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Social media claims AI seated passengers without social distancing, but here’s the fact

A video showing passengers complain about expensive ticket fare and no social distancing is being widely shared on social media.

Photo of doctor-turned-terrorist goes viral, but it’s not Hizbul commander Riyaz Naikoo

Following the killing of Hizbul commander Riyaz Naikoo, a photo post claiming he was a doctor was widely shared on social media.

Image of IAF chopper showering flowers on migrant workers along highway is not real

The image of a helicopter showering flower petals is from a Republic Day celebrations two years ago.

Viral video of communal flare-up and stone pelting is from Pakistan, not Bihar

A viral video showing a group of Muslim men engaged in stone pelting in Bihar was actually shot in Pakistan's Sindh province last week.

Viral video claiming lockdown violation in Delhi’s Daryaganj is actually from Surat

Hundreds of people can be seen in the 15-second video that is originally from a marketplace in Surat where people broke lockdown rules for shopping on 26 April.

Waris Pathan didn’t threaten police to open mosque amid lockdown, viral video is 4 years old

In the longer original video from 2016, former Maharashtra MLA Waris Pathan is seen arguing with a police official over the use of loudspeakers at a mosque.

Viral photo of mother ‘dying’ of Covid-19 and her baby is actually from 1985

The viral photo was clicked by American photographer Burt Glinn in 1985 at a Cancer Centre in US before the baby's bone marrow transplant.

‘Man with 3 wives and 32 children’ surfaces again on Twitter, Facebook

A social media post from last year claiming that a man has been living with his three wives and their 30-odd children in one jhuggi has been doing the rounds lately.

Viral post that says US CEO redesigned India map to laud Modi on Covid-19 is 4 years old

A viral post claims an American CEO has ‘redesigned’ Indian map to depict its states as countries with equivalent populations — all to laud the Modi govt’s efforts. 

UP doctor dies, social media posts claim it was after she was attacked by Covid-19 patient

Social media posts linked the doctor's death to a patient who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi and an alleged 'corona-jihad' by Muslims.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

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.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

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.