The conspiracy that wasn’t: How a fake investigation into India, Myanmar rebels and rare earths went around the world
This is the first of a three-part investigation into a coordinated influence operation targeting India’s efforts to secure rare earths from Myanmar’s Kachin region. It traces how a fabricated conspiracy...
Hyderabad: ‘Cow vigilantes’ raid truck, find plywood instead of cattle, vandalize it anyway
On May 16, around midnight, a group of self-proclaimed cow vigilantes in Gudimalkapur in suburban Hyderabad raided a truck on suspicion that it was illegally transporting cattle. However, when the...
Social media is raging with misinformation relating to the ongoing protest in the national capital by students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). In yet another instance, a photograph has…
Recently, a meeting was scheduled by Parliament’s Standing Committee, Ministry of Urban Development on November 15 to address the deteriorating air quality in Delhi. As per a report by India…
In the backdrop of the ongoing protest by JNU students, a photograph has been shared widely on social media. It shows a young woman being attacked with a lathi by police personnel….
Recently, new regulations regarding the fee structure of JNU have been announced. Fees have been hiked, following which JNU students have held protests. On social media, several images and videos…
Amid protests by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over the recent announcement of fee hike, social media has been abuzz with photographs circulated to target the agitating students. A…
An image of a girl holding what looks like a liquor bottle is being shared with the claim that the picture depicts a JNU student. In the image, one can…
A claim that Tirumala Tirupati Balaji will donate Rs 1 billion(100 crore) for constructing Ram temple in Ayodhya is circulating on social media. One Chanda Roy also posted the message…
World of Engineering, a Twitter account which shares content related to science, technology and engineering, tweeted a six-second video which shows drones lifting a truck on November 17. The video…