[The following story contains descriptions of violence and graphic videos.] On Saturday, February 11, a mob attacked a police station in Nankana Sahib, in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The crowd entered…
Media reports that Pakistan denied airspace to IAF aid plane to Turkey are false
On February 6, an earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and western Syria. Its epicenter was in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep. The BBC reported at 13.46 IST on…
Old video of people fighting over sack of wheat shared as current food crisis in Pakistan
A 41-second long video clip where four individuals can be seen getting into a physical tussle over a sack of wheat is going viral on social media as visuals from…
Haldwani eviction: BJP leaders share 10-yr-old Kolkata pic with misleading claim
On December 20, 2022, Uttarakhand high court passed an order to evict over 4,000 families from land claimed by the Railways in Haldwani. The court’s decision was later challenged in…
Social media conspiracy theories falsely suggest deliberate sabotage behind Morbi bridge collapse
On October 30, while people were celebrating the Chhatt festival across the country, reports came in of a suspension bridge collapsing in Gujarat. The collapse of the 230-meter-long bridge located…
Old, unrelated video falsely linked to Kanpur protests against Nupur Sharma’s remark
A 15-second long video clip where a group of men can be seen brandishing guns is viral on social media. It has been shared with the claim that it is…
No, this temple in Chittor was not converted into a mosque
A photograph of a structure that appears to be a temple with a dome on top is viral on social media with various captions that suggest that the structure was…
FB page brands Bangladeshi tourists as “infiltrators”, BJP leaders amplify false claim
A man conducting a vox-pop (short interviews with members of the public) at Shaheen Bagh with men exiting a mosque after namaz has gone viral. In this video, the interviewer…
No, Rahul Gandhi is NOT with Chinese Ambassador to Nepal in this video
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi travelled to Nepal recently. As per a May 2 article by a Nepali news portal, he was attending his friend Sumnima Udas’ wedding. Udas is a…
Fact check: Does this video show a cleric spitting on food?
A video of a man scooping some food from large cooking pots and seemingly blowing on it and mixing it with the food in the pot has been shared on…