An image of a man escorted by the police has been shared on Twitter and Facebook with the claim that he is the juvenile convict in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape…
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad falsely claimed to be with ‘Naxal bhabhi’ in this photo
A 19-year old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras. She succumbed to injuries on September 29. Since then, there has been an outpour of misinformation on social…
Digvijay Singh shares cropped, already debunked video of BJP’s Nandkumar Singh Chauhan
Congress leader Digvijay Singh tweeted a six-second video on October 15. The clip features former Madhya Pradesh BJP president and MP from Khandwa, Nandkumar Singh Chauhan. He can be heard…
Aaj Tak falsely claims Congress candidate Maskoor Usmani hung Jinnah’s portrait at AMU
The Congress party has fielded former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) student leader Maskoor Usmani as a candidate for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. He will be contesting from Jale constituency…
BJP Bihar Minister shares image of flyover in Hyderabad as Bihar
Suresh Kumar Sharma, Minister Of Urban Development and Housing Department in Bihar government, shared a poster of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with an image of a flyover. The poster…
2013 image of Mexican MP protesting energy bill viral with misleading claims
Several people have shared an image of a man standing behind a podium wearing just his briefs. As per the social media claim, he is Mexican MP Antonio Garcia protesting…
Youth fed water from shoe for being with a woman, video falsely given casteism spin
A video is being shared on Twitter with the claim that a Dalit man was fed water from a shoe by upper-caste men. South Asian Human Rights Watch (@SAHR_Watch), which…
MP Congress shares debunked mock drill clip in video targeting Shivraj Singh Chouhan
The upcoming by-elections in Madhya Pradesh have led political parties to take the support of misinformation for one-upmanship. A few days ago, MP Congress and Digvijay Singh had shared an…
Fact-check: Is this the 2100 kg bell to be installed at Ram Temple in Ayodhya?
On August 5, the inaugural ceremony of the Ram temple took place in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Since then, two videos have gone viral on social media that show a bell….
Viral: Man poses as Aaditya Thackeray portrays him confessing to ‘murdering’ Sushant Singh Rajput
A two-minute-long clip of a man claiming to be Maharashtra MLA Aaditya Thackeray has been going viral on social media platforms. In the video, the individual confesses to murdering Bollywood…