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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
TopicFact check

Topic: Fact check

Nishikant-led House panel flags ‘regulatory gaps’ in online media & OTT, calls for more PIB fact-checks

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting acknowledges regulatory gap in dealing with online media & OTT platforms. Efforts are underway to develop broader measures, it states. 

Modi fact-checks Pakistan, visits Adampur, releases video & photo with S-400 in background

Pakistan claimed it had decimated Adampur air force base and taken out the S-400 Triumf air defence system. PM landed on the very air strip Pakistan claimed to have bombed.

The Meta-morphosis, a novella by Zuckerberg & no man’s Greenland

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

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: Boarding pass hinting at Rahul Gandhi’s plans to leave India on 5 June is photoshopped

The photo of the original boarding pass, assigned to Ajay Awtaney, was featured in a 2019 article published on a website named 'Live From A Lounge'.

Fact Check: Kanhaiya Kumar hasn’t been attacked. Photo shared on social media is from JNU days

The viral photo dates back to 2016 when Kanhaiya Kumar was hospitalised after a hunger strike.

Fact Check: Video of anti-AAP protest in Haryana is old, unrelated to 2024 Lok Sabha polls

An old video of ex-servicemen from Punjab urging Haryana voters to vote against the AAP has been shared out of context amid ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Fact Check: EVMs destroyed in Manipur after alleged proxy voting. NCP leader’s claim is wrong

NCP leader Jitendra Awhad wrongly claimed that women in Manipur vandalised the EVMs because they generated 'lotus slips' no matter which button was pressed.

Amended IT rules ‘won’t muzzle political views’: HC ruling on fact check unit relies on Centre’s stance

Bombay HC refused to stay setting up of fact check unit under amended IT rules after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said only online content on central government business to be checked.

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Why India should launch a gold amnesty scheme to shore up national reserves

Instead of fighting the citizens' love for gold, the government could integrate it into the formal economy through a strategic buyback.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.