Fear Factor
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‘They are targeting Muslim children’: A rumour about ‘impotency vaccine’ is causing panic in Assam
After Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Haryana and rural Assam, parents in Guwahati fall for the lie, refuse to let children attend school.
Arunabh Saikia
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A mistrust of BJP government has made Muslim Meo residents of Mewat suspicious of health campaigns
Officials fault conservatism in community, disregarding the failures of the government to earn their trust.
Menaka Rao
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Mewat fathers are standing guard outside schools after rumours about injections causing sterility
School attendance in this Haryana district fell to as low as 5% after a doctored video began to do the rounds on social media.
Menaka Rao
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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WhatsApp rumours about vaccinations hamper India's drive to halt measles and rubella
The government plans to extend the campaign by a week to achieve targets.
Menaka Rao & Vinita Govindarajan
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Watch: This is why some people faint at the sight of blood (and it isn't uncommon at all)
It may be out of a fight-or-flight instinct.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: Why are clowns suddenly so widely feared in America?
It's an epidemic is sightings and panic.
Scroll Staff
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate