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Old images, fake lists and accounts falsely portray Chinese soldiers ‘killed’ in clashes with India

Archit24th June 2020

A set of six images — three photos of Chinese military carrying coffins wrapped in the country’s national flag, a screenshot of tweets by one ‘Wang Chung 又是这个武汉妹子’ that claim…

Fake tweet: Sitaram Yechury referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping as his “boss”

Priyanka Jha24th June 2020

A purported tweet of Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury is doing the rounds on social media. It shows Yechury referring to Communist-ruled China’s president Xi Jinping…

Pakistani FB pages share old, manufactured video as plight of Indian soldiers in dispute with China

Archit23rd June 202024th June 2020

The India-China border dispute which caused the death of 20 Indian army soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese casualties has sparked a visible disinformation campaign on social media. A…

Photos of CPI(M) leaders morphed to portray them holding placards in support of China

Kinjal23rd June 2020

Photograph of CPI(M) leaders Sitaram Yechury and Brinda Karat holding placards which allegedly carry slogans against the Indian army are circulating on social media. The placards read, “Indian Army Down..Down,…

Congress handles share photo of Indira Gandhi addressing jawans in Leh as Galwan valley

Archit23rd June 202023rd June 2020

On June 21, several social media accounts of the Indian National Congress shared an image of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi addressing a crowd of army men. As per the…

Morphed: Image of PM Modi bowing to Chinese President Xi Jinping

Kinjal23rd June 202023rd June 2020

Indian National Congress member Devashish Jarariya, who was also a party candidate from Bhind constituency in the 2019 general elections, tweeted an image of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime…

Old video shared as scores of Indians running to block illegal Chinese construction along LAC

Priyanka Jha23rd June 2020

A video of scores of people running down elevated land has been shared claiming that these are hundreds of Indians rushing to block “illegal” Chinese construction along the border with…

Three-year-old news of ex-serviceman’s wife gifting ’56-inch’ brassiere to PM Modi revived

Archit22nd June 2020

Several social media users have either posted an image of a woman holding a brassiere or shared an article by Janata Ka Reporter with the same image. As per the…

Images from 2019 shared as coffins of Indian army soldiers who died in Galwan

Pooja Chaudhuri22nd June 2020

Photographs of coffins wrapped in the Indian national flag have been shared with the claim that these belong to the Indian soldiers who died in the recent clashes with China…

Three-year-old video shared as hyperbaric oxygen therapy given to injured Indian soldiers

Pooja Chaudhuri20th June 202022nd June 2020

At least 20 Indian army soldiers were martyred on the night of June 15 during clashes with the Chinese army in Galwan Valley, Ladakh. On June 17, “the Indian army…

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Amit Malviya says earth rotates clockwise, makes false claim about Rahul Gandhi’s Narmada Ghat aarti

After social media outrage, ‘Rashid Khan’ justifying Shraddha murder turns out to be Vikas Kumar