Topic: drought

The water storage level in the state stood at 11.84 %, as opposed to 23.73% last year. The Central Water Commission has issued an advisory to the Maharashtra government stating that water storage is the lowest in reservoirs here in a decade.

Urgent steps are being taken for distributing drinking water.

Media hype and twisting of facts lead to a sensationalised story.

Another half truth being peddled in media thanks to badly crafted headlines.

Did the national media take the entire country for a ride based on a WhatsApp message?

Big Lies: 1. 9 December 2015: Zee News - Where's the Indian Flag at Sushma Swaraj-Nawaz Sharif Meet in Islamabad In an attempt to blindly follow and spread the propaganda being spread by controversial AAP leader Kumar Vishwas, Zee News carried a news item which asked why India's flag was missing. It said that generally in such meetings when leaders of 2 countries meet formally, flags of both nations are displayed. What they did not think about was the fact that this was not a bilateral meeting between equally ranked people. Hence the flag was missing. Soon social media was abuzz...