Fake letter of Rajnath Singh instructing army to hide losses shared on social media

A letter purportedly from Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Command has been circulating on social media. The letter instructs that during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Udhampur Air Base, there should be no written or verbal references to recent incidents involving the S-400 air defence […]

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False claim of Turkish and Azerbaijani citizens boycott of Indian tourists and products shared

False claim of Turkey and Azerbaijan citizens boycott of Indian tourists and products shared

On social media, Pakistan-based accounts have shared a claim about the rising tensions among Turkey, Azerbaijan and India in the Tourism sector. An account named Ironclad shared a claim that Turkish and Azerbaijani citizens have started a mass Boycott of Indian tourists and products. Multiple other accounts were also found that shared a similar claim, […]

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Fake News of Nuclear Warhead explosion and radiation leak at Beas BrahMos Depot shared

Several Pakistani social media accounts have circulated a document bearing the Indian government seal and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) stamp, claiming it as evidence of a radiation leak following a precision strike by Pakistan on the BrahMos missile storage facility in Beas, Punjab. According to these posts, the alleged strike triggered an explosion […]

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Fake News: Al Jazeera Shares Unverified Claim About Capture of Indian Pilot

On May 9, the Qatar-based news outlet Al Jazeera reported—citing unnamed Pakistani military sources—that Pakistani forces had captured an Indian Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Shivani Singh. According to the report by correspondent Kamal Hyder, Singh was allegedly taken into custody after the Pakistan Army shot down the Rafale jet she was piloting. This claim, […]

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