Balkrishna

Journalist. Lead India Today Fact Check Team.
Fascinated by technology. OSINT enthusiast. Views are my own. The devil is in the details.

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.@jonathanvswan and I are grateful to everyone for reading REGIME CHANGE. Thank you to everyone for the interest (and thank you to @JohnBerman for speaking with us this morning).
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We tested AI bots with tricky questions on US-Iran war. Grok's replies may embarrass @elonmusk

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Read how @bala3047 and @journalistjyoti stress-tested AI chatbots
https://t.co/pZq6F6T3LI

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दिल्ली में बच्चे गायब होने की खबरों से हैं कन्फ्यूज? ये है पूरा सच! दिल्ली में बच्चों और महिलाओं के गायब होने की खबरों ने लोगों में डर पैदा कर दिया है. वायरल दावों के अनुसार 2026 के शुरुआती 15 दिनों में 807 लोग लापता हुए, यानी रोज़ 54. दिल्ली पुलिस के मुताबिक ज्यादातर लोग मिल जाते हैं और किसी संगठित गिरोह की पुष्टि नहीं हुई है.

आजतक की फैक्ट चेक टीम ने इस ख़बर की प��री पड़ताल की और सच का पता लगाया है : https://t.co/KxPxYsKvbt

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#FactCheck | The nexus between negligent builders and the Noida Authority runs deeper than that pit that engulfed techie Yuvraj Mehta, who drowned after his car plunged into a water-filled pit.

Report by @Bala3047 & Pathikrit Sanyal

https://t.co/5HJ9lqh7fZ

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A website that gives you the home address, email, alternate number, and Aadhaar details of anyone — just by entering their mobile number.

Sounds like a privacy nightmare?

Unfortunately, it's real.

https://t.co/fbYbQRx7zG

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#FactCheck | From Jamia to jail: Chancellor of terror-tainted Al-Falah had a shady past

According to a former colleague who spoke to India Today Fact Check on the condition of anonymity, Jawad became a Mechanical Engineering lecturer at Jamia Millia Islamia in 1993. But his ambitions far exceeded the humble podium of a college.

Report by @bala3047 & @journalistjyoti - https://t.co/96wRpKUjG7

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Probe into the Delhi blast intensifies. Here's all the latest updates
#Delhi #DelhiBlast #RedFort @snehamordani @bala3047

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#DelhiCarBlast | Sensational twist in Delhi blast probe; mastermind Dr Umar was terminated for medical negligence in 2023 from Anantnag Medical College

India Today's @bala3047 shares more details.

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Regulation & Misinformation
Join us at #TIACON2025

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#AI #Misinformation

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Can regulation curb India’s misinformation epidemic?

At #TIACoN2025, join @Bala3047 in a conversation with journalists & policymakers to unpack the complexities of regulatory frameworks.

🗓️ Nov 6, 2025
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Join the India Today Fact Check team at TIACoN 2025 – where technologists, journalists, policymakers, creators, and researchers will discuss how to make trustworthy, accurate information easier to access online, especially in the AI age!

📍Be there at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on November 6

🔗 Register now: https://t.co/aKZl9xvZCn

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Narendra Modi just finished his biggest international trip in a decade.

Five countries in nine days.

His ground visits were well-documented. But what might the PM have seen from inside his plane?

https://t.co/dEeDhdICah

[Balkrishna @bala3047]

@airindia @Airtel_Presence Have you CLOSED DOWN your Helpline 198?? Keep pressing the buttons during the call and nothing happens. Sick of the idiotic bot replies through the Airtel app. How are the customers supported to reach Airtel?

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Remembering the Paradise called Tawang and Sela Pass ❤️ This one is mine, “Jine Tawang nahi dekhya, une janmya hi nahi :))”
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#ArunanchalPradesh

[Balkrishna @bala3047]

@Nishantpitti, can you please focus on "easing" the trips rather than doing fake deshbhakti PR stunts. Defense forces are capable enough and probably don't need your expert advice. In any case, the stunts couldn't save you from ED raids. @makemytrip

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Booked flights from @EaseMyTrip. Got a "discount" of Rs. 2480, only to be charged Rs. 2800 "Convenience fee".😜 Then all the tickets got cancelled citing "non availability of seats ". Now I've to wait for 4-5 days to get refund and follow up with the bank if I don't get it. 😕

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After India’s #OperationSindoor, a series of precision strikes on terror camps in #Pakistan and PoK, many have shared old and unrelated videos, claiming they show the IAF’s strikes. In this thread, we will debunk such posts.

#FactCheck

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@CraigSilverman All the best best Craig for whatever you plan next. Your newsletters are absolutely fantastic.

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