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Old video of women falling into sewage drain in Pakistan shared as Delhi

Kinjal5th September 2020

Recently, a video of two women falling into a big open sewage drain on the street has going viral online. Social media users have been sharing this video suggesting that…

Journalist Rana Ayyub targeted with fake tweet in her name on Pranab Mukherjee’s death

Priyanka Jha3rd September 20203rd September 2020

A screenshot of a supposed tweet by Journalist Rana Ayyub is viral on social media. It is being claimed that Ayyub put out an insensitive tweet on former President Pranab…

Explosion in UAE after first official flight lands from Israel? No, false claim viral

Archit2nd September 20203rd September 2020

On September 1, BBC reported that “the first official flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates has landed, a major step in normalizing relations after the announcement of a…

Amar Ujala publishes old photos from West Bengal as pothole-ridden road in Lucknow

Priyanka Jha2nd September 2020

On August 29, Lucknow edition of Amar Ujala, a leading Hindi daily, published four images supposedly showing poor condition of roads in the city. In these images, a person wearing…

India Today Group, Times Now air old images of PLA cemetery as graves of Chinese killed in Galwan

Pratik Sinha, Pooja Chaudhuri & Mohammed Zubair1st September 20201st September 2020

The deadly face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Galwan valley on June 15 led to the deaths of 20 Indian army men. The casualties suffered on the Chinese side,…

Old image falsely shared as BJP leader Kapil Mishra’s sister married a Muslim man

Archit31st August 20207th September 2021

Several Twitter and Facebook users have shared a wedding photo of a woman and a man. As per viral claims, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra’s sister married Shahzad…

Another video viral in fictitious Congress leader Anil Upadhyay’s name

Priyanka Jha31st August 202012th November 2020

An almost 2-minute long clip has gone viral on social media with users claiming that it features “Congress MLA Anil Upadhyay”. The man in the video can be seen speaking…

Old video from Bangladesh shared as ‘Islam Zindabad’ slogans raised in West Bengal

Priyanka Jha29th August 202018th June 2021

A video is widely circulating on Facebook with the claim that a rally where pro-Islam chants were raised was taken out in West Bengal’s Kolkata. “This rally was taken out…

Video of 2018 anti-Trump protest in London shared as Americans celebrating Arab ‘enslavement’

Archit29th August 202030th August 2020

Several Facebook users shared a video of a rally that shows a man dressed as US President Donald Trump escorting men in traditional Arab clothing using leashes. This video was…

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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