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Truck that caught fire in Unnao was not headed to Ayodhya Ram Mandir; misreport by Republic, NDTV, Mint et al

Oishani Bhattacharya21st January 202421st January 2024

Ahead of the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22, an image of a truck engulfed in fire has gone viral. According to news reports, a truck carrying…

‘News’ of Amartya Sen’s passing false, confirms Nobel Laureate’s family

Shinjinee Majumder10th October 202311th October 2023

A claim that Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has passed away went viral on social media on October 10. On X (formerly Twitter), a handle named after the winner of the…

Did Canada issue a travel advisory against India amid worsening diplomatic ties?

Shinjinee Majumder20th September 202321st September 2023

Within hours of Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau alleging that “agents of the government of India” had carried out the assassination of Sikh independence advocate Hardeep Singh Nijjar in…

‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan not raised in Oawisi’s Jharkhand rally; misreport by Zee, Aaj Tak, ABP, News 18 & others

Shinjinee Majumder4th September 2023

All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi addressed a rally at Dumri in Giridih, Jharkhand, on Wednesday, August 30, in favour of his party’s candidate Md Abdul Mobin Rizvi…

Another surgical strike in Pak? Centre, PIB, Army refute Dainik Jagran report

Abhishek Kumar31st August 2023

On the front page of its national edition dated August 22, Hindi daily Dainik Jagran claimed the Indian Army had carried out a surgical strike on Pakistan once again. The…

No, Rajesh Pilot did not fly the IAF plane that bombed Mizoram in 1966; false claim by Amit Malviya, ABP News

Abhishek Kumar28th August 202328th August 2023

In his reply to the no-confidence motion brought by the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently mentioned the bombing of Mizoram in 1966 while targeting the…

No, BBC did not criticize Chandrayaan 3. Old clip viral; false report by Times Now, India TV, Zee News & other outlets

Indradeep Bhattacharyya25th August 202325th August 2023

In a historic first, India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft’s Vikram lander touched down near the moon’s little-explored south pole at 6.04 pm on August 23. Following the incident, a clip from a…

Zee News falsely describes Bajrang Dal’s Ashok Baba, seen firing in Nuh violence video, as plain-clothed cop

Abhishek Kumar8th August 2023

(Note: The author of this article is affiliated with professional shooting sports.) Against the backdrop of the recent communal clashes in Haryana’s Nuh, a video of a man in a…

Manipur shocker: Misreport by ANI sets off false communal claim; Abdul Hilim’s arrest not related to viral video case

Oishani Bhattacharya21st July 202321st July 2023

Late on July 19, a video from violence-stricken Manipur surfaced on social media with disturbing visuals of two women being paraded naked by a huge mob and some of the…

Cyclone Biparjoy: Republic anchor’s antics symptomatic of everything that’s wrong with Indian TV media

Indradeep Bhattacharyya15th June 202316th June 2023

Even before cyclone Biparjoy (literally, ‘disaster’) made landfall in Gujarat, news anchor Sweta Tripathi had taken Indian television news by storm on Wednesday night. Republic Bharat, the channel where she…

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How Indian media reported Adani group’s US indictment

News channels run doctored video of farmer leader Dallewal’s statement on Modi, question movement’s agenda