India’s Mirabai Chanu bagged a silver in the Women’s 49kg weightlifting category at Tokyo Olympics. She came second to China’s Zhihui Hou on July 24. Two days hence, ANI published…
News18 cameraman’s scuffle with journalist used by News18, Amit Malviya to target farmers
A group of farmers started a Kisan Sansad at Jantar Mantar in Delhi as soon as the monsoon session of Parliament commenced on July 22. The Delhi police made heavy…
Amnesty has not ‘backtracked’ on the Pegasus list; media, BJP make false claims
India Today has claimed that Amnesty International, one of the coordinators of the Pegasus Project, has backtracked on its initial reportage into the Israeli spyware used to target journalists, activists…
Photo of Pak trans activist shared as daughter of Afghan ambassador to Islamabad
On July 16, the ministry of foreign affairs of Afghanistan issued a statement that Silsila Alikhil, daughter of the Afghan ambassador to Islamabad, was kidnapped for several hours and tortured….
Fact-check: Was Pragya Thakur kept in jail without any chargesheet being filed?
On July 5, activist and Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, arrested under the draconian UAPA, died awaiting the beginning of his trial. Swamy, 84, was arrested on charges of connection to…
Man arrested for robbery in Gujarat, video falsely viral as Delhi riots accused arrested
A video of policemen in civilian clothes arresting four men eating at a roadside Dhaba has been making the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that Bharuch Crime…
Zee Hindustan links video from Ecuador to ANM booked in UP for throwing vaccine-filled syringes
On May 30, ANM (auxiliary nurse midwife) Neha Khan from Jamalpur Primary Health Centre in Aligarh was booked for allegedly disposing 29 syringes filled with COVID-19 vaccine without administrating them…
‘COVID toolkit’ attributed to Congress created on forged letterhead
An alleged document prepared by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) to “corner the Modi government and various BJP governments in the country” through social media and on-ground strategies was…
Media falsely reports Ramayana, Mahabharata to be taught in Saudi Arabian schools
On October 5, 2023, journalist Abhijeet Majumder shared a video report of Zee Media’s WION channel on X (formerly Twitter). The report says that the Ramayana and the Mahabharata will…
Brutal murder of two sadhus in Bihar’s Madhubani falsely communalised online
A widespread claim on social media suggests that two sadhus were killed in Madhubani’s Dharohar Temple for opposing ‘love jihad’. Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) member Vijay Shankar Tiwari’s tweet with…