Pooja Chaudhuri

6 days ago | bellingcat.com | Pooja Chaudhuri |Eliot Higgins

India and Pakistan have been trading blows in the wake of a militant attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir last month. On May 7, India said it had launched missile strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Pakistan – which denies any involvement in the April attack on the tourists, most of whom were Indian – then claimed to have shot down Indian drones and jets. Claims and counterclaims of ongoing strikes and attacks have been forthcoming from both sides.

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Pooja Chaudhuri

NowIndia, Pakistan and the World Still Need the American SheriffWhen the stakes are nuclear, and even when they’re not, only the US can prevent the absolute worst. Much about this latest crisis between India and Pakistan appears to be déjà vu all over again: Terrorists kill innocents in the disputed region of Kashmir, one side “retaliates” in a surge of …NowChina has spent billions developing military tech.

2 weeks ago | bellingcat.com | Pooja Chaudhuri

Bellingcat has identified at least 22 villages damaged by airstrikes in Myanmar, despite a temporary ceasefire declared by the State Administrative Control (SAC) or the military junta from April 2 to 22 following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit the country on March 28. The ceasefire has been extended to April 30. The earthquake’s epicentre was recorded just 16km northwest of Mandalay, the second-largest city in Myanmar, and it struck just before 1pm local time.

Nov 4, 2024 | bellingcat.com | Pooja Chaudhuri |Melissa Zhu

In the lead up to the 2024 US presidential election on Nov. 5, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ campaign mentioned the phrase “Donald Trump” more than they did “Kamala Harris” in advertisements that ran on Facebook and Instagram. Meanwhile, ads sponsored by the official campaign for her Republican rival Trump relied heavily on the slogan “Make America Great Again,” popularised during his 2016 presidential campaign, in their messaging on the same platforms.

Aug 28, 2024 | bellingcat.com | Pooja Chaudhuri

In August 2022, four Muslim men were arrested after they were accused of causing deadly floods that hit the north-east Indian state of Assam. A barrage of comments on social media claimed that they were waging “flood jihad” in the Hindu-majority city of Silchar by deliberately damaging flood defences, but the police found no proof of this. Investigations by the BBC and Indian fact-checking outlet Alt News also found these claims to be false at the time.