The X Accounts Distorting India’s Reality Online Through AI-Powered Fakes | BOOM

Elon Musk's X is littered with deepfakes targeting India's military and national leadership - and it's a part of a co-ordinated influence operation.

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X Rolls Out New Transparency Feature To Reveal Account Backgrounds

Elon Musk’s X has begun rolling out a new transparency feature called “About this account,” which displays details such as a user’s location, username change history, join date, and the app store thro...

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COP30 Explained: What Countries Agreed To And Where They Fell Short | BOOM

Brazil’s push for a fossil fuel phase-out was blocked by major petrostates, but COP30 delivered record deforestation funding and saw nearly half of all nations signal readiness to move beyond oil and....

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Modi Cheapfakes, Election Freebies: Scammers Use AI To Prey On India’s Poor | BOOM

Fake promises of freebies and AI voice clones of Modi are fuelling a deluge of scams on Instagram. Working class Indians are handing over their mobile numbers and Aadhaar details to scammers.

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The Folk Stars of Nautanki Are Going Viral. They Don’t Know Who Put Them Online | BOOM

​​Uttar Pradesh’s centuries-old folk theatre has billions of online views. Its performers, many without smartphones, remain invisible in the platform economy built on their art.

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Delhi Blast: Video Of DCP North Delhi Ruling Out Terror Angle Is Altered | BOOM

BOOM found that the original video contains no such statement by DCP North Delhi about the blast in Delhi this week.

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Children Under Ten File 43% of Pollution-Linked Health Claims: Report

According to the Policybazaar Health Insurance Insights Report 2025, 43 per cent of all pollution-linked health insurance claims between January and September 2025 came from children under ten, making...

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Interview: Can AI Comprehend The Complexities Of Indian Courtrooms? | BOOM

As Kerala High Court mandates Adalat AI to transcribe witness depositions, Decode spoke to lawyer Leah Verghese to understand the implications of AI in courtrooms.

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Indian Journalists Sound Alarm Over Their AI Clones On YouTube | BOOM

AI deepfakes of Hindi news journalists are propagating disinformation and warping perception.

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Inside Musk’s Wikipedia: Grokipedia Spins Conspiracy Theories On Taj Mahal, Delhi Riots | BOOM

Wikipedia editors see Grokipedia as a cautionary example of how AI can reframe history through tone and placement rather than fact.

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Video From Paraguay Peddled As Bangladeshi Illegal Immigrant Stealing In India | BOOM

BOOM found that the viral video shows a thief stealing a bicycle in Asunción, Paraguay.

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How Indian Media’s Misinformation Machine Broke Its Ties With Nepal, Again | BOOM

Years of mistrust between Nepalis and mainstream Indian media resurfaced as misinformation and sensational coverage fueled fresh anger during the Gen-Z protests.

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India to Host 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad

India is set to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Ahmedabad after two decades. India last hosted the CWG in 2010 in New Delhi.

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AI Powered An Inter-state Exam Cheating Syndicate In India | BOOM

The accused used apps like Remini AI, Fotor, and ChatGPT by uploading photos of the applicant and proxy to generate a new photo to dupe examiners.

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Gen Z vs Gen Z: The Online Battle Over Ladakh And Sonam Wangchuk | BOOM

A narrative war on Ladakh is playing out on social media. Ladakh’s Gen Z on one side - constrained by internet connectivity and social media algorithms and on the other side slickly produced videos.....

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Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Peace Plan: Hope or Another Temporary Truce? | BOOM

US President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan brings cautious hope as Hamas and Israel agree to key steps, but experts warn lasting peace will depend on governance, political will, and Palestinian.....

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How AI Memes Turned An Attack On India’s Top Judge Into Casteist Heroism | BOOM

AI-fueled social media narratives have seized on CJI Gavai’s caste and religious background to attack and delegitimise him after the shoe attack incident.

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ICC Women's Cricket WC: Photo Of Fatima Sana Touching Smriti Mandhana's Feet Is AI | BOOM

A viral photo claiming to show Pakistani Women’s cricket team captain Fatima Sana kneeling and touching the feet of Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana during the India vs Pakistan match at the ICC...

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Clarke, Devoret, and Martinis Awarded 2025 Nobel in Physics for Quantum Circuit Discovery

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis, “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an e...

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NCRB Data On Cyber Crimes Dated, Not Indicative Of True Picture: Experts | BOOM

The much-delayed report is an eye-opener on the rise of cybercrimes and the challenges they pose.

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Cropped Video Peddled Falsely Claiming Rani Mukerji Scolded Rajdeep Sardesai | BOOM

BOOM found that in the original interview, Sardesai had requested Mukerji to reenact a scene from her movie Mardaani, in which he volunteered to play the hooligan being hauled up by a woman police...

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Between Justice And Myth: How Assam Is Mourning Zubeen Garg | BOOM

Grief, amplified by algorithms, has blurred the line between remembrance and rage, turning a state’s sorrow into a battleground of speculation.

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From Exposing Corruption To Becoming A Hashtag: The Tragic Death of Rajeev Pratap | BOOM

Rajeev Pratap’s YouTube channel ‘Delhi Uttarakhand Live’ brought attention to the hardships of Uttarakhand’s neglected villages.

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Asia Cup 2025: No, Ricky Ponting Did Not Slam India Over Pak Handshake Row | BOOM

BOOM found the quote is fake, and Ricky Ponting has not slammed India for refusing shaking hands with Pakistani players.

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Nepal Protests: Video From Sikkim Peddled As Pro-India Rally | BOOM

BOOM found that the video shows a rally attended by the Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) on the eve of country’s Independence Day celebration.

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India’s Mughal History Is Being Rewritten As AI Fantasies | BOOM

AI history channels are reimagining the Mughal era for millions of viewers. But in a country already fighting over monuments and memory, the distortions are telling.

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The ‘Nepo Baby’ Trend Is Exposing Corruption In Nepal One Reel At A Time | BOOM

Nepal’s meme and lifestyle pages are turning ‘nepo baby’ reels into a digital record of corruption, inequality, and public anger.

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Sushant Singh Rajput Came Alive As A Meta AI Bot To Seek Justice | BOOM

The AI bot of the actor, who died by suicide in June 2020, spewed out conspiracy theories. Meta removed the chatbot after we brought it to their attention.

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Ethanol Is Patriotism: How Influencers Are Selling Government Fuel Policy | BOOM

India’s ethanol push has found cheerleaders in influencers, but their glossy reels don’t always capture the full picture of its impact.

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