Aakash Sharma

How weather, human judgement and a VFR-only airfield converged in the final seconds before Ajit Pawar's jet crashed.

India Today's Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) team analysed hundreds of posts on China's Weibo and on US conservative platforms, including Truth Social and X, in the hours following the trade agreement. Here is what it found...

India Today's Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) team analysed data from the public ad-transparency libraries of Meta and Google. The analysis shows that between December 18 and January 16, political advertisers in West Bengal ran thousands of advertisements, spending a combined Rs 6.38 crore across Facebook, Instagram, Google and YouTube.

India Today's analysis identified at least 15 YouTube channels actively streaming Pakistani drama content and monetising it, all of which remain accessible in India. In addition, five Pakistan-based lifestyle and vlog channels, with a combined following of over 18 million, continue to draw Indian viewership.

Exiled Iranian political figure Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Iranian Shah, has also taken to X to laud protesters. In a widely shared post, he wrote that "the heroes who have been murdered by this regime are the true champions of this land," urging continued resistance.

A visual illustration of the mountain peaks, along with satellite checks on human-induced activities, lays bare the Aravalli's crisis.

India Today's investigation shows Bondi Beach shooter Naveed Akram had links to radical preacher Wissam Haddad and groups accused of spreading extremist ideology, with past associations connected to ISIS-linked individuals.

Though the Islamic State has been significantly weakened on the ground and its presence curtailed across mainstream social media platforms due to global bans, the terror outfit has adapted less-regulated digital spaces to reach and radicalise its international support base.

Since 2020, the Mantenas have donated more than USD 4.7 million in political contributions, with a majority going to Republican candidates and affiliated committees. Before 2020, the family had donated to Democratic campaigns as well.

An analysis by India Today showed that multiple X accounts that often pushed political narratives, propaganda, and disinformation were operating from foreign locations, often Pakistan or West Asia.