A video of a man presenting a ring to a young girl at what seems to be a family event is viral on social media. Several users have shared the…
False claim by Israel: Patient in viral video is not an ‘actor’, but a survivor of West Bank refugee camp raid in July
A video of an intubated man on a hospital bed is viral on social media amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Several users claim that the man is an actor playing…
No, Ronaldo has not been punished by Iran for hugging wheelchair-bound fan
A video featuring footballer Cristiano Ronaldo hugging a woman in a wheelchair and then posing with her and holding two of his own portraits is viral on social media. Users…
4-yr-old killed in Gaza: Israel govt falsely claims video shows a doll, not a child
Trigger Warning: Dead Body, Child Death [Editor’s note: It is unfortunate that we find ourselves in a position where we must fact-check a claim that portrays a deceased child as…
Disinformation, falsehoods flood social media as Israel-Hamas conflict escalates into full-blown war
Entering its fifth day on October 11, the Israel-Palestine conflict all but escalated into a full-blown war with the Israeli military confirming that dozens of its fighter jets had struck…
Pak team greeted with saffron scarves on arrival in India? No, misleading claim
A clip featuring Pakistan men’s Cricket team captain Babar Azam is viral on social media where he can be seen wearing a saffron scarf around his neck. The video is…
Did Canada issue a travel advisory against India amid worsening diplomatic ties?
Within hours of Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau alleging that “agents of the government of India” had carried out the assassination of Sikh independence advocate Hardeep Singh Nijjar in…
No, Mamata Banerjee did not say Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote ‘The Mahabharata’
A clip of Mamata Banerjee apparently claiming that Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote ‘The Mahabharata’ is currently viral on social media. Several verified accounts have shared this clip in…
Old video of ISRO chief dancing viral as celebrations of Chandrayaan 3 landing
In a historic first, India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft’s Vikram lander touched down near the moon’s little-explored south pole at 6.04 pm on August 23. Soon after this, as the mainstream and…
No, BBC did not criticize Chandrayaan 3. Old clip viral; false report by Times Now, India TV, Zee News & other outlets
In a historic first, India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft’s Vikram lander touched down near the moon’s little-explored south pole at 6.04 pm on August 23. Following the incident, a clip from a…