Majority of Indians say politicians mislead masses: survey
New Delhi, Sep 13 : A survey of over 19,000 people across the country revealed that most Indians blame politicians for misleading the the people.
The survey conducted by Ipsos said that 56 per cent respondents "blame politicians for misleading people, 47 per cent believed that it is the media that is misleading people; 44 per cent feel social media is the culprit for people's lopsided views."
The study of over 19,000 people in 27 countries shows that the majority of Indians say that they regularly see fake news and half of them said that they believed a fake story, only to discover later that it was fake.
"When it comes to fake news, 72 per cent Indians profess to have seen news stories by media organisations deliberately saying something that wasn't true. And 55 per cent Indians say that they had falsely believed a news story as real until they found out that it was fake," it said.
Interestingly, Indians interpreted fake news in different ways.
As many as 55 per cent said fake news were stories, where the news outlets or politicians only picked up facts that supported their side of the argument; 53 per cent said fake news were stories with wrong facts; 36 per cent Indians felt fake news was a term politicians and the media used to discredit news they didn't agree with.
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ISRO successfully conducts second integrated air drop test for Gaganyaan mission
New Delhi (PTI): Space agency ISRO has successfully conducted the second integrated air drop test (IADT-02) for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission at the space station in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.
The system is essential to ensure a safe recovery of the crew module -- the capsule in which astronauts sit during a human flight -- during re-entry and landing.
Union minister Jitendra Singh congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successfully conducting the test.
"Congratulations #ISRO for the successful accomplishment of Second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for #Gaganyaan, India's first Human Space flight scheduled next year. The second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) was successfully conducted at Satish Dhawan Space Station Sriharikota," Singh said in a post on X.
The IADT-02 follows the successful completion of the first IADT, which took place on August 24, 2025, at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Air drop tests recreate the last leg of a spacecraft's return to Earth. An aircraft or helicopter drops the spacecraft from a height to test various systems under different scenarios.
These are the deployment of the parachute system in case the mission is aborted mid-flight, system performance when one parachute fails to open and the spacecraft's orientation and safety during splashdown etc.
In the IADT-02 test, a simulated crew module, weighing about 5.7 tonnes, was lifted by an Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter to an altitude of about three kilometres and released over a designated drop zone in the sea, near the Sriharikota coast.
In a statement, the ISRO said, "Ten parachutes of four types were deployed in a precise sequence during the descent of the crew module, gradually reducing the velocity for safe touchdown. Subsequently, the simulated crew module was successfully recovered in coordination with the Indian Navy."
