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Old images of leopard attack in Maharashtra shared as recent incident in Gujarat’s Polo forest

Jignesh Patel6th September 20196th September 2019

Facebook user Jitesh Jadeja posted a set of images with a message claiming that they depict a leopard attack in Polo forest, Gujarat, where a boy was killed. Among the…

Theatrical video shared as youth uprising in Punjab against army in Kashmir

Arjun Sidharth5th September 2019

A video has been circulated on social media with the message, “کشمیر میں مظالم کرنے والی بھارتی فوج کے خلاف بھارتی پنجاب میں نوجوان اٹھ کھڑے ہوئے ۔سکھ نوجوان نے…

Mock drill video shared as explosions recovered in Maharashtra’s Ahmadnagar bus stand

Pooja Chaudhuri5th September 2019

A video where uniformed men can be seen with arms in a bus stand has been shared on social media with the claims that four people with explosions where arrested…

Video of 2018 California wildfire viral as Amazon forest blaze

Arjun Sidharth5th September 2019

With the Amazon fires in Brazil raging incessantly since the beginning of the year, a video has gone viral on social media. The video is 1:55 minutes long, and has…

Old image of PM Modi in Davos photoshopped to portray Imran Khan hiding at G7

Jignesh Patel4th September 201913th September 2019

A photograph where PM Modi is walking in the midst of a group that welcomes the leader is doing rounds on social media. Pakistani PM Imran Khan is seen crouching…

Four men dressed as women thrashed by mob in Haryana over false child-kidnapping rumours

Jignesh Patel4th September 20194th September 2019

A video of four men who are dressed in women’s clothing, being escorted by the police was shared by Facebook page Pehchan Faridabad. Posting the video, the page claimed that…

Video of anti-reservation rally in Nagpur shared as protest against Modi govt

Jignesh Patel4th September 2019

A video filmed from a moving vehicle shows a long queue of people lined up under a bridge holding banners and marching forward. The video is being shared on social…

Child organ trade rumour: Photo from Syria shared with provocative audio clip

Arjun Sidharth4th September 2019

Rumours of child abduction gangs on the prowl have been circulating aggressively on social media and messaging platforms over the past two months. A variant of these rumours claims that…

Old images from Kashmir shared amidst recent unrest after dilution of Article 370

Pooja Chaudhuri4th September 2019

Several photographs have been shared on social media, especially by Pakistani handles, to portray brutality in Kashmir. In this article, we will debunk four such images that were shot in…

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Digitally manipulated clip of ABP debate shared with claims that Iranian lawmakers burnt Indian flag

News18, social media users share 2-month old visuals of blast in Iranian city as footage from June conflict with Israel