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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicFake news

Topic: fake news

Five irritants that need to ‘Quit India’ at the earliest

The British quit India over 70 years ago, but the country is still pestered by several irritants, which need orderly withdrawal.

Is the BJP better at misinformation? What data tells us

Misinformation on social media is not polarising Indians. Instead, it seems to be pushing them towards the BJP.

How Facebook fought fake news about Facebook

Facebook used a software program called Stormchaser among others to manage its reputation which had been hit with several privacy scandals.

Viral video of burning ropeway at Haridwar’s Mansa Devi Temple is actually from Palestine

The video, which has been shared thousands of times through multiple posts on various platforms, is of an incident that occurred in 2015.

Mohan Bhagwat & 6 RSS colleagues get Twitter accounts verified in war on fake news

Barring Mohan Bhagwat, who only follows RSS on Twitter, others in the Sangh follow each other as well. They follow no one else, including BJP members.

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.

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.

Three Indians ‘fake’ Everest summit climb, Nepal launches inquiry

Vikas Rana, Shobha Banwala & Ankush Kasana of Haryana have been asked to furnish proof of reaching the peak of Mount Everest.

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.

Finland has found the most effective method to counter fake news – education

The Nordic nation tops a list of European countries deemed the most resilient to disinformation, the Media Literacy Index, compiled by the Open Society Institute in Sofia. 

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?