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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…

Prasar Bharati, DD News tweet 2017 video as flooding due to Cyclone Nivar in Chennai’s Marina beach

Aqib Pathan26th November 2020

Tropical Cyclone Nivar made landfall near Puducherry in the early hours of November 26, bringing heavy downpour to the union territory and neighbouring Tamil Nadu where three people have died….

Indian army refutes PTI-led media reports of “pinpoint strikes” in PoK

Pooja Chaudhuri19th November 202019th November 2020

A report by Press Trust of India (PTI) made headlines in the evening of November 19. It claimed that the Indian army is carrying out “pinpoint strikes on terror launchpads…

Old unfounded reports of removal of JK from UN ‘list of disputes’ viral again

Archit16th November 202016th November 2020

Several social media users shared an October 29 article published by a website called Latest Laws (archived link). As per the article, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was removed from the…

‘Modi-Modi’ chants were not raised in Pak parliament; India TV, BJP leaders make false claim

Priyanka Jha29th October 20205th March 2022

A video has been shared by social media users with the claim that chants of ‘Modi Modi’ were raised in the Pakistani parliament. बहुत खुशी के समाचार ।।। पाकिस्तान के…

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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