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A journalist with Navbharat Times, Damodar Vyas tweeted to Tajinder Bagga wondering how the Railway Ministry was serving food marked for 20th January on 19th January itself

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The Hindu article gets its facts wrong and makes a blunder in analysing them

In a point by point response, the Ministry of Defence spokesperson has rubbished The Hindu article about the Rafale deal written by N Ram. Read the full statement here

N Ram of The Hindu has not only stolen another journalist's work on Rafale and called it his own, but he has also skewed his work to give it a narrative spin that suits him

The fake news was first shared and spread by the usual propagandists on Twitter like Prashant Bhushan

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Fake news: In the article titled, "How India Votes: The news media is helping BJP win elections – and the public does not mind", Scroll has used 'research' to make spectacular claims about PM Modi and BJP win, that is not evidenced at all by the research they have cited

The East Coast Railways Spokesperson has said that no trees were felled to make a temporary helipad for Prime Minister Modi in Odisha, only some shrubs and saplings were removed

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