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    Home / Social Media Claim / Page 23

    Claim Type: Social Media Claim

    Politics

    Prominent journalists fall for false claim about judge who gave Aseemanand verdict joining BJP

    Jignesh Patel30th March 201930th March 2019

    Journalist Saurav Datta tweeted a screenshot of a Facebook post by Mangalore Voice (page), which said, “Meet the NIA judge Ravindra Reddy joining the BJP”. The message posted along with…

    Politics

    No, NRI voters won’t be able to vote online in 2019 general elections

    Jignesh Patel25th March 2019

    A message regarding the availability of an online voting facility for Non-Indian Residents (NRIs) in 2019 general elections is doing the rounds on social media. The message says, “Hello All,…

    Politics

    No, Nirav Modi did not testify that he bribed BJP leaders to escape India

    Jignesh Patel23rd March 2019

    On March 19, fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, a prime accused in the $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case was arrested in London. Next day, a London court…

    Politics

    New Zealand govt ordered shut down of all mosques? False claim viral on social media

    Pooja Chaudhuri21st March 2019

    A message viral on social media claims that the New Zealand government has ordered for the shutdown of all mosques in the country as they are the breeding ground for…

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    Politics

    Social media users fall for satire on “Congress minister stuck in snow”

    Pooja Chaudhuri19th March 201919th March 2019

    “कश्मीर की बर्फ़बारी में फँसे कांग्रेस नेता ने सेना से माँगी मदद, सेना ने माँगा फँसे होने का सबूत (Congress minister stuck in Kashmir snowfall asked army for help, army…

    Politics

    No, this isn’t a new ‘smart’ passport to be launched in India

    Pooja Chaudhuri18th March 2019

    A message viral on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp alike claims that a new ‘smart’ debit card-esque passport will soon be launched in India. “The New Smart Passport Concept of future…

    Politics

    False claim that Mohd Rafi’s song on Kashmir ‘Jannat ki hai Tasveer’ was banned in 1966

    Pooja Chaudhuri7th March 201917th June 2019

    A Mohammed Rafi song is viral on social media with the claim that the song that it was banned years ago by the Congress government upon protests by Pakistan. The…

    Politics

    Fake WhatsApp chat shared on social media to claim 292 terrorists killed in Balakot airstrike

    Pooja Chaudhuri5th March 20196th March 2019

    A Twitter user Shekhar Chahal shared a WhatsApp chat with an alleged Pakistani, who is a resident of Balakot, to claim that the Indian air force’s recent air strike killed…

    Politics

    Misinformation about Air Marshal Hari being sacked propagated in Pak social media

    Jignesh Patel2nd March 20192nd March 2019

    With the appointment of present Eastern Air Command chief Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar as the new chief of Indian Air Force’s sword arm Western Air Command (WAC), prominent Pakistani social…

    Politics

    PM Modi is not the first Indian prime minister to visit Kumbh as claimed by BJP IT cell head

    Pooja Chaudhuri25th February 201925th February 2019

    Prime minister Narendra Modi took a holy dip in the Ganges in the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on January 24. Soon after, BJP IT cell head Amit…

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