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IAF pilot Shvangi Singh captured? Govt refutes claims by Pakistani media, social media users

Pawan Kumar16th May 2025

While the armed conflict between India and Pakistan was at its peak, several Pakistani media outlets and social media users claimed that Indian pilot squadron leader Shivangi Singh was captured…

Exclusive: Turkey tourism ministry denies issuing viral letter urging Indians not to cancel travel plans

Ankita Mahalanobish & Diti Pujara15th May 202517th May 2025

A ‘public announcement’ allegedly issued by Turkey’s ‘department of tourism’ urging Indian travellers not to cancel trips to the country has gone viral on social media. The letter, bearing the…

Image from 2011 shared with false claims that it shows corpses of 12 Indian soldiers killed by Pakistan

Pawan Kumar14th May 2025

A video showing a row of corpses on the ground covered in green is being widely shared on social media with claims that Pakistan killed 12 Indian soldiers in the…

Ceasefire announcement triggered attacks on foreign secretary Vikram Misri, daughter, shows timeline analysis

Shinjinee Majumder14th May 202515th May 2025

Just as tensions between India and Pakistan showed signs of easing out around May 10, Indian Right-wing trolls, already high on josh from the pitched keyboard battles they had been…

Pakistan uses edited clip of Indian wing commander Vyomika Singh in briefing to claim it ‘did not target civilians’

Shinjinee Majumder14th May 2025

On May 11, Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the director general of Pakistan’s inter-services public relations (ISPR), which is the PR wing of its armed forces, held a press briefing alongside chiefs…

17-year old image of mass cremation shared as last rites of IAF pilot killed in Pakistan airstrike

Shinjinee Majumder14th May 2025

An image of a burning pyre is viral on social media, with many Pakistan-based accounts claiming that it shows the last rites of Rohit Kataria, a Rafale pilot killed on…

Viral video of injured IAF pilot is from March, unrelated to the India-Pakistan conflict

Ankita Mahalanobish14th May 2025

A minute-long video of a seemingly injured man in military fatigues is being widely circulated on social media with claims that he is an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot whose…

Viral memo ‘confirming’ radiation leak in Pakistan is fake

Indradeep Bhattacharyya13th May 202513th May 2025

Ever since director general of air operations (DGAO) Awadhesh Kumar Bharti revealed that the Indian Air Force had hit several military targets in Pakistan on the intervening night of May…

India-Pakistan Conflict: CNN denies it made viral infographic showing Indian side suffered more losses

Diti Pujara13th May 2025

A CNN infographic comparing the military losses suffered by India and Pakistan in the recent conflict between the two is being widely circulated. The graphic has specific numbers that indicate…

Video unrelated to Operation Sindoor shared with claims that Pakistani jets in Sialkot moving toward J&K

Oishani Bhattacharya12th May 2025

An 18-second-long clip taken at night of what appears to be fighter jets in the sky is viral on social media with claims that these visuals are from Pakistan’s Sialkot…

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‘Bring 10 Muslim girls, get a job’: No action yet against UP BJP leader for incendiary speech

Col Sofia Qureshi’s video on ‘saffronisation’ and using Indian Army for gimmicks ahead of Bihar Elections is fake