US based daily newspaper, the New York Times has slammed Indian media for amplifying falsehoods and airing fabricated news during war with Pakistan.

In a report, the paper noted that while social media news are often fake, disinformation on mainstream Indian media has served a severe blow to journalism in India.

The paper wrote that even some long-trusted media outlets and journalists reported unverified and concocted information, having no evidence or facts to corroborate.

Later on, like Indian attack on Pakistani nuclear base, downing of Pakistani fighter jets and blasting part of Karachi port. None of the stories was true.

The paper quoted how prominent Indian TV channels aired the story of Indian Navy attacking Karachi and fact-checkers eventually found that those visuals were from Gaza.

The New York Times quoted Prof Sumitra Badrinathan that social media misinformation was rife during India-Pakistan tension in 2019 but  this time even the credible journalists and mainstream news outlets ran straight-up fabricated stories.