Op Sindoor: As Indian media made false, outrageous claims, PIB looked the other way
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...
News outlets first publish, then delete reports based on fake video of Pak’s Ahmed Sharif ‘confirming’ loss of jets
In a viral video, Pakistan’s lieutenant general Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary, who is the director general (DG) of the inter-services public relations (ISPR) for the country’s armed forces, admitted that two...
The scourge of fake news and photoshop is upon us. A morphed image started a riot and now more morphed images are being used to fuel it. We saw tempers…
How long can one ignore a problem before it becomes a liability? In recent past, a fake Whatsapp forward that went viral led to lynching of 8 people in Jharkhand….
“BJP, KSU workers protest near Kerala Secretariat against Kerala health minister over the issue of growing incidence of Chikunguniya cases” said the Times Now tweet. The Times Now video on…
Sagarika Ghose’s new book, “Indira – India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister” had 50 reviews on July 3rd, 44 of which were negative one-star ratings. There is nothing unusual if a…
After the announcement of the new taxation system called Goods and Services Tax (GST), Gautam Adani, the Chairman of Adani Group, applauded GST as a game-changer via his Twitter account….
Times Now, which was exposed last week by Alt news for running a primetime show based on a seven year old photoshopped image has made yet another shocking attempt to incite…
Prime Minister Modi concluded a successful trip to the United States. As the Prime Minister of the world’s largest democracy, he got a warm welcome from President Trump at the…
In March 2017, controversy broke out over Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur’s video for peace between India and Pakistan. From Virender Sehwag to Randeep Hooda, multiple people launched a misinformed…
It’s official! The announcement of Ram Nath Kovind as the BJP and Meira Kumar as the opposition presidential candidate has brought an end to weeks of speculation. In this Kovind…
In 2010, BJP’s presidential candidate, Ram Nath Kovind, who was then a BJP spokesperson, reportedly made a statement: “Islam and Christianity are alien to the nation”. Seven years later, there…