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Old video of earthquake in Mexico shared as recent

Jignesh Patel15th October 2019

A video which shows horrific visuals of buildings reduced to rubble is being circulated on social media. “Mexico Eathquake 8.1 RichterScale just hours ago today,” posted a Facebook user. Several…

Old video of Congress MLA clipped to suggest he said ‘Pakistan Zindabad’

Arjun Sidharth15th October 20197th February 2020

A 20-second video clip of a person speaking at a rally, has gone viral on social media. The clip begins with the speaker shouting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’. It has been shared…

Old misreport shared as BJP killed its own worker in West Bengal

Kinjal15th October 201923rd October 2019

On October 8, a family of three – Bandhu Prakash Pal, his pregnant wife and an 8-year-old child – was murdered in West Bengal’s Murshidabad. The BJP claimed that Pal…

Satirical image of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Indian attire shared as real

Jignesh Patel14th October 2019

A photograph of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is being shared with the claim that the former dressed in an Indian attire while meeting the…

Clipped video viral with false claim that Rahul Gandhi wants to leave India and settle abroad

Jignesh Patel14th October 201916th October 2019

A short 11 second clip of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi where he can be heard saying, “कुछ नहीं होने वाला मैं तो लंदन चला जाऊंगा, मेरे बच्चे तो जाके…

Image from Bangladesh shared as Murshidabad triple murder accused

Pooja Chaudhuri14th October 201914th October 2019

An image of two men is circulating on social media. The face of the man in a skull cap has been highlighted and the accompanying message alleges that he was…

Karti Chidambaram shares misleading photos to portray PM Modi’s beach cleaning effort as staged

Pratik Sinha13th October 201913th October 2019

On the sidelines of the Modi-Xi summit in Tamil Nadu, PM Modi tweeted a video of him picking up trash at the beach in Mamallapuram, and made an appeal to…

No, this is not BJP MP Bhanu Pratap Singh criticising his own govt for PMC Bank fraud

Jignesh Patel12th October 201914th October 2019

A video of a man speaking to a media organization about the recent PMC bank scam and the plight of the account holders is being shared on social media. He…

Protest video from Indonesia shared as Kashmir by FB page imitating BBC News

Jignesh Patel12th October 201912th October 2019

On October 6, a Facebook page with the name – BBC News Kashmir– shared a video which showed a confrontation between the Indian police and a group of protesters. The…

Union Min Jitendra Singh, ANI, PTI falsely claim 14-year-old girl wrote a book on Article 370

Pooja Chaudhuri12th October 2019

Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched a book ‘In the Times of Article 370’ on October 9. “In a rare ceremony of its kind, released a book on #Article370 written by Ayanna Kohli,…

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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