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A parliamentary panel found that 78.91% of ₹446.72 crore released for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao during 2016–2019 went to media advocacy. Later government figures show a changed spending pattern. The real issue is how the scheme balanced publicity with measurable support for girls—not a claim that its funds were earmarked for CCTV and police.

Open Post: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao: What the 79% publicity-spending finding reveals—and what changed later

A statement shared by Kunal Kamra on 15 October 2026 disputes the portrayal of Umar Khalid as a terrorist, compares his treatment with Kapil Mishra’s and questions six years of detention without trial. Court records show a serious wider-conspiracy prosecution, repeated bail refusals and an unresolved question about liberty before conviction.

Open Post: Umar Khalid’s prison statement challenges the terror label as his Delhi riots trial remains pending

Sachin Pilot’s 2026 remarks raise legitimate questions about jobs, prices, hunger and public services, but the indicators do not move together. Official unemployment measures improved on the comparable PLFS series, GHI shows hunger still serious but lower than in 2016, and many NCAP cities cut particulate pollution, while July 2026 food inflation remained elevated; these…

Open Post: India’s jobs, hunger and air-quality record is mixed; one ‘everything worsened’ verdict is unsupported

The reel’s 60-month, 50-day, five-year, 2035 and 2047 lines are all traceable to separate real Narendra Modi speeches, not invented dialogue. Its satire works by collapsing unrelated campaign promises, demonetisation rhetoric, a 2023 Telangana pledge, a 2025 security target and a 2026 Viksit Bharat goal into one sequence; the composite is not documentary evidence that…

Open Post: Viral 2047 satire stitches authentic Modi speeches from 2014–2026 into one escalating timeline

The CBI sought sanction in 2019 to prosecute Suvendu Adhikari over the Narada sting, and reporting through 2024 said the request remained pending after he joined the BJP. His 2026 elevation as West Bengal Chief Minister gives that unresolved enforcement gap fresh significance amid a wider documented pattern of changed case trajectories after opposition politicians…

Open Post: Adhikari’s Narada prosecution stayed stalled after BJP switch; 2026 CM elevation renews scrutiny

An @rawfit_adi reel uses the Koh-i-Noor as a metaphor for India’s continuing “Kohinoors.” The historical premise is more consequential than that caption: the 1849 Treaty of Lahore required Maharaja Duleep Singh to surrender the diamond after British conquest and annexation of Punjab, alongside the loss of sovereignty and state property. Calls for return remain active,…

Koh-i-Noor was surrendered after Britain annexed Punjab; its return remains a live restitution dispute
Open Post: Koh-i-Noor was surrendered after Britain annexed Punjab; its return remains a live restitution dispute

Modi’s current Parliament profile and 2024 election affidavit list a 1978 B.A. from Delhi University and a 1983 M.A. from Gujarat University, and officials at both universities have publicly said their records support those qualifications. The 2023 Gujarat and 2025 Delhi High Court rulings concern RTI access, privacy and disclosure—not a finding that the degrees…

Open Post: Modi’s declared degrees are backed by university records; RTI rulings concern disclosure, not authenticity

A 2 April 2026 reel presents a six-second excerpt from Umar Khalid’s 2016 Kashmir speech as a fresh controversy and omits his immediate attribution of the wording to Periyar. The longer speech restores attribution and chronology but does not show Khalid rejecting the proposition; the reel’s separate reference to his pending 2020 UAPA case is…

Open Post: Old Kashmir speech is recast as fresh controversy; cropped reel drops Khalid’s Periyar attribution

An August 2026 reel republishes an undated post-demonetisation Umar Khalid speech in which he challenges proof that he personally raised anti-India slogans, points to economic hardship and alleges a government diversion strategy. The reviewed record distinguishes those claims: JNU proceedings documented event-related conduct without making the political label itself an adjudicated fact, official evidence supports…

Open Post: ‘Deshdrohi’ label blurred slogan attribution; demonetisation caused disruption, but diversion motive remains unproven