After the death of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, and his wife in a helicopter crash near Coonoor, a viral claim began circulating on social media. It…
No, Akhilesh Yadav had not signed the petition to commute Kasab’s death sentence
Several social media users claimed that Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav was one of the 302 people who signed the petition to stop the capital punishment of Mohammed Ajmal Amir…
Magical stone melting metal nails? No, the nails are made of gallium
A video of a set of iron nails that appear to melt after being placed on a black stone is viral on social media. It is claimed that this stone…
Video of Hindu groups protesting in Chhattisgarh shared as Mathura
In the last week of November, it was reported that a Mathura-based right-wing group Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha threatened to install a Krishna idol at the Shahi Idgah on December…
This ‘good Samaritan’ video is a scripted drama
A video of an autorickshaw breaking down while the pregnant woman inside the vehicle is crying in pain is viral on social media. The driver motions other vehicles on the…
Unrelated video shared as crash-landing of Gen Bipin Rawat’s chopper
On December 8, 2021, 13 people including CDS Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and 11 others died when their helicopter crashed in Tamil Nadu’s Konnur area. Against this backdrop,…
Photo from Nikah ceremony shared as Quranic verses read in Sahitya Sammelan in Maharashtra
BJP leader Hariom Pandey recently shared an image claiming it was taken at a literature festival in Maharashtra. He claimed that literary festivals are now being commenced with a reading…
How disinformation led to the attack on missionary school in MP by right-wing groups
On December 6, members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal vandalised St Joseph Senior Higher Secondary in Madhya Pradesh’s Ganj Basoda, claiming that the school “converted” Hindu students…
Fake chart shows COVID-19 variant “timeline” predicting release dates
Several social media users have shared an image that shows two columns — ‘Cepa/variante’ (Spanish for strain/variant) and ‘lanzamiento’ (Spanish for launching). The first column lists 22 Greek alphabets starting…
Image from Gujarat shared as saint attacked in UP when Mulayam Singh was in power
Twitter user @Balram_Ayodhya tweeted an image of a police officer pulling a man by his hair and wrote, “It wasn’t a Jihadi who was pulling our saints by their hair……