A quote attributed to writer and activist Arundhati Roy is currently circulating on social media. According to this quote allegedly given by Roy, she is drawing parallels between Islamic terrorism,…
The sham of Republic TV’s Twitter Polls
Republic TV frequently asks its viewers to participate in online polls. One would think that a national TV channel would use this as an opportunity to highlight the critical issues…
Who is ‘orchestrating’ public opinion on Aadhaar?
The Supreme Court has commenced final hearing on the Aadhaar case on January 17. The UID project, which has been at the centre of controversy since its inception has seen…
Social media claims Amit Shah arranged Judge Loya’s son’s press conference, what’s the truth?
Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory. The press conference of late Justice BH Loya’s son, Anuj Loya presented a ripe ground for many such theories. The conference was arranged at…
Why is it dangerous for AYUSH practitioners to prescribe modern medicine?
On October 25th, 2017, a pair of quacks running a hospital were held on charges of medical negligence after a woman died in their facility. Later, on November 15th, 2017,…
Journalists allegedly heckled at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad
A scuffle broke out at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad on January 6 in which two reporters were allegedly heckled and pushed around by a group of men. Damayanti Dhar,…
Fake quote claiming BJP hacked EVMs attributed to ex-CEC T S Krishnamurthy
“गुजरात और हिमाचल प्रदेश का चुनाव बीजेपी ने ईवीएम हेकिंग से जीता है” (BJP won the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly election by hacking EVMs). This is what former Chief…
TOI Fake News: “Roommate of AMU PhD student who joined Hizbul also missing”
Imagine waking up to the news in a national newspaper that you are missing and this could somehow be linked to another person who has joined a terrorist group. A…
Half truths and whole lies – ten times PM Modi misled the nation in 2017
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a series of claims throughout 2017, many of which turned out to be either untrue or partially true. Here is a list of ten such…
Ravi Shankar Prasad downplays FIR against The Tribune, but what is the truth?
“Government is fully committed to freedom of the press as well as maintaining security and sanctity of Aadhaar for India’s development. FIR is against unknown…”, tweeted Union Electronics & Information…