of Indian state against Sikhs. Not only […]
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Swami Nithyananda, a rape accused and fugitive from India, figured in news debates and memes on social media on Monday as a so-called representative of a his fictional country ‘United States of Kailasa’ called him as a ‘persecuted’ man at the 19th United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. His […]
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Four years after the Balakot strike and India-Pakistan air combat, the dog-fight seems to have entered cyberspace more vigorously. While the Pakistani side is belligerent in its propaganda, with even some politicians and wings of its military establishment busy spinning victory narratives, India has maintained a composed and subdued posture. Two hashtags #BalakotAirStrike & #SurpriseDay […]
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