Late on July 19, a video from violence-stricken Manipur surfaced on social media with disturbing visuals of two women being paraded naked by a huge mob and some of the…
France riots: Unrelated & old photos, AI-images flood social, mainstream media
On June 27, the French police shot 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk near Paris after he failed to stop when ordered to by traffic police. As per the news reports, the incident…
5-yr-old video of boy placing stones on rail tracks viral with misleading claims
A video of a minor boy being scolded by a few railway trackmen is being shared on social media. It is being said that the video was recently shot in…
Power bill defaulter assaults staffer: Incident unrelated to Cong’s free electricity promise; viral claims false
A video circulating on social media shows a man physically roughing up and verbally abusing an employee of Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited (GESCOM) in Karnataka’s Koppal district. The video…
No, Mallikarjun Kharge did not wait for Sonia Gandhi’s permission to take a seat; edited video viral
An 18-second clip from an election rally in Hubbali, Karnataka, is viral with the claim that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge waited for Sonia Gandhi’s approval to take a seat on…
Rahul Gandhi did not tear disqualification ordinance in 2013; unrelated image viral
Recently, Congress leader and erstwhile Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha after he had been convicted by the chief judicial magistrate’s court in Surat in a…
Dainik Jagran ad promoting eco-friendly Holi morphed with ‘Ek Mohalla Ek Bakra’ jibe
An apparent photo of a Dainik Jagran advertisement is viral on the internet. The ad says in large font, “एक मुहल्ला एक बकरा” (Translation: one neighborhood, one goat) and the…
Who gave the title ‘Mahatma’ to MK Gandhi? Certainly not the British
The image of a letter from a book has been widely circulating on social media and on Whatsapp with the claim that it is the copy of the memorandum through…
Victim blaming on social media: How Shraddha murder case exposed the patriarchal core of Right Wing
Inter-faith relationships between Hindu women and Muslim men have been a sore point for the Indian Right Wing for decades. The alleged defiance of traditional norms and customs by Hindu…
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…