Rare earths and rebel armies: How a conspiracy story with no evidence jumped from fringe sites to newsrooms
This is the second part of a three-part investigation. In Part One, we traced how a fabricated “exclusive investigation” alleging a secret India-Kachin Independence Army rare earths conspiracy first appeared...
Bulldozer action in Kolkata: Demolition stayed by court, panic and uncertainty linger
The Calcutta high court on May 15 stayed the demolition drive underway in Kolkata’s Topsia neighbourhood, ordering the authorities to maintain status quo at the site. The order effectively stopped...
Images of coins bearing figures of Hindu gods and goddesses have been posted by social media users, with the narrative that these were issued by the erstwhile East India Company…
A set of images circulating on social media show a man lying in a casket wearing gold jewellery. It is being claimed that he was the richest man in Kuwait…
An image of Congress leader Alka Lamba was shared on social media with the claim she was campaigning for her party by sporting its election symbol on her t-shirt. The…
इस कश्मीरी मकान की तस्वीर देखकर कश्मीर के हालात का अंदाजा लगाईये । (Take a look at this Kashmiri building and think of the plight of Kashmir- translation). The above…
A claim widely circulated on social media about the recent bomb blast in Sasaram, Bihar, asserts that the explosion took place inside a mosque where a hundred other bombs were…
A news clip of Russian television RT is viral on social media with the claim that Muslim parties in Belgium are demanding to establish the country as an Islamic state…
“We have all heard Indian mimicry artists milicing Indian Politicians. Here is a Pakistani artist immitatimg Imran Khan… you would love it”. This message has gone viral on social media,…
A video of flags hoisted on the terrace of several buildings in Jalandhar, Punjab was shared on social media with a claim that these were Pakistani national flags. In the…