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    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…

    Politics

    No, Shah Rukh Khan did not say he will leave India if Pakistani artists are banned

    Pooja Chaudhuri22nd February 2019

    A viral message doing rounds on social media ascribes the following quote to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan – “पाकिस्तान के कलाकारों का बहिष्कार हुआ तो मे देश छोडुंगा (I will…

    Politics

    Sonia Gandhi richer than Queen Elizabeth-II? 6-year-old misreport shared by BJP members

    Pooja Chaudhuri9th January 2019

    BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay recently tweeted a 2013 report by The Times of India and claimed that Sonia Gandhi is richer than Queen Elizabeth-II and the Sultan of Oman. He circulated the claim…

    Politics

    No, Sambit Patra has not been removed from the post of BJP spokesperson

    Pooja Chaudhuri24th December 201818th March 2019

    Facebook page Viral in India shared a post on December 22, claiming – “संबित पत्र को बीजेपी प्रवक्ता पद से हटाया गया| अब मंदिर कौन बनाएगा? बफसोस| (Sambit Patra was removed…

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    Prashant Patel Umrao and his countless trysts with misinformation

    Pooja Chaudhuri18th July 20189th September 2021

    “Avoid committing the mistake of posting fake content online to avoid losing credibility,” were the words of advice of BJP chief Amit Shah to his party’s “social media warriors” on June…

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    A roundup of rumour-mongering on the ‘Tanvi Seth passport issue’

    Pooja Chaudhuri6th July 20189th July 2018

    On June 20, Tanvi Seth, in a series of tweets, informed External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj that she and her husband were allegedly humiliated by Lucknow passport officer Vikas Mishra for…

    Compilation

    Facebook page ‘BJP All India’: Serial purveyor of fake news

    Pooja Chaudhuri28th June 20189th July 2018

    Hours after former president Pranab Mukherjee addressed RSS cadres at an event in Nagpur, a photoshopped image of him wearing the black RSS cap, with his arm lifted, began circulating…

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