Javed Akhtar, Banu Mushtaq and the contagion of religious sentiments getting hurt
In two related but unconnected developments, writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar and International Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq have found themselves in the midst of controversies after being invited to speak at...
Letter claiming ‘RSS did not participate in anti-British movement’ is morphed
An image of a purported historic document with the text “RSS did not participate in any anti-British movement from 1925 to 1947” bearing the emblem of the British Home Department...
A purported news clipping floating across social media platforms claims that Congress president Sonia Gandhi is the 12th richest politician in the world. Recurring claim The same clipping was…
“For the first time in 70 years, citizens are calling the Prime Minister a thief.” This caption was posted by the Facebook page ABMB along with an image of several women holding placards…
On September 21, former President of France Francois Hollande unleashed a political storm by stating on record that it was the Indian government which had proposed Anil Ambani’s firm as…
“सुना है कि ब्रह्मांड के इकलौते ईमानदार पत्रकार रविश कुमार की बहन भ्रष्टाचार मामले में नौकरी से सस्पेंड हो गई है। बेचारे का भाई पहले ही सेक्स रैकेट में आरोपी…
Senior journalist Ravish Kumar had made a speech last year at Press Club, Delhi on the murder of veteran journalist Gauri Lankesh. Soon after, his 10-minute speech was truncated to…
A tweet by an account @HAL_India has been shared widely on social media. This tweet responds to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s recent statement that the deal for the procurement of 126…
A Facebook page that goes by the name योगी आदित्यनाथ की सेना (Yogi Adityanath ki Sena) posted an image which looked like a cropped article from a Hindi e-paper clip. The article’s title…
जिस फौजी ने बेक़सूर आतंकवादी को घसीटा उसको फांसी दो नहीं तो देश में आग लगा देंगे (The soldier who dragged an innocent terrorist should be hanged, otherwise we will…
A fake quote attributed to Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat was shared by a Facebook page I Support Doval which has a massive follower base of over 1.7 million. The…