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Tricolour farewell of Rafale in France? Old video of Italian Republic Day celebrations viral

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd August 2020

A video that shows jets emerging behind a large building and leaving a dazzling display of orange, green and white colours in the sky is widely circulating on social media….

Old video of Brazilian jets shared as mid-air refueling of Rafale jets delivered to India

Archit3rd August 2020

A fleet of five French-manufactured Rafale jets arrived in India on July 29. The new planes were escorted by two Sukhoi 30 MKIs after they entered the Indian air space…

Old videos from West Bengal shared as BJP leaders attacked in Bihar during poll campaigning

Kinjal29th July 2020

A video of a crowd attacking a man adorning a scarf of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and another video of men dressed in white heckled by an unruly mob…

Old image of water-logged lane in Punjab shared as Delhi to target CM Kejriwal

Kinjal28th July 202028th July 2020

General Secretary of BJP Delhi Ravinder Gupta shared a photograph of a family sipping tea in a water-logged lane. Gupta attacked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government…

SP’s Azam Khan did not remark on Ram Mandir: News Track Live, Swarajya misreport

Sam Jawed27th July 202028th July 2020

News portal News Track Live published an article that Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan has declared that he is a ‘Ram bhakt’ and treatened to take his life by…

Old images falsely shared as Indian fighter jets shot down by Nepal

Archit25th July 202027th July 2020

Twitter user Irmak Idoya tweeted two images — a fighter plane on fire and people surrounding debris — and wrote, “Indian airforce had crossed the border to conduct airstrike on…

Ad agency with BJP connection handles social media for Maharashtra Election Commission

Pooja Chaudhuri & Pratik Sinha24th July 202024th July 2020

Activist Saket Gokhale posted a tweet thread on July 23 alleging that the Election Commission of India “hired” the IT cell of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to manage their…

Video from Haryana falsely shared as caste-based violence in UP

Archit22nd July 202022nd July 2020

A video of a group of men brutally thrashing a man with lathis is widely circulating on social media with the claim that a mob of Thakurs beat up a man from…

Video of patients crowding cancer hospital in Patna shared with false claims

Archit21st July 2020

A 30-second video that shows an over-crowded waiting area of a hospital has gone viral. Everyone in the video can be seen wearing a mask. Twitter user @RenukaJain6 shared the…

Priyanka Gandhi shares old images of Assam, Bihar flood as recent

Kinjal21st July 2020

Several parts of the country are facing severe deluge. Over 100 people have died in Assam and more than 30 have lost their lives in incidents related to heavy rainfall…

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‘Azadi’ slogans in Uttarakhand not a call for ‘Ghazwa-E-Hind’ but protests over paper leak for state recruitment exam

Sonam Wangchuk’s 2020 photo with Muhammad Yunus viral after Ladakh violence with misleading claims