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...
A screengrab of a Zee News broadcast, where a woman can be seen standing in a crowd, is being shared on social media. One Kanak Mishra posted the image with…
“Sabr ka phal meetha hota hai Badle Me delhi Me masjid mil gai Wahri qudrat .. Allah sabr karne walon ko yun sila deta hai” (Patience bears fruit, mosque found…
A collage of photographs is viral on social media with the claim that these are photographs of the Babri masjid, taken from the collection of the British library. All the…
A screenshot of Delhi-based lawyer Prashant Patel Umrao’s tweet has become a point of contention on social media. Twitter user Asaur Rahman brought to light a 2013 tweet by Umrao…
On social media, footage of a murder recorded in CCTV is being shared with the claim that members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh attacked a Muslim man. One Sheraz, who…
Images of a building whose rooftop is painted with the Pakistani national flag are being circulated on social media. They were shared by a Facebook page with the claim that…
A supposed letter written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi is circulating on social media. The said letter is dated on November 11 and reads, “Dear…
On November 9-10, Eid Milad-un-Nabi was celebrated in Kashmir’s Hazratbal shrine to observe the birth of Prophet Muhammed. According to a report in The Hindu by Kashmiri journalist Peerzada Ashiq, “All entry…