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    Home / Social Media Claim / Page 17

    Claim Type: Social Media Claim

    Politics

    False claim: New section 233 of IPC enacted by Modi govt to combat crimes against women

    Arjun Sidharth5th December 20195th December 2019

    In the wake of the gruesome rape and murder of a veterinary doctor in Hyderabad, a message has been circulated widely on WhatsApp, according to which a new law has…

    Politics

    No, Rs 2000 notes will not be scrapped and replaced with new Rs 1000 notes

    Arjun Sidharth4th December 20195th December 2019

    Is the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) withdrawing the Rs.2000 note from December 31, 2019? Will a new Rs.1000 note be introduced by the Central bank from January 1, 2020?…

    Politics

    False claim: Bal Thackeray’s sister is Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule’s mother-in-law

    Jignesh Patel & Smit Bhatt30th November 2019

    A message has gone viral on social media which claims that Supriya Sule is the daughter-in-law of Bal Thackeray’s sister. “Balasaheb Thackeray’s sister is Sudha Bhalachandra Sule who is the…

    Politics

    Viral message claims ‘Nirbhaya’ helpline number launched for women safety. What is the truth?

    Arjun Sidharth28th November 201929th November 2019

    Send this *Nirbhaya* number to your wife, daughters, sisters, mothers, friends, and all the ladies you know..ask them to save it.. all the men please share with all the ladies…

    Politics

    False claim: Dog meat seized at Nashik railway station

    Arjun Sidharth28th November 201928th November 2019

    According to a message shared widely on social media and WhatsApp, 500 kilograms of dog meat has been seized by officials from Nashik railway station. A photograph accompanies the viral…

    Politics

    New York restaurant to serve human flesh? No, this is satire

    Arjun Sidharth27th November 2019

    Has a restaurant in New York received government approval to sell human flesh as meat? A lengthy message to this effect has been shared widely on WhatsApp. As seen in…

    Politics

    Unrelated photos shared as boy in Gujarat hospitalized due to PUBG addiction

    Arjun Sidharth13th November 201918th November 2019

    Kalol College pacvhad सूरत गुजरात હરીનગર – ૨ માં એક છોકરો જેનું નામ સુભાષ શાહુ છે અને આ છૉકરા નૅ પબજી રમતા હાત બંઘ નથી થતા અનૅ છૉકરૉ મૅનટલ થૈ…

    Politics

    Satirical piece on Ranu Mondal calling for church land in Ayodhya shared as real

    Arjun Sidharth12th November 201912th November 2019

    रानू मंडल ने अयोध्या मे चर्च के लिए जगह मांगी..आपको नहीं लगता ये स्टेशन पर भीख मांगती ही ठीक थी..?? ये तो सिर पर बैठ गई..! (Ranu Mondal calls for…

    Politics

    False claim: Bomb blast inside mosque in Bihar’s Sasaram, 100 bombs found

    Pooja Chaudhuri7th November 20197th November 2019

    A claim widely circulated on social media about the recent bomb blast in Sasaram, Bihar, asserts that the explosion took place inside a mosque where a hundred other bombs were…

    Politics

    Fake: Viral message warning of social media surveillance over Ayodhya case

    Arjun Sidharth5th November 20195th November 2019

    Ahead of the impending Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya case, WhatsApp is rife with rumours and misinformation. A message which has gone viral over the past few days states…

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