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Fact Check: Video of IAF plane crash in Rajasthan shared with false claim that it was carrying Assad

IAF had confirmed the incident in September via an X post. The 7-second video is being circulated with the claim that Bashar al-Assad was onboard when it crashed near Homs, Syria.

Fact Check: No idols were found at Sambhal mosque survey. Social media posts are fake

Three idols in the viral social media image were found in Karnataka in February 2024, months before the Sambhal mosque survey was conducted.

Fact Check: Rakesh Tikait wasn’t attacked again in Karnataka. Old video is doing rounds

Clips of Rakesh Tikait have gone viral on social media. They show a man attacking him with a wired microphone, throwing ink on his face, and Tikait is seen in tears.

Fact Check: Video of actor Pankaj Tripathi urging people not to vote for BJP is digitally altered

AAP had shared the altered video on its official X account, and though it was deleted shortly after, it garnered over 65,000 views, 1,000 likes & more than 400 reposts.

Fact Check: Video of Dhoni promoting betting platform Unicon365 is manipulated using AI

Viral clip combines 2 segments from an October 2023 discussion featuring the cricketer. Him talking about Unicon365 is not part of original footage & overlaid using manipulated audio.

Fact Check: Video of January anti-EVM protest in Delhi circulated as from Maharashtra post polls

In Maharashtra, the opposition has been questioning the integrity of EVMs after its defeat, with calls for returning to the use of ballot paper.

Fact Check: Modi did not praise ballot papers over EVMs, video of 2016 speech is cropped

In the original video, available on the Modi's official YouTube channel, the PM praises India's use of EVMs while criticising countries like the US that still rely on ballot papers.

Fact Check: Muslim minor girl’s voting video is not linked to UP by-polls

A viral video from May 2024 is doing rounds on social media, which shows a minor girl trying to vote in Sambalpur constituency with a voter slip of an older woman.

Fact Check: Pushpa 2 trailer launch passed off as MVA meeting in BKC

X users shared videos of a large crowd in an open ground and claimed gathered in support of MVA. In reality, it was for a trailer launch event in Patna for Allu Arjun's upcoming film.

Fact Check: Uddhav didn’t call Mughal ruler brother. He referred to Indian soldier Aurangzeb

Rifleman Aurangzeb belonged to the 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry and was kidnapped and later murdered by militants in Pulwama on 14 June 2018.

On Camera

Rahul’s ‘vote chori’ attack on EC is a political dead-end. He still has a point

The ECI needs to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s accusations professionally and transparently. Else, it will end up giving him the ammunition he is desperately seeking.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.