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'I returned home after a 300-km drive, only to be kept awake by a wedding DJ and fireworks late into the night.'
We looked at how the media reported on past viral outbreaks and what we can learn from past mistakes.
Read our recap to find the viral pieces of fake news we fact-checked this week!
We found out that video is a deepfake.
Lalitpur killing is a manifestation of underlying caste norms that demand bodily submission, service & hierarchy.
Anish Gawande, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader talks Cockroach protests, Shiv Sena (UBT) split and more.
The video has been heavily altered using AI. Sood's original video makes no mention of Pakistan.
Each time an AI company releases a new enterprise model, it reduces the value of Indian IT firms.
India's Rs 58,000 crore coaching industry still lacks a dedicated safety lawand students are paying the price.
Poorly designed projects where households are pushed towards technology actually increase emissions, say experts.
A number of alleged jihads are centred around the construction of the Muslim male as a sexual predator.
As Ambanis, Adanis lurk behind digital age giants in a new AI era, will homegrown startups & PSU banks get squeezed?
She is an Indian physician-scientist who's working towards advancing AI-driven healthcare and cancer intelligence.
ACs alone could drive 120 GW of peak power demand by 2030. The time to prepare is now, experts tell The Quint.
We found out that the video is old and unrelated to the recent BSF firing in Tripura.
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The CJP's call for educational reform is incomplete without addressing academic freedom in universities, and Umar.
We found out that the section of the video where Trump talks about Gujarat is a deepfake.
The controversy over BJP's veg mid-day meals is less of a question of religion than nutrition and culinary practice.
There are competing narratives around both the Nagarsu standoff and the altercation in Karnaprayag.
A gradual transition to more targetet, efficient subsidy delivery may be preferable to sudden price liberalisation.
You should ideally keep 10-12 days for the Char Dham Yatra. This should include a couple of buffer days.
The socialist-minded Nehru was certainly not an uncritical devotee of the US, writes Shashi Tharoor.
We found out that the video originates from Bali, Indonesia and not India, as claimed.
The screenshot is fake. There is no credible evidence of Raina's visa being revoked.
Small gains at the Bonn Climate Summit mask deeper rifts over finance, trade, and climate policy implementation.
A GST calculator helps businesses by showing the correct taxable value, GST amount and final invoice amount.
The new hate trend against Khan Sir shows that even 'good Muslims' may not be good enough for India today.
Vijay is not just a product of Tamil Nadu. He is a product of our times.
Fittingly, this latest resignation took place almost exactly ten years to the day of the 2016 Brexit referendum.
Delimitation must come with constitutional reform and a more balanced system of state representation in Rajya Sabha.
We found out that the image is AI-generated and does not show the two at a football match.
There is anger among the youth. CJP's main challenge is to convert it into political change.
The SC has recognised safe walking as a fundamental right. Its real test is government action, writes Shubham Kumar.
There is no evidence of Bezos saying water should be prioritised for AI over human needs, the quote is fabricated.
'Why does a mother feeding her baby make people uncomfortable at all?' asks Shailja Lavania.
Today, Lagaan's story of cross-community resistance against state-backed exploitation would be called anti-national.
Often translated as betrayal, 'dagha' is more than just being deceived.
The video shows a woman threatening a man in Malaysia. There is no evidence of her being an Indian national.
'A Titan Story' depicts the desire to have a homegrown quartz watch as a patriotic quest, similar to China's story.
This cocktail goes down easy enough, but it lacks the potency, burn and aftertaste that made the original linger.
The controversy is no longer merely about a viral video; it has evolved into a contest between competing narratives.
Read our recap to find the viral pieces of misinformation we debunked this week!
The US gains nothing from the deal that didn't already exist pre-war, including Irans minimal nuclear concessions.