A 31-second clip featuring jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi being escorted by police is viral with the text, “Lawrence Bishnoi got bail”. Social media users, many of whom are vocal BJP…
Targeting of Jemimah through rage bait highlights failure of X’s policy and success of BJP’s hate politics
Even as the country was celebrating India’s cricket World Cup triumph, the social media space saw a proliferation of rage-bait content through which a section of Hindutva flagbearers targeted Indian…
Delhi pollution: Old video shared to claim stubble burning in Punjab is to be blamed, not Diwali crackers
A video showing large swathes of grasslands on fire has gone viral on social media with users claiming that it shows stubble burning in Punjab resulting in massive air pollution….
Deepika Padukone in abaya in Abu Dhabi tourism ad: The latest trigger for India’s Hindutva advocates
In an advertisement for Abu Dhabi tourism, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone was recently seen donning the abaya for a shot in the forecourt of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre. Stills…
PM says attack on CJI ‘angered every Indian’, Hindutva brigade hails attacker as a hero
Even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gone on record condemning the attack on Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai, the Right-wing social media brigade, which amplifies pro-BJP…
Rahul Gandhi’s ‘selfie’ with woman in dark sunglasses is AI-generated
A photograph, which appears to be a selfie of Rahul Gandhi alongside a woman, went viral on social media amid the Congress leader’s recent Malaysia visit. It has prompted several…
Muslim husband beat up Hindu wife? No, photos of Bangladeshi couple viral with Islamophobic ‘Abdul’ trope
Trigger Warning: The story details domestic violence, and the visuals below may be distressing for many. Readers’ discretion advised. Photos of a man and woman posing together as a couple,…
SCO Summit: China welcomed PM Modi with drone show? Morphed image viral
An image of a drone light show, where the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the text “Modi welcome to China”, was displayed along with a figure of…
Republic uses unrelated image of Istanbul Congress Center as Congress party’s Turkey office, stirs political storm
On a prime-time show on May 15, Republic editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, who was also hosting the show, claimed that the Indian National Congress (INC) had a registered office in Turkey….
Viral memo ‘confirming’ radiation leak in Pakistan is fake
Ever since director general of air operations (DGAO) Awadhesh Kumar Bharti revealed that the Indian Air Force had hit several military targets in Pakistan on the intervening night of May…