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Old video shared to claim Muslims lynched Hindu man, but it’s from Bangladesh

A video has gone viral on Twitter claiming that Muslims lynched a Hindu man in India. But the video is from Bangladesh in which a murder accused was lynched.

Viral photo of Amit Shah ‘sleeping’ in Parliament is fake and nearly six months old

The post on Amit Shah seems to have been circulated in retaliation to the flak Rahul Gandhi drew for using his phone during President Kovind’s address.

Muslims didn’t ‘protest’ for any suicide bomber in Israel, it’s a tired old canard

Twitter users are sharing an old video with fake claims that Muslims took out a funeral procession for a ‘suicide bomber’ shot dead by Israeli forces.

Nurse Rahul Gandhi met in Wayanad was present at his birth, but viral tweet calls it ‘scam’

A viral tweet wrongly claims Rajamma Vavathil, a retired nurse, was 13 years old at the time of Rahul Gandhi’s birth at a Delhi hospital where she on duty.

BJP’s ex-IT cell head shares fake website link of Ayushman Bharat, asks people to sign up

BJP’s former IT cell head Ravi Rana urged people on Twitter to sign up for Rs 5 lakh cover under Modi govt’s Ayushman Bharat scheme.

Social media rumours false, Haryana govt hasn’t ordered inspection of Eid biryani for beef

Rumours said Haryana govt had ordered the police to check Muslim households at the behest of a cow protection group, but both have denied the rumours.

Narendra Modi’s return as PM didn’t get cheers from White people, video is from Europe

Video claims foreigners abroad were cheering PM Narendra Modi’s swearing-in, but it actually features football fans in Bristol.

Wealthy Indian didn’t throw money in air in New York over Modi win, it’s a fake video

Video claims an Indian gave away $100,000 in total in Manhattan to celebrate the electoral win of PM Modi, but it actually features a US artiste.

After Modi’s win, fake video in Pakistan claims ‘Hindus killing Muslims in India’

The 44-second fake video, suggesting a communally-charged situation in Jhansi, follows PM Modi’s win in Lok Sabha elections.

After Hindu man is set on fire in UP, fake video with communal overtones goes viral

A 22-year-old was set ablaze by four men in UP last week. Now, a 14-second video from 2010 is doing rounds on social media claiming to be of the incident.

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BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.