India on Wednesday banned Chinese state-run handles of Xinhua News Agency and Global Times on microblogging site X over the spreading of Pakistani propaganda and unverified information amid simmering tensions between Delhi and Islamabad.
This development comes days after the Indian Embassy in China warned local media outlets against posting unverified facts and peddling misinformation on social media.
Last week, India urged the Global Times to “verify facts” moments after it reported that Islamabad had allegedly downed three fighter jets in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, while citing Pakistani military sources.
“When media outlets share such information without verifying sources, it reflects a serious lapse in responsibility and journalistic ethics,” the embassy had tweeted back then.
In a follow-up post, the Embassy further accused “pro-Pakistan handles” of “spreading baseless claims in the context of #OperationSindoor, attempting to mislead the public.”
Both Xinhua and Global Times are mouthpieces of the Chinese Communist Party.
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