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Congress Shares Edited Photo of PM Modi Reading ‘101 Ways To Save Adani'

The original photo shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi reading a book titled 'Getting India Back on Track'.

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A photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being shared on social media, which shows him reading a book titled 101 Ways to Save Adani.

Who shared it?: The verified Facebook page of the Indian National Congress shared the photo with a caption, "Always keeping the cheat-code handy..."

(Archives of more claims can be seen here and here.)

But..?: The photo is edited.

  • The original photograph dates back to 2014 and shows PM Modi at an event to launch the book Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform.

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How did we find out?: We ran a reverse image search on the viral photo, which led us to an article by The Wire.

  • This article carried a photograph showing PM Modi reading a book, whose cover read Getting India Back on Track.

  • It mentioned that the photo showed him at the launch event for the book Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform which was published by Carnegie Endowment and credited it to PTI.

  • Carnegie Middle East Center's website carried the same photo from the book launch, which took place in New Delhi on 8 June 2014.

  • We looked for the same photo on PTI's archives, where its description mentioned the title of the book as Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform.

  • A video of the book's launch was also uploaded on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's verified YouTube channel.

Conclusion: An edited photo was shared to claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reading a book titled '101 Ways to Save Adani'.

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