Google's Nano Banana editor in Gemini enables precise, text-prompted photo edits and can readily make politicised fakes (saree-to-hijab swaps, staged selfies, added icons). Outputs carry SynthID/C2PA, but experts Siwei Lyu and Sam Gregory warn that won't stop misuse. They urge visible provenance, tighter policies and SIFT-style verification to curb India's fast-spreading disinformation.