{"id":69175,"date":"2020-06-17T22:42:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T17:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=69175"},"modified":"2020-06-18T12:44:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T07:14:32","slug":"times-now-falls-for-fake-whatsapp-forward-listing-names-of-30-dead-chinese-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/times-now-falls-for-fake-whatsapp-forward-listing-names-of-30-dead-chinese-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Times Now falls for fake WhatsApp forward listing names of 30 dead Chinese soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A military stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) escalated on the night of June 15 leading to the death of at least 20 soldiers of the Indian army. While both sides have blamed the other for provocation, speculations on the number of Chinese casualties are on a rise. Journalists and media organisations had first claimed<\/a> that five soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) were killed and 11 were injured. The figure turned out to be unverified. It was subsequently claimed<\/a> that 43 Chinese troops lost their lives. This too was misleading information.<\/p>\n

Another figure was shared by Times Now as ‘breaking news’ on June 17 \u2014 “China accepts 30 soldiers have been killed during the Ladakh standoff” \u2014\u00a0 citing China-based Global Times as the source. The tweets<\/a> were later taken down.<\/p>\n

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Times Now also aired a broadcast on the claim where anchors Rahul Shivshankar and Navika Kumar read out 30 names of Chinese soldiers who allegedly died. This can be watched from 4:30 minutes. However, in the end, Kumar said “Even this list put out by Global Times could be a fake forward.”<\/p>\n