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India Today falsely claims Indian COVID-19 vaccine prices are the lowest in the world

Pooja Chaudhuri11th March 2021

India Today news director Rahul Kanwal tweeted an infographic created by his channel which claimed that India has the lowest vaccine price in the world. The chart lists prices of…

Hindu man allegedly murders family and kills himself in Pakistan, Indian media communalises incident

Pooja Chaudhuri & Mohammed Zubair8th March 2021

An incident from Pakistan that made headlines in Indian media was the death of five members of a Hindu family. Times Now claimed that the family’s murder was another instance…

Mehtab wasn’t the kidnapper, Agra girl’s disappearance with friends communalised

Priyanka Jha8th March 20219th March 2021

On March 2, the Uttar Pradesh Police issued a press release stating that the woman abducted from Agra on February 23 was recovered safely from New Delhi’s Tilak Nagar. “The…

SC judges can’t choose between Covishield and Covaxin, NDTV updates misreport

Kinjal3rd March 2021

The second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination in India began on March 1, 2021. The same day, NDTV tweeted that it would be administered to the Supreme Court judges. It…

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

Jignesh Patel & Sahiba Bhojwani26th February 20211st March 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…

Republic Bharat deletes misleading report on Priyanka Gandhi without clarification

Pooja Chaudhuri24th 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…

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…

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The dark underbelly of YouTube ‘news’ channels: Staged vox pop, planted debates, recurring faces & BJP links

Imran Khan’s sister slammed Pak Army chief Asim Munir? Media picked up deepfake and ran it as news