https://thewire.in
‘Dazzling’ Knowledge, Conspiracy Theories, Antipathy for Indian State: Alastair Lamb’s Work on Kashmir
The British diplomatic historian Alastair Lamb, who has died at the age of 93, was an eminent historian of modern Kashmir and for many years the foremost scholar of the twists and turns which led to the eruption of Kashmir
Read more
The Inside Story of CIA v Russia: From Cold War Conspiracy to ‘Black’ Propaganda in Ukraine
In the early 1990s, Senator Patrick Moynihan campaigned for the abolition of the CIA. The brilliant campaigner thought the US Department of State should take over its intelligence functions. For him, the age of secrecy was over. In a New
Read more
Wild Conspiracy Theories Won’t Fix Telangana’s Very Real Problems in Kaleshwaram
The chief minister of Telangana has made a wild statement that the floods in Bhadrachalam, an important temple town in the state, are the outcome of a “foreign conspiracy”. During his visit to the inundated town, chief minister K. Chandrasekhara
Read more
Gujarat Riots Justice Push Part of ‘Larger Conspiracy’ by Congress to Destablise BJP Govt, Says SIT
New Delhi: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing charges of ‘fabrication of evidence’ and ‘conspiracy’ linked to the 2002 riots against activist Teesta Setalvad on Friday, July 15 alleged that she was part of a “larger conspiracy” carried out at
Read more
Fake News, Quackery Mar India’s COVID Fight but Government is Doing Nothing About Infodemic
Yoga guru-turned-businessman Baba Ramdev has created yet another controversy about COVID-19 deaths in India. “More people died because of allopathic treatment than those who died of oxygen shortage or because of COVID-19,” he claimed on Friday. This has invited sharp
Read more
Sushant Singh Rajput: Study Reveals BJP’s Hand in Hyping Conspiracy Theories
New Delhi: In the aftermath of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, conspiracy theories that he was murdered swamped the internet. Among those behind the amplification of such theories on social media – ensuring that they remained cemented in the news cycle
Read more
Top Eight Conspiracy Theories on Donald Trump Contracting COVID-19
New Delhi: After news broke in the wee hours of October 2 that United States President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19, social media was quickly awash with conspiracy theories from both right- and
Read more
Trump Falls Victim to COVID-19 Misinformation That Study Says He Spread the Most
New Delhi: The astonishing first key finding of a study by the Ithaca, New York-based Cornell University says United States President Donald Trump was “likely the largest driver of the COVID-19 misinformation “infodemic””. The study said that not only did
Read more
Explained: How the QAnon Conspiracy Theory Gained a Foothold in America
Social media companies Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc have announced crackdowns on content linked with the unfounded and sprawling conspiracy theory QAnon. What is QAnon? QAnon followers espouse an intertwined series of beliefs, based on anonymous web postings from “Q,”
Read more