In recent weeks, a familiar pattern has resurfaced in South Asia’s information ecosystem. A limited, contained public-health incident in India has been deliberately exaggerated into a narrative of national crisis. This time, the trigger is the Nipah virus. Social media accounts, fringe commentators, and a section of Pakistan-based digital outlets are pushing the claim that India is “reeling” under a runaway Nipah outbreak, edging toward another pandemic. The reality, backed by verified...

Since the Supreme Court’s order of 20 November 2025, the Aravalli mountain range has become the center of a nationwide digital storm, amplified by the #SaveAravalli campaign. The anxiety is understandable. The Aravallis are one of India’s most critical ecological buffers, a shield against desertification, a recharge zone for groundwater, and a biodiversity corridor spanning four states. What is not understandable is the widespread claim that the Court has diluted environmental protections or...

Libya’s announcement earlier this month that it is entering a US$4.6 billion defence pact with Pakistan has been portrayed in some quarters as a bold strategic move, a chance to rebuild fractured military capability after more than a decade of civil conflict and instability. Yet beneath the polished rhetoric lies a far more worrying reality: this deal risks entangling Libya with one of the least dependable and most troubled militaries in the world, a partner whose own systemic failures could...