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Bondi Beach attack: Video of Australian PM announcing cancellation of Pak visas is a deepfake

Ankita Mahalanobish19th December 2025

A video depicting a press conference by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is viral in which he apparently announces the cancellation of all Pakistani visas following the terror attack at…

You know nothing, Grok! Why X’s AI bot can’t be trusted with fact checks

Oishani Bhattacharya19th December 202519th December 2025

“@grok is this real or AI?”, “Hi @grok, is this photo real or edited?”, “@grok identify the disease in the picture”, “@grok what is the real story?” If you are…

Athar Hussain’s horrific ‘killing’ third reported case of lynching this year in Bihar’s Nawada

Shinjinee Majumder17th December 2025

Trigger Warning: Disturbing Details The alleged murder of 50-year-old Mohammad Athar Hussain in Nawada is the third reported incident of mob lynching in the southern Bihar district this year. Hussain,…

Bihar Police refutes Sudarshan News report on ‘Bangladeshi extremists’ disguised as monks in Gopalganj

Abhishek Kumar16th December 202516th December 2025

A video is circulating on social media showing a man who appears to be a Hindu monk with a tilak on his forehead and a scarf bearing Mahakal’s name. He…

Mahua Moitra caught smoking in Parliament? She was not even in Delhi on Dec 11

Ankita Mahalanobish15th December 202515th December 2025

After a video went viral showing BJP MP Anurag Thakur complaining to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla about an MP from the Trinamool Congress smoking e-cigarettes inside the Parliament, several…

Odisha violence: Villagers attacked by tribals in Malkangiri not ‘illegal Bangladeshi settlers’

Ankita Mahalanobish & Indradeep Bhattacharyya12th December 2025

A day after violence erupted in the Malkangiri district of Odisha between local tribal communities and Bengali settlers, Right-wing social media influencers alleged that an unidentified tribal mob had set…

Three arrested for assault on Muslim chicken patty seller during Gita recital event in Kolkata

Shinjinee Majumder11th December 202511th December 2025

Kolkata Police on Thursday arrested three persons in connection with the alleged assault on Muslim vendors selling chicken puffs in the Maidan area on December 7, where a large crowd…

SIR gives BJP fresh excuse to demonize Muslims and create polarization; Bengal, Delhi units lead the way

Ankita Mahalanobish10th December 202511th December 2025

The ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has given the BJP a fresh excuse to intensify its politics of hate. Under the garb of sensitising people about SIR,…

Babri Masjid vs. Gita recital: Months ahead of polls, Bengal politics takes headlong communal plunge

Shinjinee Majumder & Prantik Ali10th December 2025

With barely a few months to go for assembly elections, West Bengal’s political discourse has taken a headlong communal plunge. On Saturday, December 6, the 32nd anniversary of the Babri…

Old video of aviation minister K R Naidu dancing falsely viral amid Indigo crisis

Ankita Mahalanobish10th December 2025

Amid the recent operational meltdown of IndiGo airlines, a video surfaced on social media featuring Union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu dancing on stage. The video was compared to…

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Cow vigilantes from Bajrang Dal assault ‘mentally challenged’ homeless man in Rajasthan on suspicion of eating beef

Political misinformation in 2025: Who shared the most? Who were targeted? How did it shape narratives?