A collage of images is circulating on social media with the claim it depicts the recent forest fires in Uttarakhand. “Uttarakhand is burning since 4 days but why isn’t anyone…
Old video of swarm of blackbirds outside Texas supermarket viral as Saudi Arabia
Around May 27, several users on Twitter and Facebook posted a two-minute video of hundreds of crows in a huge parking lot. As per the claim, the video is from…
Video from Bihar shared as UP incident where man refused to eat food cooked by Dalit
A video of a person kicking the food kept on a table while another man yells at a woman standing in front of them is doing the rounds on social…
Old image shared as roads dilapidated in Bangladesh due to Cylone Amphan
After Cyclone Amphan hit large parts of coastal areas in India and Bangladesh this month, an image of a dilapidated road started circulating on social media. Twitter user Rezwan posted…
Fake tweet portrays Rahul Gandhi suggesting odd/even method to reopen schools
A screenshot of a tweet supposedly put out by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is doing the rounds on social media. “Schools and colleges should reopen from 1st June on odd/even…
False claim that PM Modi was appointed the ‘chairman’ of WHO – a position that does not exist
A message widely circulating on social media claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been appointed as the chairman of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The tweet below by @RealPushpendra…
Pornographic image used to target JMI student Ladeeda Farzana
A Twitter handle @GahlotKanpur whose bio reads “active BJP worker” shared two photographs — an image of Muslim women talking to AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi juxtaposed with a picture of…
Gopalganj case: OpIndia blames victim’s father, accuses him of lying to give itself a clean chit
In an article published on May 9, OpIndia claimed that a 15-year-old boy Rohit was sacrificed in a mosque in Bihar’s Gopalganj. Our investigation found that the story was false….
Fact-check: Did Rajasthan govt halt buses transporting students to UP for Rs 19 lakh fuel dues?
On May 16, Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wrote a letter to BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh government seeking permission to send 1,000 buses from Rajasthan for labourers from UP to travel back…
Video of PM Modi’s recent visit to West Bengal morphed with ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ slogans
A video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Cheif Minister Mamata Banerjee is getting shared on social media. In the video, both of them are seen heading towards…