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Fact Check: Newspaper image claiming ECI will use ballot paper instead of EVMs for LS polls false

The image posted on social media claimed Election Commission released new guidelines. However, in the official schedule released for 2024 polls, ECI said elections will be held using EVMs.

Fact Check: Mohan Bhagwat-led RSS isn’t supporting INDIA bloc, its namesake is

The RSS namesake holding a press conference to extend support to the INDIA alliance is not affiliated with the Mohan Bhagwat-led organisation, as claimed in social media posts.

Fact Check: Congress didn’t wave Pakistan flags in Kerala rally. It’s 2019 video with IUML flags

The video popular on social media is from K Muraleedharan's rally in Vatakara, Kerala, where he contested the Lok Sabha election in 2019.

‘No vote to BJP’ videos on social media are old, no connection to 2024 elections

The video was part of a campaign against voting for the BJP ahead of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, and was shared in April 2021.

‘After Bageshwar Dham drama…’: BJP spokesperson targets Kamal Nath with ‘Muslim votes’ clip. It’s 4 yrs old

The video, tweeted by Prashant Umrao, has over 989 retweets, 2,266 likes and over 30,000 views.

It isn’t group of men assaulting ‘Dalit’ girl, old video being shared with false caste angle

The video, tweeted by American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem, has over 300 thousand views and shared more than 2,000 times.

Viral clip claiming to show Ukraine helicopter crash is from 8 years ago

Several news websites have tweeted screenshots and video of a chopper accident claiming it to be the one that crashed in Kyiv Wednesday.

Slogan on auto rickshaw saying Rahul Gandhi will be next PM is photoshopped

A fact-finding website found out that the actual slogan said that 'Rahul Gandhi will never be the PM, even if he walked all his life.'

Viral video of Bihar Minister Chandrashekhar’s comments on Islam is from last year

Several BJP members took to Twitter to share an edited video clip of an interview with Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar, days after his comments on the Ramcharitmanas.

Viral video of temple in Pakistan being demolished is from 2020

In reality, the video of a temple located in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is nearly three years old and was originally reported about in 2020.

On Camera

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.

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.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

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.