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Viral post that says US CEO redesigned India map to laud Modi on Covid-19 is 4 years old

A viral post claims an American CEO has ‘redesigned’ Indian map to depict its states as countries with equivalent populations — all to laud the Modi govt’s efforts. 

‘Section 144 order’ stokes confusion in Mumbai amid COVID-19 scare, but it’s not for public

Mumbai police has invoked Section 144 to prohibit guided tours as the coronavirus pandemic continues to gain ground.

Video of couple having sex in public is not from Shaheen Bagh

The video being shared on Twitter with the claim that it was shot at Shaheen Bagh is actually from 2018.

Rahul Kanwal did not say chanting Vande Mataram is anti-national, video is edited

Viral video of Rahul Kanwal is from a debate he hosted on India Today TV channel in 2016 after lawyers beat up Kanhaiya Kumar outside a Delhi court.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan did not fake a fractured arm. Viral photo is a mirrored image of him

Users have juxtaposed two mirrored images of Chouhan's fractured arm, making it seem like the injury had 'moved' from one arm to the other.

US Army didn’t play the Indian national anthem at ‘Howdy, Modi!’ event

The video, shared by news channels and a BJP MP, is authentic, but US Army played the Indian national anthem at a joint military exercise on 18 September.

Muslims in PoK are not burning Pakistani flags — it’s a 3-year-old clip from Uttar Pradesh

The clip was first shared by journalist Nisar Mehdi and is from the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom in Uttar Pradesh's Deoband.

Video of Kulgam blast passed off as Army action in J&K post scrapping of 370

Video is of casualties of blast at encounter site in Laroo village from last year.

WhatsApp isn’t shutting down, you don’t have to pay to use it. Viral forwards are fake

Attributed to PM Modi, one of the several messages doing the rounds claims WhatsApp will be shut from 11.30 pm to 6.00 am daily.

Pritish Nandy refuses to believe he mistook another Sardar Patel statue for Statue of Unity

Nandy tweeted an image of a bronze sculpture of Sardar Patel, made by Jashuben Shilpi, to claim Statue of Unity has no resemblance to Patel’s actual face.

On Camera

Why worry about water or jobs? In New Bharat, everybody wants to be an influencer

In a country where unemployment is at a historic high, the national anxiety isn’t about jobs — it’s about reach. Aspirations have shifted from employment to engagement, from careers to content.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

What’s standing between Modi & Trump? India’s contradictions

Psychoanalysing Donald Trump is a booming global business. We in India are doing our bit. The only objective, however, is to find a way...