In August 2019, the Union government abrogated key provisions of Article 370, altering the status of Jammu & Kashmir. Since then, social media has witnessed relentless attempts to justify or…
Media misreports that Pak PM was called ‘welder from Bronx’ by American anchor
A video of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s interview with American television network MSNBC has been massively circulated with the claim that the anchor told the Pakistani PM that he sounds like…
Video of elderly man dancing falsely shared as former PM Morarji Desai playing garba
A video clip showing an elderly man in a Gandhi cap, performing dandiya– the Gujarati folk dance, has gone viral on social media with the claim that the gentleman is…
Video from Saudi Arabia viral as DPS School, Rajbagh teacher torturing baby
A video of a man torturing a baby by slapping and throwing around the infant is viral on social media with the claim that the man is a teacher at…
No, Shivraj Singh Chouhan did not plaster different arms in the morning and evening
A set of two photographs of BJP MLA Shivraj Singh Chouhan is viral on social media to claim that the former MP CM had plastered different arms in the morning…
Photoshopped image showing Mahatma Gandhi with a woman shared on social media
An image of Mahatma Gandhi with a woman is circulating on social media. Twitter user Sanjay Gupta shared the photograph with the caption, “चमचों तुम्हारे राष्ट्रपिता कर क्या रहे हैं? Bootlickers,…
Did BJP MLA torture a man tied upside-down? No, old video from Maharashtra viral
On September 28, Facebook user Benoy Abraham posted a video of a man stripped off his clothes except for his underwear tied upside-down. The man is seen surrounded by a…
Video from Cuba shared as kids in convent school in India dancing provocatively
A video of schoolchildren ‘twerking’ has been shared on social media with the claim that this was in a school in India. “कॉन्वेंट स्कूल में क्या क्या सिखाया जा रहा……
Photoshopped image showing books on Modi and Hitler placed together shared on social media
A photograph showing two books placed together on a shelf has been shared on social media with the caption, ‘Saw this on Mumbai airport’. The book on the left features…
Video from Gujarat falsely shared as man commits suicide in Surat due to financial crisis
A video of a man jumping from a building is circulating on social media. It is being claimed that the man in the video is 51-year-old Piyush Pachhigar who attempted…