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No, OpIndia, Rajasthan Police did not declare a true incident as ‘fake news’

Pooja Chaudhuri17th December 201818th March 2019

On December 17, OpIndia published an article titled – ‘Rajasthan Police ends up declaring a true incident as ‘fake news’ on Twitter’. OpIndia was referring to Rajasthan police’s reply to Twitter user @Ashok6510, who…

No, ‘European Times’ did not term Indian voters “foolish”

Pooja Chaudhuri15th December 201818th March 2019

“दुनिया के सबसे मूर्ख मतदाता भारत मे रहते हैं, जो अवैध घुसपैठियों की पैरवी करने वाले नेताओं को वोट देते हैं ―यूरोपियन टाइम्स (The world’s most foolish voters reside in India….

Tarek Fatah tweets old video falsely claiming Muslims waved Pak flags to celebrate Congress’ victory

Jignesh Patel14th December 201818th March 2019

“Indian Muslims chant “Allah-O-Akbar”; wave green imitation Pakistan flags as they march after election results in Rajasthan” tweeted Tarek Fatah with a video purportedly of a Muslim community’s rally in…

Will birds die as shown in ‘2.0’? Indian media falls for fake news from Netherlands

Pooja Chaudhuri7th December 201818th March 2019

The release of S Shankar’s ‘2.0’, a Tamil science fiction movie starring Rajnikanth and Akshay Kumar, sparked up a discourse on the effects of electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation on birds. The…

Sudarshan News links Tablighi Ijtema with mob violence in Bulandshahr, police denies connection

Arjun Sidharth3rd December 201815th March 2019

“#बुलंदशहर_इज्तेमा के बवाल के बाद कई स्कूलों में बच्चे फँसे है, रो रहे है, लोग जंगल में है, घरों के दरवाज़े बंद कर के लोग सहमे हूए है- सुदर्शन से…

No, Statue of Unity has not developed cracks as suggested on social media

Pratik Sinha2nd December 201818th March 2019

“After successfully damaged 2000 notes within 2 years Sardar Statue cracking in 2 weeks” Three close-up pictures of the recently inaugurated Statue of Unity are being circulated on social media….

Fake BBC opinion poll predicting a BJP win in Rajasthan circulates on social media

Pooja Chaudhuri30th November 201819th March 2019

A purported opinion poll for Rajasthan elections attributed to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is currently viral on social media. Many have shared (1, 2, 3) the home page of BBC along…

Deccan Chronicle attributes false, previously debunked quote to Jawaharlal Nehru

Arjun Sidharth24th November 2018

“By education I’am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and Hindu only by accident of birth- Jawaharlal Nehru”. This quotation attributed to India’s first Prime Minister…

ANI misreports UK High Court ruling on Vijay Mallya’s London home

Arjun Sidharth23rd November 201815th March 2019

On the evening of November 22, news agency Asian News International (ANI) tweeted that the High Court of London has ruled in favour of Swiss banking firm UBS to take…

Video of an accidental fire circulates in Pakistan as Indian army burning houses in Kashmir

Jignesh Patel22nd November 20188th August 2019

On August 6, 2019 Facebook page Free Indian Occupied Kashmir posted a video of houses on fire with a message that reads, “Indian Army Burns Kashmiri People’s Houses In Bandi Pura…

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