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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicFake news

Topic: fake news

Fact Check: Social media posts claiming Delhi CM Kejriwal got interim bail false

Supreme Court is yet to pronounce its verdict on Arvind Kejriwal's plea. On 7 May, it said it doesn't want Delhi CM to discharge his official duties if he is released on interim bail.

Fact Check: No New York Times article praising elections in India, comment shared with false claim

The text being shared was seen in the comments section under an NYT article that was published in 2009 on the elections & strategies employed by Congress & other parties.

How to spot fake online reviews — with a little help from AI

In a digital world, being able to differentiate between genuine feedback and deceptive endorsements is vital for making informed decisions.

Twitter aiding probe into doctored video of Amit Shah, efforts on to track source handle, say police

Police have sought data from social media platforms that can help find the handle from which video — where Shah purportedly advocates scrapping all reservations — was first shared.

Fact Check: Modi didn’t post about people ‘voting for INDIA in record numbers’. His X post said ‘NDA’

Screenshot of an X post by PM Modi was digitally altered to make it look like he wrote about people voting for opposition’s INDIA alliance in first phase of Lok Sabha elections.

Fact Check: Ex-HDFC chairman’s praise for BJP manifesto came in run-up to 2014 Lok Sabha polls

Quote attributed to Deepak Parekh in the screenshot now going viral summarises a piece he wrote for Times of India in 2014, in which he called the manifesto 'extremely detailed document'.

Fact Check: Rahul didn’t promise Rs 1 lakh to all youth, video of his original speech was clipped

Video is being shared with claim that he promised to credit money to youth 'who spend hrs on social media'. In original speech, he was referring to Congress's ‘Right to Apprenticeship’ scheme.

Fact Check: 2022 video of Allu Arjun shared with false claim that actor is campaigning for Congress

Video is from 22 August, 2022, when the actor participated in annual India Day parade in New York, serving as grand marshal to commemorate 75th anniversary of India's independence.

Fact Check: Dhoni’s selfie not about Congress. Photo from 2020, celebrating IPL team’s X following

Photo of MS Dhoni being shared online with claim that it shows him urging people to vote for Congress. Photo's from 2020 when he celebrated Chennai Super Kings reaching 6 mn followers on X.

Fact Check: Video of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav calling Congress a ‘chalu’ party is from 2023

Video of Akhilesh urging people to not vote for Congress is from last year when the SP chief attacked Congress over seat distribution issues among INDIA bloc partners.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.