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Emmanuel Macron no ‘walking flower’ — images of French president buried in garlands fake

Images shared on social media show Emmanuel Macron buried in garlands — reaching his knees, and covering all of his torso & arms — during his visit to French Polynesia.

Video of traffic snarl caused by tourists isn’t from landslide-hit Himachal, it’s from Pakistan

The 23-second video went viral Monday, after a boulder crashed into a tourist car in Kinnaur Sunday, killing nine people.

Water didn’t enter DTC bus, Delhi’s Minto Bridge not flooded. Viral video, photos are old

A viral video of water entering a low-floor bus amid heavy rains was originally taken in Jaipur in August 2020. Two pictures of waterlogging at Minto Bridge were taken in 2018 and 2020 respectively.

AAP didn’t put up billboard saying ‘Gujarat will read namaz’ featuring Kejriwal. It’s morphed

The original AAP poster said 'Now Gujarat will change' and featured Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and party leaders Gopal Italia and Isudan Gadhavi.

Viral video of MiG aircraft landing on a dam is not real, is a simulation video game

The video is a simulation game made by Digital Combat Simulator. It was first posted on YouTube in October last year.

Viral posts claim Dilip Kumar donated his wealth to Waqf Board. It’s not true

Hours after Dilip Kumar's death, several social media users said the late actor donated his wealth to the Waqf Board, instead of giving it to an NGO or old age home.

Viral photo of top Hizbul commander killed in J&K encounter is actually of ISIS militant

The viral photo is not of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Mehrazuddin Halwai, but British security guard-turned ISIS militant, Omar Hussain.

WhatsApp, Facebook posts get it wrong. Man in this video not a Delhi riots accused

The Facebook posts and WhatsApp messages claimed the arrested man in the video is Siraj Mohd Anwar, a 'mobster' from Delhi.

Viral photo of plastic-choked Mithi river in Mumbai is fake, is a 2008 image from Manila

The image was shared by BJP leader Priti Gandhi, along with the photo of Sabarmati Riverfront, with the hashtags #TaleOfTwoCities and #ModiHaiToMumkinHai.

Kejriwal didn’t congratulate Delhi for a ‘speed breaker’, viral photo from 2020 is edited

Several social media users have falsely claimed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal congratulated the people of the city for the installation of a speed bump.

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India’s labour policy left it unable to compete with other eastern economies: Nani A Palkhivala

Liberty without accountability is the freedom of the fool. Our concept of freedom will remain impoverished until it is deepened by liberal education, wrote Nani A Palkhivala in 1995.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.