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JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh is not faking her injury, viral photograph is a mirror image

Aishe Ghosh had injured her left hand in the violence that occurred on JNU campus Sunday, but the viral image shows the cast on her right hand.

Viral video of US airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani is from a video game

The video has been going viral on Facebook and WhatsApp since Tuesday, with one post getting more than 17,000 views.

Imran Khan tweets old Dhaka video as ‘police atrocities in UP’, deletes and gets slammed

Khan’s tweets drew sharp reactions from diplomacy experts as well as India’s MEA, whose spokesperson used the hashtag #Oldhabitsdiehard to criticise him.

ABVP members are not opposing Citizenship Act, it’s a doctored photo

A photograph of students, claiming to be from ABVP Assam, holding a banner against the amended citizenship law is actually from a pro-CAA protest.

Image of blood-splattered policemen is not from citizenship law protests, it’s from 2018

An image of some injured policemen is being widely circulated on Twitter, falsely claiming that they were attacked by those agitating against citizenship law.

Injured infants in images viral on social media are not victims of Citizenship Act protests

Some social media users, including a member of BJP’s IT Cell, shared images of wounded children claiming they were injured during the Citizenship Act protests.

AMU students did not raise ‘anti-Hindu’ slogans, they raised voice against Hindutva

The video, shared by BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya, has received more than 8,500 likes and 6,000 retweets.

Video showing thousands protesting in Mumbai against CAB is actually from Bangladesh

The widely-shared video is of a gathering on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad un Nabi in Chittagong in November.

Sheep in Ireland did not go on week-long sex drive after drinking viagra contaminated water

Several Indian news outlets fell for a story that was published by a satirical website. Some of the agencies immediately took down their reports.

Video of Muslim girl kicked by lawyers shared as ‘Hindu rape victim’ beaten up in Pakistan

A Twitter user even thanked Home Minister Amit Shah for bringing Citizenship Amendment Bill in an effort to ‘reduce’ the pain of Hindus in Pakistan.

On Camera

Met Gala is the new aspirational red carpet for Indian celebrities. Move over, Cannes

This year, at the Met, Isha Ambani wore one of Rahul Mishra’s creations, which is a sari in name only. It marked his label’s debut at what is fashion’s biggest stage.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.