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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…

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…

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Nagpur factory blast killed 20 on March 1: How did five leading English news channels respond?

Times Now, ABP, Zee, Republic misreport 2020 Beirut video as Iranian missile strike in Dubai