Congress leader and former MP from Mumbai south constituency Milind Deora tweeted a video of commuters rushing into a bus, disregarding social distancing norms. He claimed that the video is…
Old images of cow injured in explosion in Rajasthan shared as recent incident from Himachal Pradesh
Days after a pregnant elephant in Kerala died after a fruit stuffed with firecrackers went off in her mouth, a similar incident came to light from Himachal Pradesh where a…
Times of India shares 2017 video of police brutality in China as recent based on social media claims
On June 9, The Times on India shared a one-minute video that shows a police officer pinning down a woman, carrying a child, with brute force in broad daylight. Without…
False media reports claim Jyotiraditya Scindia removed ‘BJP’ from his Twitter bio
A section of the media claimed that BJP leader and former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has removed ‘BJP’ from his Twitter account and written ‘public servant’ and ‘cricket enthusiast’. Some…
Fact-check: Video of elderly man stripped naked and beaten is from Bangladesh
A video of an elderly man being stripped and beaten up by another man in the presence of mute spectators is doing the rounds on social media. On June 3,…
Video of Vizag gas leak falsely linked with hornet attack and coronavirus outbreak
A video of people lying unconscious on the road is floating on social media. It is being claimed that they were all stung by the Asian giant hornet which is…
Video from Gujarat shared as upper caste men in UP assault Dalit woman for drawing water from well
A disturbing video of three men brutally assaulting a woman with sticks and pulling her by her hair was shared on social media. A message in Tamil claims that upper-castes…
GoAir fires the wrong person based on hateful tweets from a dubious Twitter account
Screenshots of tweets from a Twitter account with the name Asif Khan and Twitter id @MdAsif35534489 went viral on June 4. The account, which has now either been deleted or…
PIB’s 3 out of 4 ‘fact-checks’ on deaths in Shramik trains are unsubstantiated
Recently, the fact-checking wing of Press Information Bureau (PIB) posted multiple tweets declaring news reports on deaths of migrant workers in Shramik trains as false. PIB claimed that the deceased…
Video shot ahead of 2019 elections falsely viral as Sunny Deol thrown out of Gurudwara
A video has been shared with the claim that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sunny Deol was thrown out of a Gurudwara. बीजेपी सांसद सन्नी देओल को गुरुद्वारे से धक्के…