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    Home / Social Media Claim / Page 12

    Claim Type: Social Media Claim

    Society

    Old message of blood donation drive revived as ‘plasma donation’ in the wake of COVID-19

    Archit27th June 202017th April 2021

    A list of 64 first names along with individual blood groups and contact numbers has gone viral on WhatsApp. As per the text, the people listed are “ready to make…

    Compilation

    Shahrukh Khan removed from Jio ads? – How a web of imposter accounts amplified misinformation

    Pooja Chaudhuri26th June 2020

    In the past few weeks, multiple Twitter accounts impersonating prominent individuals have successfully amassed thousands of likes and retweets. Several people have fallen for these handles despite each of them…

    NewsScience

    No, Patanjali’s Coronil has not been ‘approved’ by AYUSH Ministry

    Pooja Chaudhuri26th June 2020

    On June 23, Patanjali Ayurved announced the launch of ‘Coronil’ and ‘Shwashari’ as a cure for coronavirus. Baba Ramdev touted the Ayurvedic drug as an effective treatment for the infection….

    PoliticsReligion

    Social media fires fictional “Dr Mujahid Hussain” from AYUSH Ministry over Coronil controversy

    Pooja Chaudhuri25th June 2020

    On June 23, Patanjali Ayurved announced the launch of coronavirus medicine ‘Coronil’ and hailed it as an “Ayurvedic cure” for coronavirus. The company’s face Ram Kisan Yadav, popularly known as…

    Politics

    Fake account: Truth behind ‘Chinese journalist’ thanking Rahul Gandhi on Twitter

    Ketan & Pratik Sinha20th June 202020th June 2020

    On June 16, the news of the death of 20 Indian army soldiers along the Galwan Valley in Ladakh shook the nation. The news was widely reported and the Congress…

    Politics

    Fake list of 56 Chinese soldiers who ‘died’ in Galwan Valley created using Wikipedia page

    Pooja Chaudhuri20th June 202022nd June 2020

    The India-China dispute that led to the death of at least 20 Indian army soldiers has given rise to social media speculations on the number of Chinese casualties. Beijing is…

    NewsReligion

    Audio clip based on Facebook post from 2017 attributed to journalist Ravish Kumar

    Jignesh Patel29th May 20204th January 2021

    An audio clip of 4:46 minutes is doing the rounds on messaging applications like WhatsApp. A man can be heard talking about the lack of representation of the Muslim community…

    Politics

    False claim that PM Modi was appointed the ‘chairman’ of WHO – a position that does not exist

    Kinjal26th May 2020

    A message widely circulating on social media claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been appointed as the chairman of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The tweet below by @RealPushpendra…

    News

    Fake message claims labourers working between 1990 to 2020 will get ₹1.2 lakh benefits

    Archit16th May 202016th May 2020

    On May 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an economic package of Rs 20 lakh crores to support the nation gripped with the coronavirus crisis. The PM informed that the…

    Politics

    Fake Twitter account of Gilgit-Baltistan appears, Home Ministry calls it out

    Archit13th May 202015th May 2020

    On May 4, Ministry of External Affairs (MHA) issued a statement asking Pakistan to vacate “Pakistan occupied areas of the Indian territory of Jammu & Kashmir”, including Gilgit-Baltistan. On May…

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