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Friday, November 21, 2025
TopicViral photos

Topic: viral photos

WhatsApp should disclose origin of viral forwards. But don’t share it just with govt

The government’s proposal to ask WhatsApp to disclose the originator is sound but its demand for exclusivity and control over this process is unacceptable and must be resisted.

India insults women’s modesty in a million ways. Ranveer Singh’s nude photoshoot isn’t one

Ranveer Singh challenges traditional, desi toxic masculinity. His nude photoshoot for Paper magazine attracting an FIR in Mumbai is hardly surprising.

Viral image of Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann sitting in front of liquor stores is photoshopped

The image, which was shared by several BJP leaders and went viral on social media, was taken from a screengrab of a video in which Kejriwal and Mann sat on a cot in a mustard field.

Image of policeman stamping on man’s face is decade old, not related to farmers’ protest

The image is from an incident in Uttar Pradesh when the then Lucknow DIG, DK Thakur, pushed former Samajwadi Party leader Anand Bhadauria to the ground.

Viral images of ‘Jio’ bags of wheat trigger boycott call on Twitter, but Reliance logo is fake

Twitter users share photos of bags of wheat bearing Reliance Jio name, comment on how farmers' protest is justified. However, company is strictly a digital arm of Reliance Group.

BJP leaders share old photos of AAP minister, attack him for violating Covid norms

Two photos of AAP minister Kailash Gahlot addressing civil defence volunteers have gone viral with the claim that the volunteers were not wearing masks or maintaining distance.

Congress posts 2008 image from Bangladesh to target BJP after World Bank’s poverty report

Congress' tweet came two days after World Bank released report saying Covid-related school closures risk pushing 72 mn primary school children into learning poverty.

Photo shared by AAP, Youth Congress of Haryana cops using water cannon on farmers is from 2018

AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj and its national spokesperson Raghav Chadha have also shared the photo on Twitter.

Pakistanis are wrong. Indian Army’s videos of LoC bunker hits are real, not from Syria

The Indian Army had shared several videos of shelling across the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, and a screenshot has gone viral in Pakistan claiming it's fake.

Shiv Sena leaders share photo of Maharashtra boat ambulance, but it doesn’t run in India

The boat ambulance, a photo of which was shared by Shiv Sena corporator Amey Ghole and Deputy Leader Priyanka Chaturvedi, was praised for being a unique initiative.

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India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

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.