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After Shekhar Gupta’s The Print asked the opposition to spread fake news, here are some instances when opposition followed the advice

A column published on Shekhar Gupta's The Print urged the opposition to spread lies against the BJP government at the centre

Rana Ayyub shares Hindustan Times report to claim a child’s death in Bihar was due to ‘starvation’, gets fact-checked by Indian Railways

Hindustan Times had published an article dated May 27, 2020, titled: "Migrants’ kid dies as father hunts for milk at railway station", claiming that a four-and-a-half-year-old son of migrants from Bihar based in Delhi died of hunger at the railway station on arrival by a ‘Shramik Special’ train.

Journalist Rana Ayyub lies, shares a video on Instagram to claim a passenger on-board Shramik train had died of hunger

The Railways sources have clarified that the woman was suffering from a prolonged illness

NDTV cites ‘sources’ to claim Indian Jawans were detained and then released by China, Indian Army categorically rejects

The Indian Army has said no troops patrolling the border have been detained by the Chinese troops. "This is not true," stated an officer speaking to ANI.

Here is the truth about the fake TIME magazine cover page shared by Ravish Kumar and subsequently deleted

His legendary capacity to peddle fake news was once again exposed when Ravish Kumar shared a fake TIME magazine cover in a bid to malign PM Modi.

Newslaundry pressurises Zee News journalist affected with coronavirus to do a hitjob on channel’s Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary

The Zee News journalist said that if Newslaundry was willing to know his side of truth, then they must publish his video.

Fact Check: The Wire’s Rohini Singh lies about ventilators received in donation by Gujarat government

The Press Information Bureau claimed that the ventilators were in accordance with the required quality standards and were received as donation by Gujarat government

Home Minister Amit Shah dismisses rumours surrounding his health, says busy with coronavirus crisis

Amit Shah said that millions of party workers and well wishers have expressed a lot of concern regarding his health after the rumours

After relentlessly repeating the lie that lynched Sadhus were not Hindus, The Wire silently updates its report to admit they were Hindus

Journalist Swati Goel Sharma has pointed out that The Wire's founder Siddharth Varadrajan, speaking to Newslaundry, had also claimed that sadhus as 'people belonging to nomadic tribes', in an attempt to peddle the narrative that they were not Hindus.

An NGO writes to govt asking for study into the use of Ganga water in treating Coronavirus, Shekhar Gupta’s The Print makes it Modi...

The Print claimed that Modi govt wants study on use of Ganga water for Coronavirus, while it was a request by NGO Atulya Ganga

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