'Three Kashmir-based activists have filed a petition in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking a stay on the release of upcoming Hindi movie 'Shikara' which is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in 1990. The petitioners have alleged that the movie, directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, contains "communal content" and has “concocted portrayal of Kashmiri Muslims about the migration of Kashmir pandits on January 19, 1990.”...'
'On January 15, Bharatiya Janata Party social media head Amit Malviya tweeted a video of a group of men talking about the Shaheen Bagh protesters. They alleged that women participating in the sit-in protest are being paid to demonstrate against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens. A man in the video further claimed that the protest was “sponsored” by the Congress party. Malviya reiterated the claim in his tweet... Times Now broadcast the video tweeted by Malviya with the disclaimer that it “does not vouch for the authenticity of the video”.
'Prime Minister Narendra Modi today termed the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests at Shaheen Bagh, Jamia and Seelampur in Delhi as not a “sanyog” (coincidence) but a “prayog” (experiment). He urged the capital to vote for the BJP in the upcoming Delhi assembly elections in order to prevent similar protests and blockades of roads and lanes.
'Caught up in the maelstrom of divisive politics, India is silently but surely sliding into an environmental abyss under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's watch. The latest EPI ( Environmental Performance Index) report released on the sidelines of the WEF conclave at Davos puts us at third from the bottom- at 177 out of 180 countries, a decline of 36 places since 2016 ( when we were at 141). We do even worse in the index of air quality, at 178 out of 180.
'Rajkot Collector Remya Mohan issues Rs 50,000 cheque to reporters of eight dailies ‘as a bribe’ to give publicity to Republic Day event organised by the Gujarat government in Rajkot...'
'On February 3, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeted a 45-second video clip with the claim, “वो जीना चाहते है और हमारे बच्चे मरने को तैयार है (They want to live and our children are ready to die) Dangerous very Dangerous Wake Up before it’s too late!!”. The tweet has amassed close to 5,000 retweets so far. In the clip, a Muslim clergyman while making a provocative statement says*, “The way they have been torturing us. If we give a signal and instigate our young children then our children have way more strength than them. It’s because they find them alone.
'For each pro-Congress account spreading propaganda and fake news on Twitter, there are 120 doing the same for the BJP, a study has claimed. The study has been conducted by a user of the social media portal Reddit who goes by the username ‘/u/onosmosis’. The user claims to have analysed lakhs of unverified Twitter accounts to identify trends in online misinformation. Conducted with the help of an algorithm, the study started by identifying around 4 lakh Twitter accounts with a clear political leaning.
'A day after targeting Aam Aadmi Party on the state of Delhi government schools, Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the condition of mohalla clinics in the capital was equally deplorable... However, a ground check by TOI found that at three places, these accounts were exaggerated and the situation was not as bad as it was being made out to be...'
'A team of academics and psychologists on Tuesday dismissed National Commission for Protection of Child Rights claims that children involved in the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh were being “misled” and suffering from “mental trauma”. Last week, the child rights body had asked the district magistrate to instruct police officials to “identify” and “counsel” children at the site. The district magistrate was asked to submit a report on the matter within 10 days.
'On January 27, BJP Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir tweeted a video suggesting that it shows a dilapidated school in the capital. “They say fight the election on education, I say fight the election on truth!” he wrote. Delhi legislative assembly elections are set to be held on February 8 and Gambhir’s tweet attempted to portray the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in poor light... At the start of the viral video, a notice is visible on the building’s gate however the camera does not focus on the notice.
