A widely circulating graphic plate reads, “Sambit Patra’s daughter eloped with a Muslim man. (संबित पात्रा की बेटी मुस्लिम युवक संग फरार).” A ticker at the bottom also says, “Sambit’s…
Congress leaders share images from 2018 farmers protest as recent
Farmers across the country have been protesting against the centre’s new agricultural laws for nearly two months now. Thousands of Punjab farmers are now marching to the national capital as…
CGI clip and old video shared as devastation caused by Cyclone Nivar
Parts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry witnessed heavy rainfall and storm due to Cyclone Nivar. Three people have died in the torrential downpour. Since then, social media is ripe with…
Video of Ujjain police detaining people for not wearing masks viral as Delhi
COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the national caption. On November 26, Hindustan Times reported that the AAP government told the Delhi High Court that it is considering imposing…
Fact-check: Did PM Modi announce COVID-19 lockdown in a few states?
A video alleging fresh lockdown has been imposed in five states has been recently making the rounds on Facebook and Twitter. On November 22, Facebook user Khurram Siddiqui posted this…
Old video from Karachi viral as fallen billboard injures bikers during Cyclone Nivar in Tamil Nadu
A video of a billboard falling on a biker during heavy storms is circulating on social media in the wake of a Cyclone Nivar. People of Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpet, Thiruvallur,…
Prasar Bharati, DD News tweet 2017 video as flooding due to Cyclone Nivar in Chennai’s Marina beach
Tropical Cyclone Nivar made landfall near Puducherry in the early hours of November 26, bringing heavy downpour to the union territory and neighbouring Tamil Nadu where three people have died….
Fact-checking political speech: Facebook’s myopic policy and inconsistent standard
American actor-writer Sacha Baron Cohen had said in a scathing speech that had Facebook existed in the 1930s, the company would have permitted Hiter to run political ads on the…
Graphic images of unsolved murder in Haryana viral with baseless ‘love jihad’ spin
Last month, several Twitter and Facebook users shared three images of a woman’s dead body found in a suitcase. The images are graphic, viewer discretion is advised. The viral text associated…
No, this is not a ‘rare’ video of young Narendra Modi doing Yoga
A black and white video of a man doing yoga has been making the rounds on social media. “Identify this ascetic who later become Prime Minister. A rare and amazing…