Author: Rohan Sharma

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The 2010 Bihar Assembly election schedule is being falsely circulated as that of the upcoming 2025 elections

A post claiming that the Election Commission of India has released the schedule for the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections is being circulated on social media (here, here, and here). According to the post, the election schedule has been announced: the first phase of voting will be held on 21 October 2025, the fifth and final

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This photo showing anti-Hindu content being taught in madrasas is digitally altered

A photo (here, here and here) going viral on social media claims to show a madrasa classroom where anti-Hindu content is being taught, which is written on the blackboard. Let’s find the truth behind this photo. Claim: The viral photo shows a madrasa classroom where a teacher is teaching anti-Hindu content. Fact: The photo has

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This photo of a woman who was rescued after an acid attack in Bangladesh is shared with a false communal narrative

A photo showing a woman’s body wrapped in polythene with her hands tied is going viral on social media (here, here, and here). The post is being shared with claims that she was a Hindu woman who was murdered and later found by police in the Talukder Market area of Barisal, Bangladesh. Let’s verify the

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ICJ Declares Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Territories Illegal, But Does Not Call Israel an Illegal State

A video (here, here and here) is being widely shared on social media claiming that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has declared Israel an illegal state and that it should not be recognised as a sovereign nation worldwide.  Let’s verify the claim made in the post.    Claim: The International Court of Justice (ICJ)

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Chrome Hit Again: Google Patches Fourth Zero-Day Exploit in 2025

Google released an emergency security update for Chrome on Monday to address a zeroday actively exploited vulnerability that was affecting Windows and Mac users worldwide. This is the fourth Chrome zero-day fixed since early 2025. The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6554, has been described as a high-severity “type confusion” bug vulnerability in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript […]

Cyber SecurityNews

Iranian Cyber Attacks Targeting U.S. Infrastructure, Warns DHS

A coalition of top U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies on Monday issued a stark warning: Iranian state-sponsored hackers and affiliated hacktivists are expected to ramp up cyberattacks targeting American defense systems, critical infrastructure, and industrial networks, particularly those with ties to Israel. In a joint advisory, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal […]