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    Media analysis

    Jignesh Patel & Sahiba Bhojwani

    South Africa won’t return 1 million COVID vaccine to SII, will sell to African Union

    26th February 202126th February 2021
    On February 16, The Economic Times reported that South Africa will be returning 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine bought from the Serum Institute of India. “The South African government...
    South Africa won’t return 1 million COVID vaccine to SII, will sell to African Union
    Pooja Chaudhuri

    Republic Bharat deletes misleading report on Priyanka Gandhi without clarification

    24th February 2021
    Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi’s speech during Kisan Panchayat in Mathura was interrupted over an alleged rape case in Rajasthan where Congress is in power. A minor girl’s parents alleged...
    Republic Bharat deletes misleading report on Priyanka Gandhi without clarification

    Patanjali’s Coronil is neither WHO certified nor approved, media outlets run false news

    Pooja Chaudhuri20th February 202123rd February 2021

    An alleged piece of news that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved Patanjali’s Coronil as a treatment for coronavirus made headlines on February 19. Below is a report by…

    Times Now misreports 22-year-old activist Disha Ravi is a single mother

    Archit15th February 202116th February 2021

    Delhi Police arrested Disha Ravi, a 22-year-old environmental activist, on February 14 citing that she is a “key conspirator in (the) document’s formulation & dissemination” of the ‘toolkit’ shared by…

    Misleading ANI, PTI reports omit US state dept’s statement on internet shutdown

    Pooja Chaudhuri5th February 20215th February 2021

    The farmers’ protest against Prime Minister Modi’s agricultural law drew international attention after American pop artist Rihanna tweeted in support. Several other global personalities have since extended support to the…

    Media reports present Hindu Sena-backed protest as ‘locals’ against farmers at Singhu border

    Pooja Chaudhuri28th January 2021

    “Locals gather at Singhu border, sloganeering against farmers’ protest and asking farmers to evacuate,” tweeted NDTV on January 28. Violence erupted in parts of Delhi on January 26 after a…

    Media reports falsely claim Suriname’s President to be chief guest at 2021 Republic Day parade

    Anuradha Prasad20th January 2021

    India will be celebrating its 72nd Republic Day next week. On January 10, one day after the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, reports claiming Suriname’s Indian-origin president, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, will be the…

    ABP News falsely claims ‘free’ COVID vaccine in India costs Rs 3-5k in US, UK

    Kinjal16th January 202118th January 2021

    On January 2, ABP News claimed that India would administer COVID-19 vaccine to 3 crore people for free in the first phase, while the US and UK are charging Rs….

    News18, Jagran blame bad weather for CM Khattar’s rally cancelled due to farmer protests

    Priyanka Jha12th January 2021

    Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had planned to hold a rally on January 10 in Karnal district’s Kaimla village on the benefits of the Centre’s new farm laws. That…

    Indian media falsely claims ex-Pak diplomat admits 300 killed in Balakot airstrike

    Kalim Ahmed10th January 202111th January 2021

    On Friday, January 9, Indian news outlets reported that former Pakistani diplomat, “Agha” Hilaly has admitted that the February 26, 2019 Balakot airstrike saw 300 casualties on the Pakistani side….

    Indian media present UP govt ad in TIME as actual ‘report’ by the magazine

    Sam Jawed7th January 20217th January 2021

    Several news channels including Zee News, ABP Ganga and News18 UP have telecasted news about TIME magazine appreciating Yogi Adityanath government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis. It was a similar…

    Journalists or bots? Flurry of identical, erroneous tweets on PM Modi’s gurudwara visit

    Sam Jawed21st December 2020

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled visit to gurudwara Rakab Ganj on Sunday, December 20, that started a flurry of activity among journalists. After being provided information about the…

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