Recently, new regulations regarding the fee structure of JNU have been announced. Fees have been hiked, following which JNU students have held protests. On social media, several images and videos…
Old image of CPI leader Annie Raja shared as JNU student detained by police
Amid protests by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over the recent announcement of fee hike, social media has been abuzz with photographs circulated to target the agitating students. A…
Random images of young women picked off the internet circulated to discredit JNU students’ protest
An image of a girl holding what looks like a liquor bottle is being shared with the claim that the picture depicts a JNU student. In the image, one can…
No, Tirupati Balaji has not declared donation of Rs 100 crore for constructing Ram Mandir
A claim that Tirumala Tirupati Balaji will donate Rs 1 billion(100 crore) for constructing Ram temple in Ayodhya is circulating on social media. One Chanda Roy also posted the message…
Fact-check: Can you pick up a 40 tonne truck with 2,000 drones?
World of Engineering, a Twitter account which shares content related to science, technology and engineering, tweeted a six-second video which shows drones lifting a truck on November 17. The video…
43-year-old student protesting fee hike? JNU master’s student misidentified in viral image
A screengrab of a Zee News broadcast, where a woman can be seen standing in a crowd, is being shared on social media. One Kanak Mishra posted the image with…
Old news on discovery of mosque during Delhi metro construction shared as recent
“Sabr ka phal meetha hota hai Badle Me delhi Me masjid mil gai Wahri qudrat .. Allah sabr karne walon ko yun sila deta hai” (Patience bears fruit, mosque found…
Unrelated photos passed off as images of Babri Masjid from British Library’s archive
A collage of photographs is viral on social media with the claim that these are photographs of the Babri masjid, taken from the collection of the British library. All the…
Lawyer Prashant Patel falsely claims his tweet calling for genocide as morphed
A screenshot of Delhi-based lawyer Prashant Patel Umrao’s tweet has become a point of contention on social media. Twitter user Asaur Rahman brought to light a 2013 tweet by Umrao…
Video of woman brutally thrashing her daughter is from Kathua, J&K
A video of a woman brutally thrashing a little girl is being shared on social media. In the video, the woman can be seen holding the girl by her hair…