A Twitter user has posted a tweet in the name of West Tripura District Magistrate Shailesh Kumar Yadav and has gained likes and retweets in the thousands. Yadav recently made…
Video from Pakistan viral as Muslims flouting lockdown in Delhi for Eid shopping
A video of a densely packed marketplace has gone viral on social media as New Delhi’s Jafrabad and Seelampur areas. It has been claimed that the video shows Muslims who…
Fact-check: Was Rs 7k crore seized from Kerala’s Believers Church in IT raids last year?
A viral claim suggests that Rs 7,000 crore was recovered from Believers Eastern Church in Kerala during Income Tax raids. An image of bundles of currency notes on a table…
Old video shared with false claim that Gaza residents are faking injuries
Tensions escalated between Israel and Palestine after a Jerusalem District Court ruling ordered the expulsion of several Palestinian families in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem. “At least 136…
Fake graphic plates claim Calcutta HC has ordered Mamata Banerjee to resign
A video of a broadcast from a news channel is gathering a lot of traction on social media. It features a string of breaking news graphics that read, “Bengal HC…
Old photo shared amid reports of dead bodies of suspected COVID victims found in Ganga
A photograph of scavenger dogs and crowd gathered around dead bodies floating on a water body has been shared amid reports of dead bodies of suspected COVID victims found floating…
Fake Inshorts graphic viral as Kerala couple refuses ambulance with Hanuman sticker
A screenshot of an alleged news piece uploaded by news summary mobile application Inshorts is massively viral on social media. It claims that a Kerala couple passed away after refusing…
Video from 2018 falsely shared as ‘5G tower’ caught fire in Gujarat
A 90-second video of mobile tower in flames has been shared on social media with the claim that it is from Gujarat. Some Twitter users have shared a 40-second clip…
Old fake funeral video from Jordan viral to discredit reports of Palestinian casualties
The recent escalation of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict began on May 6 after Israeli forces tried to evict eight Palestinian families and settle Jews in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighbourhood of…
Old image of dead birds shared as 5G technology caused the deaths
A photograph of hundreds of dead birds has been shared with the claim that they died due to 5G technology. “I want to request the government with folded hands that…