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COVID-19: Video of Belgian man rubbing saliva-ridden hand on metro train handrail viral in India

Jignesh Patel25th March 202025th March 2020

On March 24, Facebook user Haresh Adhikari posted a video of a person licking his hand and rubbing it over a handrail in a subway train. “See this video and…

Unrelated incident from Brazil viral as Italian police arresting man during COVID-19 lockdown

Mohammed Zubair25th March 202025th March 2020

A 27-second video which shows policemen apprehending a man on empty streets is viral on social media. “Lockdown means lockdown in Italy,” reads the accompanying text. The video has been…

No, Saddam Hussein did not say US had threatened Iraq with coronavirus in 1990

Jignesh Patel & Mohammed Zubair19th March 202019th March 2020

A video of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that the United States had threatened Iraq with coronavirus in 1990. It…

Video of Hindu monk beaten for misbehaving with child shared with false communal narrative

Jignesh Patel & Mohammed Zubair18th March 202019th March 2020

A video of a man dressed in monk’s dress getting beaten up by a mob inside a train carriage is being shared by social media users. One Renee Lynn tweeted…

No, Trump has not announced launch of coronavirus vaccine by Swiss drugmaker Roche

Pooja Chaudhuri17th March 202017th March 2020

A 37-second clip of a press conference addressed by president of the United States Donald Trump and Matt Sauce, president and CEO of the North-American division of Roche Diagnostics is…

Public TV falsely claims Muslim youths in Karnataka refuse coronavirus testing for “religious reasons”

Mohammed Zubair16th March 202010th April 2020

In the backdrop of global COVID-19 outbreak, Kannada channel Public TV aired a show on March 14 where it was claimed that four Muslim youths in Sultan Street, Bhatkal in Karnataka refused…

Police action during Hong Kong protest shared as crackdown on coronavirus patients in China

Jignesh Patel & Priyanka Jha16th March 202016th March 2020

A video of police personnel charging at a group of people at a metro station is being shared by social media users with the claim that it’s from China. The…

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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