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    Politics

    Devesh Kumar: Untangling a complex web of lies and deceit

    Kalim Ahmed & Mahaprajna Nayak26th January 202327th January 2023

    On October 30, 2022, The Wire registered a police complaint against journalist Devesh Kumar for allegedly fabricating and supplying documents, emails, and video with a view to damage the media…

    CompilationMedia analysis

    Victim blaming on social media: How Shraddha murder case exposed the patriarchal core of Right Wing

    Shinjinee Majumder & Mahaprajna Nayak1st December 2022

    Inter-faith relationships between Hindu women and Muslim men have been a sore point for the Indian Right Wing for decades. The alleged defiance of traditional norms and customs by Hindu…

    Religion

    Kerala man assaulting child in viral clip is a Muslim, contrary claims on social media are false

    Mahaprajna Nayak22nd November 2022

    The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created an uproar on social media. News reports mentioned that the reason for the man’s behaviour…

    Politics

    Did Modi halt Ukraine war for evacuating Indians? BJP leaders’ claim was refuted by MEA

    Mahaprajna Nayak & Abhishek Kumar15th November 202224th February 2023

    Several prominent BJP leaders have claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi intervened to stop the war between Russia and Ukraine for some hours so that Indian students caught in the…

    CompilationSocietyTechnology

    YouTube fails to moderate scripted child-kidnapping videos stoking fear and making money

    Mahaprajna Nayak11th November 202214th November 2022

    Trigger Warning: Violent Content. Viewer discretion is advised. Over the past few months, rumours of child kidnapping have spread like wildfire in many parts of the country based on purported…

    Politics

    ‘Golden Dragon’ video from China viral on social media as Diwali celebrations in Kerala

    Mahaprajna Nayak9th November 20229th November 2022

    A video of a glittering fleet of boats cruising in a serpentine motion supposedly on a river in Kerala has been doing the rounds on social media with the hashtag…

    Politics

    Housing scheme poster tweeted by Amit Shah features Saroo Brierley, man who traced back his family after 25 yrs

    Mahaprajna Nayak2nd November 2022

    The Prime Minister is set to inaugurate 3024 newly-built houses for the economically weaker section (EWS) in Delhi to rehabilitate people living in slums as part of a slum rehabilitation…

    Society

    Old stock photo of chopper on fire widely shared as ill-fated Kedarnath helicopter

    Mahaprajna Nayak20th October 202221st October 2022

    On October 18, 2022, seven people on board a helicopter to Kedarnath were killed in a crash. The rescue and search operation was conducted by the state disaster response force…

    Media analysisPolitics

    PFI protest: Media and BJP leaders falsely claim ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised

    Mahaprajna Nayak & Shinjinee Majumder25th September 202225th September 2022

    On September 22, 2022, in a raid jointly conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and police in multiple states, over 100 leaders of the Popular Front…

    Religion

    Man offering prayer at Hanuman temple in Prayagraj not a Muslim, confirm police

    Mahaprajna Nayak19th September 2022

    A video of a man allegedly offering namaz in a temple in Prayagraj has gone viral on social media. UttarPradesh.org, a regional news portal in Uttar Pradesh, describes how a…

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