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    Scuffle between ex-serviceman and pantry car staff on train given communal spin on social media

    Archit22nd November 202223rd November 2022

    Several Twitter users have shared a clip of a man narrating an assault on him inside a train. The users have alleged that the man was beaten up by people…

    FeaturedNewsReligion

    Suresh Chavhanke violates Twitter policy, shares venue details of interfaith couple’s wedding reception

    Archit21st November 202222nd November 2022

    The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the last week. Aftab Amin Poonawalla, the accused and Walker’s live-in partner, was arrested on November…

    NewsSociety

    ‘32000 Kerala women in ISIS’: Misquotes, flawed math, imaginary figures behind filmmaker’s claim

    Shinjinee Majumder & Archit8th November 20228th November 2022

    The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social media in which a burqa-clad woman recounts her past as a Hindu named Shalini Unnikrishnan…

    News

    Social media conspiracy theories falsely suggest deliberate sabotage behind Morbi bridge collapse

    Archit & Kalim Ahmed2nd November 2022

    On October 30, while people were celebrating the Chhatt festival across the country, reports came in of a suspension bridge collapsing in Gujarat. The collapse of the 230-meter-long bridge located…

    Politics

    Govt decision to block 4 videos on YouTube channel ‘Mr Reaction Wala’ perplexing

    Archit28th October 2022

    The ministry of information & broadcasting (MIB) on September 26 announced the blocking of 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels. The MIB said in a statement: “Based on the inputs…

    HistoryPolitics

    Was Nehru a ‘citizen of London’? Video viral with misleading claim

    Archit21st September 202221st September 2022

    The UK’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away last week. In the backdrop of this, a clip of Jawaharlal Nehru at a public event is being shared on social…

    Religion

    News of Mysore engineering student’s murder viral with communal spin

    Kalim Ahmed & Archit8th September 20228th September 2022

    On September 2, Star of Mysore, an evening newspaper from the city of Mysuru, reported that a 21-year-old engineering student, Apoorva Shetty, was found murdered in a private hotel on…

    History

    Fact-check: Did Brahmins play a role in key events of Dr Ambedkar’s life?

    Archit11th August 2022

    In April 2021, user TrueIndology made a series of claims regarding Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s childhood, education, and how he gained the surname on the microblogging platform Koo, India’s alternative…

    Politics

    No, Dr Ambedkar did not say reservation should be abolished the day a tribal woman becomes President

    Archit & Kalim Ahmed26th July 2022

    Droupadi Murmu took the oath to become the 15th President of India on July 25. Ever since it was announced that Murmu won the presidential election by an overwhelming margin,…

    Religion

    Old video of Muslim man dying by suicide during Kanwar Yatra viral with communal spin

    Archit22nd July 202222nd July 2022

    [Disclaimer: Video contains self-harm. Reader discretion is advised.] A 20-second clip of a Kanwar procession is viral on social media. In the clip, a man jumps in front of a…

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