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Sunday, November 16, 2025
TopicFake news

Topic: fake news

Postcard News co-founder ‘heckled’ at Mangaluru airport, asked to sing Vande Mataram

Karnataka Congress spokesperson Kavita Reddy & two other women asked Postcard News founder Mahesh Vikram Hegde to sing Vande Mataram to prove his ‘Indian-ness’.

Nearly 18,000 Twitter accounts spread ‘fake news’ for BJP, 147 do it for Congress: Study

The study, which remains underway, has been conducted by a user of the social media portal Reddit who goes by the username ‘/u/onosmosis’.

Fake news is here to stay. But it can be countered easily, without sources & links: Study

Cow urine cures cancer. EVMs hacked. These are just some of the fake news that circulate on social media and WhatsApp. So, a new study tested correction methods.

Tarek Fatah, the unrelenting fake news peddler who targets Indian Muslims regularly

Tarak Fatah tweeted a video of Burqa-clad women dancing at a wedding, asking if it was from Shaheen Bagh. Fatah had tweeted the same video three years ago, twice.

Man stripped naked, beaten for ‘teasing’ minor girls in viral video is not Muslim

Tweets and Facebook posts have gone viral claiming that the man in Ambala POCSO Act case is a Muslim, but police say he is not.

Facebook is banning ‘deepfakes’ but important questions still remain

Facebook's new approach of removing 'deepfakes' — manipulative media that look authentic — is being tailored to meet conditions that address the platform's concern.

To fight fake news, Modi govt’s fact-checking unit to now focus on regional languages too

Modi govt's fact-checking unit under PIB identifies and busts misinformation circulating on social media platforms regarding official policies & schemes.

Singapore goes on global offensive to defend fake news law

Since the law was enacted in October, Singapore authorities have invoked it four times against critics and once against Facebook.

Man in riot gear beating Jamia student not ‘RSS volunteer’ but AATS constable: Delhi Police

As video of the man in riot gear beating a Jamia student goes viral on social media, many users 'identified' him an RSS volunteer. Police says he's posted with Anti-Auto Theft Squad.

Modi govt’s data protection bill harms anonymous social media users, not fake news

Indians need real privacy, not a loss of anonymity. Modi govt’s Personal Data Protection Bill worryingly proposes social media firms to verify user identity.

On Camera

Why Tejashwi Yadav failed—Bihar changed, RJD didn’t

RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.