Several Right-leaning social media handles are sharing a video of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh drawing attention to the fact that it is Sonia and…
Shivraj Singh Chouhan lauded for promptly ‘vacating official residence’. What is the truth?
शिवराज सिंह चौहान ने बंगला छोड़ने में 24 घंटे भी नहीं लगाए, स्टाफ़ से लेकर माली तक का व्यक्तिगत रूप से शुक्रिया अदा किया, मुख्यमंत्री निवास जैसा मिला था उससे…
Nida Khan not an HR manager, held no leadership role: TCS refutes media reports
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday (April 17) said that Nida Khan — widely described in media reports as the HR head and alleged mastermind behind claims of sexual harassment…
Communal disinformation: Knife-wielding man in MP temple falsely identified as a Muslim
A video circulating on social media shows a man wielding a cleaver and threatening two others, at one point pushing and intimidating them. The clip is being shared with claims…
Political misinformation in 2025: Who shared the most? Who were targeted? How did it shape narratives?
An informed citizenry is the bedrock of a strong democracy. Likewise, a misinformed citizen — someone who confidently holds false notions and easily falls for propaganda — is prone to…
Year in review: Deepfakes and AI supercharged disinformation & propaganda in 2025 like never before
It’s AI’s world, and we’re just living in it. The bugle had been sounded long back. Its arrival announced all over. However, it was only in 2025 that fact-checking outlets,…
Muslim man cooking Biriyani with sewage water? It’s an AI-generated video
A video purportedly showing a Muslim man cooking with sewer water is circulating widely on social media. Users claim that the Muslim man made biryani using water from a roadside…
Nitish’s hijab-pulling unmasks many; politicians, journos defending Bihar CM reveal misogyny, sexism
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s act of pulling off a woman doctor’s hijab was reprehensible, raising serious concerns about the issues of dignity, respect, consent, personal boundaries, and limits of…
Vladimir Putin’s plane escorted by IAF jets? 8-year-old video falsely viral
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited India on December 4 and 5, 2025, for the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit. A video has since gone viral on social media, showing Putin seated…
Viral video of gender-divided classroom is from Maharashtra, not Kerala
A video depicting a classroom divided by a half wall, with burqa-clad female students seated on one side of the partition and male students on the other, is going viral…