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No, Shashi Tharoor isn’t with wives of Pak cricketers in this photograph

Pooja Chaudhuri19th June 2019

A photograph of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor with a group of women is being shared on social media as the Kerala MP in the company of “Pakistani cricketers’ wives.” A…

May 2019: Misinformation weaponised to target electoral process and political leaders

Arjun Sidharth18th June 2019

Politics was the fulcrum of misinformation/disinformation in May, as India voted in the 2019 general election. Misinformation was weaponized and disseminated in an aggressive, yet strategic manner in a bid…

Owaisi’s heckling in Parliament reported using clickbait titles with communal overtones

Pooja Chaudhuri18th June 2019

On June 18, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi took oath as an MP from Hyderabad constituency in the 17th Lok Sabha. The leader was greeted with chants of ‘Bharat Mata ki…

2018 video of doctor attacked in MP recirculated amidst Kolkata doctors’ strike

Pooja Chaudhuri17th June 2019

“দেখুন ঠিক কেন ডাক্তাররা নিরাপত্তা দাবি করছেন। দেখুন পুলিশের ভূমিকা। পরিষ্কার সিসি টিভি ফুটেজ থাকলেও কোন শাস্তি হয় না। (This is exactly why doctors are demanding safety. See the police’s…

Man dressed in Indian flag urinating during cricket match is Indian-origin and NOT Pakistani

Jignesh Patel17th June 201917th June 2019

A poster shared on social media claims that a Pakistani man masquerading as an Indian cricket fan was urinating at The Oval, London, during the India vs Australia game. A…

MP Congress posts old, erroneous report about arrest of Bajrang Dal members, links it to WB violence

Kinjal17th June 2019

The political situation in West Bengal has become volatile after the result of the 2019 general election. According to some media reports, a BJP worker was killed in post-poll violence…

Former Tirupati temple trust chief Y V Subba Reddy is not a Christian

Arjun Sidharth17th June 201922nd September 2024

Amid the escalating controversy over the alleged use of animal fat in the preparation of ‘laddoo prasadam’ at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirupati, X handle The Jaipur Dialogues…

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Photo of vandalised Gandhi bust from West Bengal falsely shared as Bangladesh incident

Balasore horror: Cow vigilantes who ‘lynched’ Makandar Mohammad were known to him