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Old image shared as BJP leaders visit COVID positive Dilip Ghosh without wearing masks

Archit19th October 202021st October 2020

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh was tested COVID-19 positive on October 16. NDTV reported Ghosh was admitted to the high dependency unit at a private hospital. On October 18,…

Religion

No, Delhi’s Jama Masjid is not going to issue fatwa against Tanishq

Archit19th October 202019th October 2020

Several Twitter and Facebook users have claimed that Ahmed Bukhari, Shahi Imam at New Delhi’s Jama Masjid, will issue a fatwa against Tanishq for “destroying Islamic culture” because there is…

Politics

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad falsely claimed to be with ‘Naxal bhabhi’ in this photo

Archit17th October 2020

A 19-year old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras. She succumbed to injuries on September 29. Since then, there has been an outpour of misinformation on social…

Society

2013 image of Mexican MP protesting energy bill viral with misleading claims

Archit16th October 202017th October 2020

Several people have shared an image of a man standing behind a podium wearing just his briefs. As per the social media claim, he is Mexican MP Antonio Garcia protesting…

Religion Society

Fact-check: Is this the 2100 kg bell to be installed at Ram Temple in Ayodhya?

Archit16th October 202017th October 2020

On August 5, the inaugural ceremony of the Ram temple took place in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Since then, two videos have gone viral on social media that show a bell….

Society

Video from Ecuador falsely linked to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder case

Archit15th October 2020

A 30-second video that shows two men shooting another man in public has been widely shared across social media platforms. Several Twitter and Facebook users have shared this video with…

Politics

Congress members share image from CAA protest as media OB van recently vandalised in Lucknow

Archit13th October 2020

Several social media users have shared an image of two outside-broadcasting (OB) vans severely vandalised. As per the claim, the image is from Lucknow. The accompanying text says that “godi…

Politics

Woman denies online claims of Congress’s Udit Raj behaving improperly with her at Hathras protest

Archit12th October 202012th October 2020

A 19-year old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang-raped in Hathras succumbed to injuries on September 29. She was subsequently cremated by Uttar Pradesh police without the consent of her…

Society

Video of man’s rickshaw seized by municipality workers is from Bangladesh

Archit10th October 202012th October 2020

Irfan Khan, former district president of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of Congress, posted a video of a man breaking down into tears as his cycle…

Politics

Image of BJP worker’s dead body hanging from a tree is from 2018

Archit9th October 2020

On October 2, TMC MP Derek O’Brien visited Uttar Pradesh to show solidarity with the alleged Hathras gang-rape victim’s family. Since then several social media users questioned his intentions and…