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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A video is getting viral on social media. In this video, a girl can be seen singing Lata Mangeshkar’s song ‘Piya Tose Naina Lage’ in a melodious voice. The girl is telling in this video that she was not selected. Social media users are claiming that even after having such a melodious voice, the girl […]
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A video of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath is becoming increasingly viral on social media. The text on this video reads- “Congressmen now have the support of Muslim voters. If we don’t get 90 percent Muslim votes, our defeat is certain. Users who shared this video are targeting Congress and Kamal Nath. By […]
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A video clip of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is being widely shared on social media. In this video, Rahul Gandhi can be heard saying, “There is a word is for this. Mahatma Gandhi used to say and talk about ‘Satyagraha’. What is the meaning of Satyagraha, the meaning of Satyagraha? Never leave the path […]
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A photo is becoming fiercely viral on social media. It can be seen in this photo that there is a line of customers in front of the Bank of Baroda. Social media users are claiming that this photo is of Bank of Baroda’s Al Ain branch in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where customers are […]
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