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All reports and rankings are not perfect, but broadly this is how it works:Negative = Flawed methodology, Anti-India conspiracy Positive = Dynamic leadership Thread 1/n **World Press Freedom Index

Violence erupted in West Bengal soon results of the state election were declared. This thread documents how BJP supporting handles seized this as an opportunity to share misinformation and add fuel

Social media and WhatsApp are replete with unscientific, non evidence-backed cures for prevention and treatment of COVID-19. This thread is about those unverified claims that were propagated and endorsed by

First, the backdrop: PM Modi speaking at World Economic Forum on Jan 28, 2021 said that fears about a COVID Tsunami in India were unfounded as India had not only

There were few crucial weeks in Feb and March when cases were just starting to rise. Let’s zoom in on these four weeks and see how the early signals were

Look who is here again! Though not featured by ANI this year, the same ‘Muslim women’ have made it to the media via a different news agency. Thread 1/n Year

The curious case of @ians_india repeatedly falling for social media content that is very obviously fake. Thread 1/n ‘Splendra of Kasmir’ was a hint enough for everyone to figure

Did @ShamikaRavi, former member of PM’s economic advisory council, plagiarize her @IndianExpress opinion piece from Nobel Laureate Paul Romer’s paper, ‘Roadmap to responsibly reopen America’ as noticed first by @richard49step.

A short case study on how selective information is fed to the masses. Thread. 1/n In 2017, amid great fanfare PM Modi had announced that India has ‘jumped’ to

Thought I would check how the ‘Muslim’ handles who had pledged their support to #CAA are doing. Thread 1/n ‘Fatma’ is now Shraddha and has turned staunch Hindu and vegetarian