Satire picture on Narendra Modi: Last, Best Hope of Earth viral on social media

News Claim: An image viral on social media claiming to be from the front page of the New York Times. The article praises Narendra Modi as the last best hope of Earth.

Viral message on WhatsApp today, Social Media claims:

LAST, BEST HOPE OF EARTH, THE WORLD'S MOST LOVED AND MOST POWERFUL LEADER, IS HERE TO BLESS US

Narendra Modi: Last, Best Hope of Earth ❤️ pic.twitter.com/mYMXlEGZo1
— Flt Lt Anoop Verma (Retd.) 🇮🇳 (@FltLtAnoopVerma) September 26, 2021

Can anybody confirm that this news item in The New York Times Praising NaMo tha Last Best Hope of Earth@nytimes @zoo_bear @free_thinker @RiaRevealed @Elizatweetz @msgpahujaa @sonaliranade @R1Ruhi @Asifrahmanmolla @YangerINC @srinivasiyc pic.twitter.com/1AUka0zX71
— Ajitadev Panditاجیتادیو پنڈت (@ajitadev) September 26, 2021

UNESCO certified best #fakenews pic.twitter.com/Pvy7rAQmwm
— Swati Chaturvedi (@bainjal) September 26, 2021

न्यूयॉर्क टाइम्स ने फ्रंट पेज पर मोदी का फोटो छापकर कहा कि दुनिया का सबसे चहेता और शक्तिशाली व्यक्ति हमे आशीर्वाद देने के लिए अमेरिका में है।

कांग्रेसियों और लिब्रांडु जमात, लुटियन पत्रकार गैंग, खान मार्केट गैंग के लिए जल भुनने वाला पैगाम। pic.twitter.com/ewDACDFtuG
— P.N.Rai (@PNRai1) September 27, 2021

News Verification: The photo is widely viral on social media and highly forwarded on WhatsApp. The image is not real but a satire edited picture attributing to the New York Times. There is no iota of truth in the fake news claim.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 25 (IST) left for India from New York after concluding his three-day visit. During his visit, PM Modi met President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and top CEOs of US, in Washington DC. PM Modi also attended the first in-person Quad Leaders' Summit. He addressed the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in the last leg of his visit.

As per the investigation, it is found that the image was created for the purpose of satire.

We did not find the image of Modi on the front page of the New York times, news published on 26^th Sept.