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Bio: Bidisha Saha is a correspondent with India Today. She is contributing to the OSINT (Open Source Investigations) team. Her work is focused on investigating global affairs stories with a special emphasis on covering human rights, internal conflict, and defence analysis. She specializes in social media news discovery and geospatial intelligence including the analysis of satellite imagery and specialized reports for the benefit of readers.
Health misinformation now comes with a face, a voice and a white coat — courtesy of AI.
India Today tracked Amazon price histories and found a quiet rise in everyday products over the past 100 days of the Iran war.
While the spotlight has been on CBSE's re-evaluation portal and OSM controversy, student complaints on social media point to a different issue. An India Today analysis of posts on X found that Chemistry was at the centre of most grievances raised by students.
Missed in CBSE's latest storm of tech glitches and administrative failures was a deeper grievance: Chemistry, an India Today analysis of student complaints found.
India Today analysis shows how in-room kitchenettes and proximity to a major superspeciality hospital made the fire-hit building popular among foreign medical tourists.
India is exploring a Saudi land-and-sea route to move fertiliser cargo, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz. The plan underlines how deeply Indian agriculture depends on vulnerable Gulf supply lines.
As tourists head to the hills to escape the heat, raging forest fires are engulfing parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, with satellite data exposing the extent of the damage.
Following CBSE fallout, a publicly exposed 'master password' on MSBTE's OnMarks portal raises fresh questions about the security of India's digital exam systems.
India Today's open-source review of online news reports traced at least 93 NEET-linked student suicides since 2021, with Kota emerging as the sharpest hotspot.
In Delhi, where you live may determine how much heat you endure. India Today's satellite analysis shows a heat penalty of up to 7°C between dense, lower-income neighbourhoods and greener, more affluent localities.
Kottayam and Sikar are challenging India's traditional coaching strongholds. An India Today OSINT analysis of NEET UG 2024 results and Google Places data reveals a striking shift in where top medical aspirants are emerging from.
India-linked vessel Tara Gas has crossed the Iranian blockade, opting for the Iran-approved route. But the vessel has a history of ferrying Iranian cargo.
The same waters that carry about a fifth of global oil and gas flows, and remain critical to India's crude supplies, are now stained with oil slicks visible from space.
Pakistan's standard repair time after Operation Sindoor: Months for most bases, and nearly a year for the deepest scars.
India Today's Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) team pieces together how the US plans to reopen the troubled Hormuz after 66 days of traffic disruption.
Satellite imagery and official data show forest fires spreading across Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha as a result of high temperatures in the month of April.
Forgotten cartoon characters, fabricated reels and reconstructed tragedies are among the most common themes political parties are deploying online in Bengal's election campaign, an India Today analysis of 500 reels each from the state's major players suggests.
Even without public acknowledgement from Iran, satellite assessment points to deep losses after 40 days of war, the damage its leaders are likely weighing behind closed doors.
Two India-bound vessels — Jag Arnav and Sanmar Herald — turned back north of Oman after the Iranian navy fired on ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
As questions persist over which vessels are allowed or denied passage to and from Iranian ports via Hormuz, a fresh US tweak has widened the blockade's scope even as ships continue probing transit through the strait.