The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has written to Bharat Biotech India Ltd (BBIL) to step up the clinical trials for their jointly-developed COVID-19 vaccine (BBV152 COVID vaccine) or…
No, BJP leader Vikas Dubey is not the same ‘Vikas Dubey’ accused of killing 8 UP cops
A photograph of a man with Uttar Pardesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was shared by Jan Adhikar Party leader Rajesh Ranjan, popularly known as Pappu Yadav. He claimed that the…
Old photos of girl murdered in Rajasthan shared with false Muslim angle
Photographs of the dead body of a girl hanging from a tree have been shared on social media with the claim that Naseer Khan raped and murdered the girl in…
Murder of RSS worker by alleged BJP member in Tamil Nadu shared with false claims
Indu Makkal Katchi, a Tamil Nadu-based right-wing political party, tweeted a picture (disturbing imagery, viewer discretion is advised) of a brutally injured man lying dead. As per their claim, a…
Fact-check: Did Japan deploy missiles to counter Chinese threat after India-China conflict?
On June 20, a Thailand-based news website Asia News published an article with the headline ‘Japan deployed ballistic missiles at China border after its conflict with India’. The article claimed…
Old video from Rajasthan falsely shared as Dalit boy and girl stripped naked, thrashed in UP
A video of a man and a woman paraded naked while a crowd records their video is circulating on social media. Hushyar Singh Meena (@HushyarMeenaIN) who identifies as ABVP Jaipur…
Video of Apache helicopters flying over Lake Havasu in Arizona, US viral as Pangong, Ladakh
On June 19, several media outlets reported that the Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed Apache helicopters in Ladakh in the wake of the border dispute with China. Soon after, a…
Homeopathic drugs such as Arsenicum Album 30, promoted by AYUSH, do not boost immunity against COVID
Overview: Despite the order from the Ministry of AYUSH to prevent the public advertisement of AYUSH-related claims for COVID-19, many Indian states, particularly larger cities such as Pune, Vadodara, Mumbai…
Video from Russia shared as fatal truck accident in Mysore road, Kengeri
A video of a truck ramming into a queue of vehicles on a road has been shared across social media platforms with the claim that the accident happened in Mysore…
Old video shared as custodial torture of Jeyaraj and Bennix in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin
A father-son duo was arrested on June 19 in Sathankulam town near Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. Four days later, 62-year-old P Jeyaraj and his 32-year-old son J Bennix died in…