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WhatsApp isn’t shutting down, you don’t have to pay to use it. Viral forwards are fake

Attributed to PM Modi, one of the several messages doing the rounds claims WhatsApp will be shut from 11.30 pm to 6.00 am daily.

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.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

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.