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Footage of plane wreckage falsely linked to India-Pakistan crisis

Yahoo

4 hours ago

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Yahoo

Footage of plane wreckage falsely linked to India-Pakistan crisis

"Funeral of Indian fighter jet held in Pakistan. Pakistani people are putting out the fire with sand," reads the Bengali-language caption of a Facebook video posted on May 7, 2025. The video shows the burning wreckage of a crashed fighter jet, with some individuals speaking in Punjabi trying to put out the flames by throwing sand and dirt on it. It was shared as India and Pakistan engaged in four days of intense fighting in the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in decades. More than 70 people on both sides were killed in the jet fighter, missile, drone and heavy artillery attacks which came to a halt on May 10 after the announcement of a ceasefire (archived link). The conflict was sparked by an attack on tourists by gunmen in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22 that New Delhi accused Islamabad of backing -- a charge Pakistan denies. The video was also shared alongside similar posts on Facebook and Instagram. The footage, however, does not show a crashed Indian jet during the latest conflict. A reverse image search on Google using keyframes from the falsely shared video led to the same footage posted on Instagram by online news outlet eTimes Pakistan on April 16 (archived link). "A Pakistan Air Force Jet has crashed near Vehari City," reads its caption, referring to a city in Pakistan's Punjab province. Pakistan news outlet Dawn used a still from the video in its report about the crash on April 16 (archived link). According to the Dawn report, the aircraft "was on a training flight but crashed due to some technical fault". AFP previously debunked similar posts that misrepresented visuals from the same crash here, and has debunked other false claims related to the latest India-Pakistan conflict here.

IGP: Police probing Indian drug kingpin's links and visits after deportation, to root out possible drug syndicate here

Malay Mail

a day ago

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Malay Mail

IGP: Police probing Indian drug kingpin's links and visits after deportation, to root out possible drug syndicate here

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 – Federal police said today they are investigating the movements of an Indian drug kingpin arrested at a hotel here and deported to India last month, amid concerns he was setting up a smuggling network. New Straits Times quoted Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain saying that the suspect — which has been identified by Indian press — holds a background in criminal psychology and studied film and television in London. 'We are looking into everyone he met, all the locations he went to and exactly what he planned to do in Malaysia. 'We are not taking any chances. We do not want foreigners coming to Malaysia and setting up drug networks or conducting drug deals on our soil,' he reportedly said. Razarudin said intelligence indicated the suspect had been running a drug cartel from outside his home country. 'Through the Bukit Aman Narcotic Crime Investigation Department, we will liaise with our counterparts in India to exchange information and determine just how vast his operations were,' he added. Yesterday, Razarudin said the 30-year-old man was arrested by a team from the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department together with the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department when he was located in a hotel room at 1.35 am on May 27. The suspect, who was listed as a wanted individual or fugitive by the Indian government, was deported to his country on a flight at 6.54 pm the same day. The 'Indian Express' newspaper reportedon May 28 that the drug kingpin of an international drug syndicate was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau of India after being extradited from Malaysia. The international syndicate led by the man is believed to be carrying out drug smuggling worth 1,128 crore (RM635 million) including cocaine and marijuana obtained from the United States through cargo shipments.

India and Pakistan's Air Battle Is Over. Their Water War Has Begun.

New York Times

2 days ago

Business
New York Times

India and Pakistan's Air Battle Is Over. Their Water War Has Begun.

The drones and missiles have been stilled after India and Pakistan's brief but intense military battle this month. But the two neighbors have turned up the heat on another longstanding conflict, over the sharing of water. A day after terrorists killed 26 people on the Indian side of Kashmir in April, igniting tensions that would lead to four days of escalating conflict, the Indian government said it would suspend a vital pact governing rivers that flow from India into Pakistan. That agreement, the Indus Waters Treaty, covers a river system that tens of millions of people rely on for their livelihoods and survival. India, which linked the April attack to Pakistan, said it would step away from its obligations under the pact until its nemesis 'credibly and irrevocably' renounced support for cross-border terrorism. Pakistan, which denied any role in the terrorist attack, called India's move an 'act of war.' India's targeting of water, however, is not just about combating terrorism, analysts say. The Indian government has been frustrated by the 65-year-old treaty, believing it has favored Pakistan from the start, and analysts say that India is hoping to force Pakistan to renegotiate it. That could allow India to better use its allotted waters to meet the needs of its immense population and adapt to climate change. India's decision to put the agreement 'in abeyance' — and the vague conditions it has imposed on Pakistan to reverse that — has injected a note of uncertainty into the future of a treaty that has survived multiple wars and conflicts. A full breakdown would have serious consequences for both countries, especially Pakistan, an arid land with few other sources of water. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.

Indian government's FY25 fiscal deficit in line with projection

Reuters

3 days ago

Business
Reuters

Indian government's FY25 fiscal deficit in line with projection

MUMBAI, May 30 (Reuters) - India's fiscal deficit (INFISC=ECI), opens new tab for 2024-25 was 4.8% of the gross domestic product (GDP), data released on Friday showed. The fiscal deficit was in line with the government's revised estimate. The Indian government aims to lower the fiscal deficit to 4.4% in the current fiscal year. India's fiscal year runs April through March. For the month of April, the fiscal deficit was 11.9% of the full-year budget estimate. ** Net tax receipts at 30.36 trillion rupees ($354.9 billion) compared with 23.27 trillion rupees in the previous year ** Non-tax revenue at 5.38 trillion rupees compared to 4.02 trillion rupees in the previous year ** Total government expenditure at 46.56 trillion rupees compared to 44.43 trillion rupees in the previous year ** Capital expenditure, or spending on building physical infrastructure, was 10.52 trillion rupees, against 9.49 trillion rupees in the previous year ($1 = 85.5370 Indian rupees)

Indian FY25 fiscal deficit slightly above target