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    Media analysisPolitics

    Indian media falsely claims ex-Pak diplomat admits 300 killed in Balakot airstrike

    Kalim Ahmed10th January 202111th January 2021

    On Friday, January 9, Indian news outlets reported that former Pakistani diplomat, “Agha” Hilaly has admitted that the February 26, 2019 Balakot airstrike saw 300 casualties on the Pakistani side….

    Media analysisPolitics

    Indian media present UP govt ad in TIME as actual ‘report’ by the magazine

    Sam Jawed7th January 20217th January 2021

    Several news channels including Zee News, ABP Ganga and News18 UP have telecasted news about TIME magazine appreciating Yogi Adityanath government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis. It was a similar…

    NewsScience

    India TV’s Rajat Sharma falsely claims 190 countries pre-book India-made Covaxin

    Sam Jawed & Pooja Chaudhuri4th January 2021

    Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of India TV Rajat Sharma tweeted on January 3 that 190 countries have pre-booked COVID-19 vaccine developed by India. “The vaccine produced in our country is effective,…

    Politics

    Govt fact-checks its own fact-checking arm PIB on false news about IB recruitment

    Pooja Chaudhuri19th December 202019th December 2020

    A now-deleted tweet by government-run PIB Fact Check claimed that an Intelligence Bureau (IB) recruitment circular floating online has not been issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and…

    Politics

    “Too much democracy”: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant denies what he stated twice

    Sam Jawed9th December 2020

    Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog, found himself in the middle of a controversy when he was quoted by Hindustan Times as saying, “Too much of democracy hampering reforms in…

    News

    Fact-check: Imported fabric used for uniforms of Indian armed forces?

    Archit8th December 2020

    In the last week of November, several Twitter users claimed, “Did you know that till date India used to import cloth for defence uniforms from countries like China?” Twitter user…

    Politics

    Fact-check: “Hindu” option removed from Maharashtra board exam forms?

    Pratik Sinha & Pooja Chaudhuri5th December 202029th November 2021

    A registration form for admission to Maharashtra SSC and HSC examinations for class 10 and 12 students has been making the rounds on social media. Below is a tweet retweeted…

    NewsPolitics

    India Today falsely reports Shehla Rashid was arrested in 2016 JNU sedition case

    Archit4th December 20205th December 2020

    On December 2, The Indian Express reported that Abdul Rashid Shora, biological father of activist Shehla Rashid, wrote to J&K DGP Dilbag Singh alleging that his daughter took Rs 3…

    NewsReligion

    No, Russia has not banned marriage between Muslims and non-Muslims

    Priyanka Jha28th November 202028th November 2020

    Social media has been rife with claims that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin recently issued a law prohibiting Muslims in the country from marrying non-Muslims. A musl!m man cannot marry non-musl!m…

    Media analysis

    Indian army refutes PTI-led media reports of “pinpoint strikes” in PoK

    Pooja Chaudhuri19th November 202019th November 2020

    A report by Press Trust of India (PTI) made headlines in the evening of November 19. It claimed that the Indian army is carrying out “pinpoint strikes on terror launchpads…

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