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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicFake news

Topic: fake news

2018’s top 10 fake news: From ‘Pak zindabad’ to post claiming Congress most ‘corrupt party’

From Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi to Tipu Sultan and Shehla Rashid, not many escaped fake news propaganda of 2018. ThePrint brings you some the year's best. 

Video of Rahul Gandhi saying he’s against farm loan waivers is doctored

An altered clip from Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s press conference has been retweeted by hundreds, including Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay.

Video claiming Pakistan’s flag being waved at Congress rally is fake

A closer look at the video shows that except for its green colour, the flag does not bear the crescent moon or the star symbols of the Pakistan's national flag.

Images of Kashmiri woman hit by husband turned into fake news about Indian Army excesses

Photos of Pashto singer Neelam Gul, who was allegedly thrashed by her husband in August, are being circulated on Twitter with an incorrect caption. 

The Hindi news channel editor who ‘thrives on provoking’ Hindu, Muslim sentiments

In a widely shared tweet, Suresh Chavhanke of Sudarshan News tried to link the Bulandshahr violence with a Muslim congregation 40 km away.

Zee News tweets doctored video of Navjot Sidhu’s Rajasthan rally

In the original video, a crowd at Congress minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's rally can be heard screaming ‘Pakistan Murdabad’, not ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ as claimed by Zee News.

Facebook’s scandals show urgent need for change

Facebook’s serial scandals and repeated deceptions are not acceptable. It must close the gap between words and actions.

HoaXposed: Flight for ITBP troops was a ‘one-time-affair’, not Modi govt achievement

The photo, of the soldiers in and boarding an aircraft, had caption claiming Modi government had ensured air travel for soldiers. It has been shared by over 500 Facebook users.

Why Ravi Shankar Prasad cancelled his scheduled speech at BBC’s fake news conference

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Sangh Parivar is in a hurry to reach Ayodhya, and Dassault chief’s ‘Mann ki Baat’

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

On Camera

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.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

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?