A video of a massive Indian flag has been causing quite a stir on social media. A few users who shared it recently claimed, “The new Indian flag at the…
Govt fact-checks its own fact-checking arm PIB on false news about IB recruitment
A now-deleted tweet by government-run PIB Fact Check claimed that an Intelligence Bureau (IB) recruitment circular floating online has not been issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and…
No, farmer leader VM Singh whose net worth is Rs 600 cr is not Congress leader
As the farmers’ protest now enters its fourth month, social media has been rife with a number of different viral claims linked to the ongoing movement, many of which were…
No, BJP leader ‘Umesh Singh’ wasn’t beaten for raising pro-Pak slogans at farmers’ protest
A clip of a mob thrashing a man being escorted by a police officer has been shared on Facebook and Twitter. The video has a logo of Lucknow-based TV news…
No, PM Modi is not bowing to Priti Adani in this photo
Several social media users have posted an image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting a woman and claimed that she is Priti Adani, wife of billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani. This…
No, this isn’t a vegetable market set-up by farmers themselves in Bengaluru
Social media users have been sharing photos of a warehouse filled with vegetables and fruit carts, claiming that this market was started by farmers in Bangalore. At the same time,…
Photo of mace, bow and arrow sculpture in Vadodara viral as Ayodhya
Recently, a photo of a gigantic mace along with a bow and arrow has gone viral on Facebook and Twitter. This installation seems to have been constructed in the middle…
No, this is not PM Modi and Jashodaben’s wedding photograph
On 15 December, journalist Swati Chaturvedi tweeted an image of PM Modi with the caption, ”Does this look like a forced child marriage took you? Yet, Modi never declared this…
Indian Railways ‘sold’ to Adani? No, images of ads on trains viral with false claim
In the second week of December, a video that shows Fortune Atta’s ad on an Indian Railway locomotive was widely shared with the claim Adani had taken over Indian Railways….
Congress leaders falsely claim Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport renamed to ‘Adani Airports’
“Ahmedabad airport has been renamed from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Adani,” tweeted MP Congress with a photograph of a billboard that says ‘Adani | Airports’. The tweet drew over 3,000…