Propaganda

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said once a person shows interest he or she is then enticed to communicate with online handlers based abroad using encrypted social media platforms.

Afghanistan's acting deputy prime minister Abdul Ghani Baradar appeared in a video interview posted on Wednesday to deny reports that he was hurt in a clash with a rival faction of the Taliban.

Actor Naseeruddin Shah said on Monday that he believed the film industry had been largely insulated from religious discrimination and Islamophobia but filmmakers now are being "encouraged" by the government to make "pro-establishment" films.

Neeraj Chopra, in a video he shared on Twitter, said there was nothing wrong with Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem taking his javelin, and everything happened as per the rules.

Ukraine blocked the websites of several prominent Russian media outlets in its latest round of sanctions against neighbouring Russia that it has accused of spreading propaganda.

China has opened the doors on what it bills as the world's largest planetarium, a slick new Shanghai facility showcasing the nation's recent extra-terrestrial exploits while notably downplaying those of space pioneers like the United States.

Afghanistan's spy agency has arrested four journalists for visiting a Taliban-held border town and accused them of spreading enemy "propaganda", officials said Tuesday.

Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Wednesday termed as "propaganda" the accusations of wrongdoing in the selection of his two relatives to the state administrative services.

The NIA has arrested three people from South Kashmir for allegedly being involved in a conspiracy of the banned terrorist organisation ISIS to radicalise and recruit impressionable youths in India to wage violent jihad against the State.

Local Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Shaqfiqur Rahman Barq has hit out at the state government, saying it should ban marriages if it wants to stabilise rising population.

India expressed concern at UN over misuse of information and communication technology for terrorist propaganda and radicalisation and called on attention of the UN member states on the possibility of weaponised drones for terrorist purposes.

A rare mention in North Korean state media of leader Kim Jong Un's health could be intended to head off speculation and play up shared sacrifice amid food shortages, analysts said.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday hailed a presidential election won by an ultraconservative as a victory for the nation over "enemy propaganda".

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday accused the Centre of suppressing data related to the Covid pandemic, and said the PM Modi government's emphasis on propaganda over saving lives had caused "immense damage".

A significant part of the Al-Qaeda leadership resides in the Afghanistan and Pakistan region, including the group's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who is "probably alive but too frail to be featured in propaganda," according to a United Nations report.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said once a person shows interest he or she is then enticed to communicate with online handlers based abroad using encrypted social media platforms.

Afghanistan's acting deputy prime minister Abdul Ghani Baradar appeared in a video interview posted on Wednesday to deny reports that he was hurt in a clash with a rival faction of the Taliban.

Actor Naseeruddin Shah said on Monday that he believed the film industry had been largely insulated from religious discrimination and Islamophobia but filmmakers now are being "encouraged" by the government to make "pro-establishment" films.

Neeraj Chopra, in a video he shared on Twitter, said there was nothing wrong with Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem taking his javelin, and everything happened as per the rules.

Ukraine blocked the websites of several prominent Russian media outlets in its latest round of sanctions against neighbouring Russia that it has accused of spreading propaganda.

China has opened the doors on what it bills as the world's largest planetarium, a slick new Shanghai facility showcasing the nation's recent extra-terrestrial exploits while notably downplaying those of space pioneers like the United States.

Afghanistan's spy agency has arrested four journalists for visiting a Taliban-held border town and accused them of spreading enemy "propaganda", officials said Tuesday.

Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Wednesday termed as "propaganda" the accusations of wrongdoing in the selection of his two relatives to the state administrative services.

The NIA has arrested three people from South Kashmir for allegedly being involved in a conspiracy of the banned terrorist organisation ISIS to radicalise and recruit impressionable youths in India to wage violent jihad against the State.

Local Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Shaqfiqur Rahman Barq has hit out at the state government, saying it should ban marriages if it wants to stabilise rising population.

India expressed concern at UN over misuse of information and communication technology for terrorist propaganda and radicalisation and called on attention of the UN member states on the possibility of weaponised drones for terrorist purposes.

A rare mention in North Korean state media of leader Kim Jong Un's health could be intended to head off speculation and play up shared sacrifice amid food shortages, analysts said.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday hailed a presidential election won by an ultraconservative as a victory for the nation over "enemy propaganda".

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday accused the Centre of suppressing data related to the Covid pandemic, and said the PM Modi government's emphasis on propaganda over saving lives had caused "immense damage".

A significant part of the Al-Qaeda leadership resides in the Afghanistan and Pakistan region, including the group's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who is "probably alive but too frail to be featured in propaganda," according to a United Nations report.