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    Politics

    Op Sindoor: As Indian media made false, outrageous claims, PIB looked the other way

    Shinjinee Majumder31st May 20251st June 2025

    The second week of May was a busy time for fact-checkers at Union government’s Press Information Bureau (PIB) as it put out 68 fact-checks related to Operation Sindoor. While examining…

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    India is not the fourth-largest or a $4-trillion economy yet; NITI Aayog CEO’s claim citing IMF data misleading

    Diti Pujara27th May 2025

    “We are the fourth-largest economy as I speak. We are a $4 trillion economy, and this is not my data—it’s IMF data,” Niti Aayog’s chief executive officer BVR Subrahmanyam said during…

    Politics

    On first day, first show for DD, Sudhir Chaudhary runs old, unrelated videos as Indian air defence foiling Pak attacks

    Indradeep Bhattacharyya & Abhishek Kumar21st May 202521st May 2025

    ‘Star’ anchor Sudhir Chaudhary began his stint at public broadcaster Doordarshan with a bang, just as he had done three years ago when he joined Aaj Tak. Keeping his unenviable…

    Politics

    Pro-Palestine group in Pune attacked by Hindutva mob, booked for promoting religious enmity

    Oishani Bhattacharya20th May 2025

    On May 10, people from a far-Right group disrupted a pro-Palestine demonstration in Maharashtra’s Pune. The demonstration was held by Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine (IPSP) in front of…

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    Optics of disproportionate action: Posts that led to Ashoka professor Ali Khan’s arrest far from anti-women, seditious

    Diti Pujara18th May 202519th May 2025

    Ali Khan Mahmudabad, an associate professor who teaches political science at Ashoka University, was arrested on Sunday, May 18. The arrest comes ten days after his Facebook post on the…

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    The fictional strikes on the Karachi port and what it says about Indian media

    Oishani Bhattacharya17th May 202518th May 2025

    On May 8, tensions between India and Pakistan escalated. The previous day, India had launched Operation Sindoor, targeting nine terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Shortly after the…

    Politics

    52 Indian soldiers killed by Pakistan in shelling? No; viral video is staged, says PIB

    Abhishek Kumar16th May 2025

    Note: We have only used screenshots in this story, considering the graphic nature of the video, which could be triggering for some readers. A video showing deceased soldiers near what…

    Politics

    Ceasefire announcement triggered attacks on foreign secretary Vikram Misri, daughter, shows timeline analysis

    Shinjinee Majumder14th May 202515th May 2025

    Just as tensions between India and Pakistan showed signs of easing out around May 10, Indian Right-wing trolls, already high on josh from the pitched keyboard battles they had been…

    Politics

    From tragedy to trolling: Himanshi Narwal, widow of naval officer killed in Pahalgam, faces social media trial

    Oishani Bhattacharya12th May 2025

    It took less than 10 days for social media users to do a full u-turn on Himanshi Narwal, the wife of late naval officer Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was killed…

    Politics

    ‘People from your faith kill others. Don’t come to me again,’ Kolkata doctor told pregnant Muslim woman

    Shinjinee Majumder10th May 2025

    Days after a Kolkata-based lawyer alleged in a Facebook post that a Hindu doctor had refused to treat a pregnant Muslim woman from her family, multiple media outlets came up…

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