Several social media users have been sharing a photo of Home Minister Amit Shah and AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi seated together. Twitter user @Samiullah_inc posted the image tagging Congress members…
Old video falsely viral as Rajnath Singh came in support of farmers amid protests
Farmers have been protesting the new agricultural laws for four months now. Another round of talks between them and the Centre is ongoing, with neither side willing to back down….
Old hoax about scam in procurement of Indian Army boots revived
A text message is viral on WhatsApp with the image of former Union defence minister Late Manohar Parrikar. It says that a company from Jaipur made shoes for Indian Army,…
India Today falsely claims Indian COVID-19 vaccine prices are the lowest in the world
India Today news director Rahul Kanwal tweeted an infographic created by his channel which claimed that India has the lowest vaccine price in the world. The chart lists prices of…
Fact-checking media reports about surge in UP’s Gross State Domestic Product
On February 26, Uttar-Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tweeted in Hindi, “Despite the global economic recession due to the pandemic, Uttar Pradesh has become the second-largest state in India in…
Morphed images show Sourav Ganguly posing in front of banners of different parties
Recently, a few posters of BCCI president and former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly were shared on Facebook and Twitter. Each poster correlates to a different political party’s colours and symbols….
Bhagat’s Singh sister passed away in 2014, not recently as claimed on social media
On March 6, Twitter user @__Paali__ shared a photo of an elderly woman and claimed she is Parkash Kaur, the sister of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. The user stated that…
AIUDF’s Badruddin Ajmal didn’t say India will become Islamic nation, 2019 speech clipped
A 36-second clip of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) founder Badruddin Ajmal is widely shared on social media. In the video, Ajmal can be heard saying in Assamese, “For…
Film shooting video shared as people gunned down in Mumbai/ Gujarat
A video of two men gunning down a group of people in an alley has been gathering a lot of traction on social media. Users claim that the visuals are…
Hindu man allegedly murders family and kills himself in Pakistan, Indian media communalises incident
An incident from Pakistan that made headlines in Indian media was the death of five members of a Hindu family. Times Now claimed that the family’s murder was another instance…