Industrialist Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Foundation chairwoman Nita Ambani recently became grandparents. An image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the couple is massively viral on social media. It…
Fact-check: Imported fabric used for uniforms of Indian armed forces?
In the last week of November, several Twitter users claimed, “Did you know that till date India used to import cloth for defence uniforms from countries like China?” Twitter user…
Ravish Kumar’s photo covering 2018 farmers’ protest shared as him joining recent movement
A photograph of Ravish Kumar has been shared on social media to mock the journalist by claiming he is heading for “biryani” during farmers’ protest. The dish has again become…
Amit Malviya tweets clipped video to water down police action on protesting farmers
A photograph of a policeman swinging his baton at an elderly farmer was shot by PTI photojournalist Ravi Choudhary. The picture soon began to circulate widely on social media. Capturing…
Fact-checking political speech: Facebook’s myopic policy and inconsistent standard
American actor-writer Sacha Baron Cohen had said in a scathing speech that had Facebook existed in the 1930s, the company would have permitted Hiter to run political ads on the…
Can PM Modi’s gesture at Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary event be equated with Nazi salute?
Karnataka Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted a photograph of prime minister Narendra Modi and wrote, “The Sardar would have been shocked at such a salute. It is an insult to…
No, Congress MLA Aslam Shaikh’s men did not disrupt Durga Puja in Mumbai in this video
A 32-second video is viral with the claim that ‘Jihadis’ went inside a Durga Puja pandal in Mumbai and interrupted the festivities. In the video, a man wearing a blue…
Bihar polls: BJP, News18 falsely claim CPI-ML’s Aaftab Alam was arrested in 2013 Patna blast case
Bihar police on October 15 arrested Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) candidate from CPI-ML Aaftab Alam while he was filing his nomination papers to contest the upcoming state polls from Aurai constituency…
Fact-check: Is this the 2100 kg bell to be installed at Ram Temple in Ayodhya?
On August 5, the inaugural ceremony of the Ram temple took place in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Since then, two videos have gone viral on social media that show a bell….
Viral: Man poses as Aaditya Thackeray portrays him confessing to ‘murdering’ Sushant Singh Rajput
A two-minute-long clip of a man claiming to be Maharashtra MLA Aaditya Thackeray has been going viral on social media platforms. In the video, the individual confesses to murdering Bollywood…