On January 29, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued instructions to rename Al Menhad area and its surroundings 'Hind City'.
Despite boycott calls from some sections including the Indian Right Wing, Shah Rukh Khan's film 'Pathaan' has set the box office on fire.
An image of an apparently ancient sculpture is viral with the claim that it was made in India 1,400 years ago during the time of a Pallava King. The sculpture is of a person seated in front of a computer attached to an electrical wire. Users marvelled at India's advancement in technology at a time when modern electricity hadn't even been invented.
A 40-second-long clip of DMK MP T R Baalu speaking at an event has gone viral on social media. It is claimed that the leader was boasting about demolishing Hindu temples in his speech. In the video, Baalu can be heard saying, "I have demolished 100-year-old temples in my hometown, in my constituency --- a Saraswati temple, a Lakshmi temple... and a Parvati temple. All three temples were in my constituency on the GST (Grand Southern Trunk) Road. I demolished them knowing that I would not get votes for my actions. But I also knew how to get votes from the people.
The BBC documentary, India: The Modi question, which questions Narendra Modi's role in the 2002 Gujarat riots has been banned in India by the BJP government by using emergency powers under the 2021 IT rules. Against this backdrop, several supporters of the Prime Minister have claimed while sharing a picture of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi that the latter had met the producer of the BBC documentary sometime last year. Kavinder Gupta, the former deputy
On January 26, 2023, news broke that a Pakistani flag had been hoisted on a residential building in Madhubani Sipahi Tola area in Purnea, Bihar. Several news media outlets reported this. Multimedia news agency ANI tweeted, " A Pakistani flag was hoisted in the Madhubani Sipahi Tola area in Purnea". The tweet further contained the Station House Officer's statement wherein he states that the flag had been removed and that further action would be taken. The tweet also contained two pictures where the said Pakistani flag was visible.
An image of burqa-clad girls receiving scholarships from Kerala-based Malabar Charitable Trust is being shared on Twitter. The girls are holding certificates and posing for photographs on a stage.
On October 30, 2022, The Wire registered a police complaint against journalist Devesh Kumar for allegedly fabricating and supplying documents, emails, and video with a view to damage the media outlet's reputation, a week after having retracted its Meta stories.
On January 18, a helicopter crashed in a residential area in the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv resulting in the death of 14 people including a minor, the country's interior minister Denys Monastyrsky, and his deputy.
The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) on January 17 uploaded a new draft of amendments to the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which it had earlier released for public consultation, and sought feedback from the public on the proposed modifications. Though much of the document concerns rules and regulations regarding online gaming, a key change says that information that is identified as 'fake o
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