We Indians know better.

"In a year marked by heightened election tensions globally, the World Economic Forum's (WEF) 2024 Global Risks Report has stirred controversy by ranking India as the No. 1 country most susceptible to misinformation and disinformation. The report, based on the insights of 1,490 experts, has raised eyebrows in India where citizens are expressing discontent over the portrayal of their nation as a hotspot for deceptive information." Asianet. Why express discontent when, "The Press Council of India...issued an advisory asking print media organizations to refrain from publishing content that may be false or manipulated or which has the potential to disturb communal harmony." TOI. In December 2023, "Apple's warning to several opposition leaders and journalists about potential hacking attempt on their iPhone by 'state sponsored attackers' prompted the Narendra Modi government to quickly demand the US firm soften its message, the Washington Post reported." HT. Union Minister of State for Information and Technology Rajeev Chandrashekhar "dismissed the report as containing 'half facts and embellishments'." Really? We Indians know better. "In India, the Pegasus Project investigations alleged that the Pegasus spyware was used on ministers, opposition leaders, political strategists and tacticians, journalists, minority leaders, Supreme Court judges, religious leaders, administrators like Election Commissioners and heads of Central Bureau of Investigation. (CBI)." wikipedia. The matter sent to the Supreme Court but, "India's Supreme Court has said that the federal government led by prime minister Narendra Modi did not cooperate in the probe into the use of Israeli NSO group spyware Pegasus." Indepenedent. Guilty as charged. In an interview, the ex-Governor of Jammu & Kashmir revealed that the suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troops on 14 February 2019 was due to "incompetence and laparvahi (carelessness)" by the home ministry as "the CRPF had asked for aircraft to transport its jawans (soldiers) but was refused by the Union home ministry." The Wire. Malik was told to keep quiet by Mr Modi. In July 2023, Director of International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) Prof KS James was suspended by the Union Health Ministry because they were unhappy with his data set. The Wire. According to the WHO, at least 4.7 million Indians died of Covid but the Indian government said that only 4,81,000 died. VOA. But, we Indians witnessed dead bodies floating down the holy Ganga River (India Today), and such was the number of the dead at crematoriums that pyres were "set up in parking lots, empty grounds and even green belts abutting some major facilities (TOI)." And, the Gujarat High Court fined Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Rs 25,000 for asking to see the original of Mr Modi's MA degree certificate. TOI. Lobotomised Bhakts, who are disciples of Mr Modi may be incensed with the WEF report. But, we Indians know better.