A section of the media claimed that BJP leader and former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has removed ‘BJP’ from his Twitter account and written ‘public servant’ and ‘cricket enthusiast’. Some…
Recently, the fact-checking wing of Press Information Bureau (PIB) posted multiple tweets declaring news reports on deaths of migrant workers in Shramik trains as false. PIB claimed that the deceased…
The horrific death of an elephant in Kerala’s Palakkad has turned into yet another issue to target the Indian Muslim population. After reports came pouring in that the animal died…
The death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala after she was allegedly “fed” a pineapple stuffed with firecrackers sparked massive outrage in the country. The tragic incident started trending on…
On May 10, The Hindu reported that Indian and Chinese troops had a face-off near Pangong Tso lake in Eastern Ladhak on May 5 and 6, followed by the second…
On May 28, the Supreme Court heard the Suo Moto case regarding the plight of migrant labourers stranded in different parts of the country due to the lockdown. During the…
On April 29, OpIndia (archive link) published an article with the headline — ‘5,450 tonnes of free rice to 2,985 mosques, 47 temples have to pay rupees ₹10 crores: Tamil…
On May 5, IAS officer Rajiv Kumar Gupta announced that “[in] the entire AMC [Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation] area, all shops and home delivery services except milk and medicine shall remain…
News agency Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) published a report titled, “Imran Khan reads chart upside down, claims Covid curve flattening.” The report claimed that Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan made…
On May 4, Finacial news website Moneycontrol.com quoted Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banjeree saying, “The real problem in the short run is that the weak UPA policies were embraced by the…