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Fact Check: Video of Modi wearing skull cap is AI-generated

An Instagram user shared a fake video on 7 March that showed Modi wearing a skull cap and offering namaz. It has about 50,000 likes.

Fact Check: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy did not pay tribute to his govt’s 6 guarantees

A viral image shows Reddy with folded hands before a garlanded '6 Guarantees' frame. The original photo shows him paying tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Fact Check: Team India didn’t sing ‘Vande Mataram’ after win against Pakistan. 2024 video is viral

The video viral on social media captures Team India’s celebrations with fans at Wankhede Stadium in 2024 after winning the T20 World Cup. It's not from Champions Trophy 2025.

Fact Check: Australian fan didn’t chant ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ after Champions Trophy semifinals

The video is from 2021, during India’s victory at the Gabba in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Fact Check: Robert De Niro did not say ‘f**k Trump’ at Oscars 2025, speech is from 2018

The viral video featuring the Hollywood actor is from the 2018 edition of the Tony Awards. The statement, at the time, had got De Niro a standing ovation from the audience.

Fact Check: NCP protest against Aurangzeb film is falsely linked to Chhaava

The viral photo is unrelated to Chhaava released in February 2025. It shows a 2013 protest by the NCP Minority Division, Aurangabad, against the Bollywood film Aurangzeb.

Fact Check: Viral X post targeting Kejriwal from a parody account, not Delhi CM Rekha Gupta

The post, shared from a parody account of Delhi CM after India's Champions Trophy win against Pakistan, read, 'firecrackers Kejriwal ji kept to celebrate Pakistan's victory went in vain'.

Fact Check: It’s not Delhi CM Rekha Gupta in viral dancing videos

The video shows an influencer and an actor-artist from Maharashtra performing martial arts with a sword.

Fact Check: Video of Kashmir cleric warning Hindus to leave is not real. It’s a movie clip

A visual from the 2019 Kashmir film Mudda 370 J&K is being falsely shared as real footage of the 1990 exodus of Hindus from Kashmir.

Fact check: Delhi Metro fare has not been increased after polls. 2017 report is viral

DMRC posted a clarification on X that the fares have not been revised. Claims made on social media are false.

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Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.