From a kangaroo at an airport to fake RBI circulars and recycled protest videos, PTI Fact Check busted several viral misinformation claims this week. Old footage,false claims, and AI-generated visuals were all passed off as real to mislead social media users #PTIFactCheck #AIHoax

In the shadow of tragedy, let us honour the truth. As India grieves the Ahmedabad crash, spreading falsehood—however unknowingly—only deepens the wound. Pause. Verify. Then share. Read: ptinews.com/fact-detail/Pa… #planecrash #ahemdabadcrash #ptifactcheck

A video claims Sudhir Chaudhary announced a ₹5,000 scheme for all ration card holders starting July 1, 2025. #PTIFactCheck found the video uses AI-generated audio and is completely fake. No such scheme has been announced by the government Read: ptinews.com/fact-detail/AI…

#PTIFactCheck found the viral video of Gautam Adani promoting an investment scheme to be AI-generated. The original clip, from his Jan 2023 Haifa Port speech, had no such claim. The video was digitally altered to mislead. #ptifactcheck #AdaniDeepfake #AIFakeNews #GautamAdani

PTI FACT CHECK | Digitally-edited interview of FM Sitharaman shared to promote fake trading scheme WATCH: youtube.com/shorts/YAXMZp2… Subscribe to PTI's YouTube channel for in-depth reports, exclusive interviews, and special visual stories that take you beyond the headlines.

PTI Fact Check | A social media user shared a photo claiming it showed the Bangladesh Air Force jet crash in Dhaka. #PTIFactCheck found the image is AI-generated and unrelated to Monday’s incident in Dhaka. #PTI #FactCheck #AIgenerated #bangladeshplanecrash

PTI Fact Check | Smriti Irani’s podcast clips on Rahul Gandhi taken out of context and falsely shared claiming she praised Gandhi WATCH: youtube.com/shorts/VZ-XqlR… Subscribe to PTI's YouTube channel for in-depth reports, exclusive interviews, and special visual stories.

A dog spotted in the SC premises as the Court is set to hear the stray dog matter today.

The Supreme Court on Aug 22 modified its earlier order of Aug 11 which had directed rounding up of all stray dogs in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and prohibited their release from dog shelters. Read key points from the verdict: barandbench.com/news/supreme-c… #straydogs

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Full Video | PTI CEO & Editor-in-Chief Vijay Joshi delivered a speech on National Press Day in Delhi, calling the current moment the biggest crisis the press has ever faced. Speaking about rising misinformation, AI-driven deepfakes, fake news, paid content, and the erosion of

Video showing thick black smoke billowing into sky is being shared with the claim that it depicts aftermath of a recent bus–tanker collision in Saudi Arabia. #PTIFactCheck found that video is 8 years old & entirely unrelated to recent incident. #SaudiArabia #Umrah

PTI Fact Check: Old, unrelated bus-fire video and photo resurface, falsely linking them to recent Indian Umrah pilgrims’ accident in Saudi Arabia READ MORE: ptinews.com/fact-detail/ol… Follow #PTIFactCheck on WhatsApp Channel t.ly/VTf4g

PTI SHORTS | PTI Fact Check: Old Goa Airport Garba video shared to link it to recent IndiGo flight cancellations falsely WATCH: youtube.com/shorts/aCswe0j… Subscribe to PTI's YouTube channel for in-depth reports, exclusive interviews, and special visual stories. #PTIFactCheck

PTI SHORTS | PTI Fact Check: Old video of Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu dancing at family wedding falsely linked to recent IndiGo crisis WATCH: youtube.com/shorts/X367ugR… Subscribe to PTI's YouTube channel for in-depth reports, exclusive interviews. #PTIFactCheck

January had bigger plans. Life had others.
Still, books showed up each in their own way.
My reading moved between poetry, history, geopolitics, and fiction. Picked randomly and unplanned but not everything needs scrutiny. 
Here is my 2025 reading list, with thoughts on a few

PTI Fact Check (Fact Check Unit of Press Trust of India) debunked one such fake video of Smt. Sudha Murty in Dec last year. Story | AI-manipulated video of Sudha Murty shared to falsely claim she promoted investment platform; details inside Link: ptinews.com/fact-detail/pt… PTI Fact Check

Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, 3 others on board dead after aircraft crashes in Pune district: Official

PTI Fact Check: Social media posts falsely labelled Delhi missing persons data as “fake”; PTI’s Jan 30 report was based on official Delhi Police statistics READ: ptinews.com/fact-detail/so… Press Trust of India #PTIFactCheck #FactCheck

PTI Exclusive | Reel vs Reality: Virality rewards noise. Journalism demands evidence. We debunk the false claim that labelled a verified data story as a 'PR stunt'. WATCH: instagram.com/reel/DUqTQKKgI… Read Full Report Here: ptinews.com/fact-detail/so… PTI Fact Check #PTIFactCheck