The Twitter account Nafeesa Ahmed (@Dasettan1) was created in February this year. The person behind the handle is a devout and vocal supporter of Prime Minister Modi. However, a bulk…
September 2019: Misinformation around Chandrayaan-2 and MVA; media misreports add to the clutter
September 2019 was characterized by ‘diversity’ of misinformation, from photoshopped images to videos which were either mischievously clipped or circulated out of context. Like always, prominent news developments became the…
Movie still shared as photograph of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination
A photograph of Mahatma Gandhi which supposedly captures the moment when he was killed by Nathuram Godse is floating on social media. A day after 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi,…
No, RBI is not going to discontinue Rs 2000 currency notes; false message viral
A message which has spread like wild fire on social media and WhatsApp, states that the Reserve Bank of India is all set to discontinue the Rs 2000 currency note….
Movie clip shared as actual footage of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago address
Social media users are sharing a video that, according to them, is the original footage of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago address. On January 21, 2023, a user shared the clip and…
Fact-check: Did Darul Uloom Deoband slam TMC MP Nusrat Jahan for celebrating Durga Puja?
First-time parliamentarian, TMC’s Nusrat Jahan, recently celebrated Durga Puja with her husband Nikhil Jain in Kolkata. Soon after, news reports by mainstream media flashed headlines stating that a Darul Uloom…
Old video from Bihar falsely shared as woman assaulted by RSS workers
“BIHAR: A Christian woman was stripped naked, beaten & paraded through the streets by radical Hindus aka RSS. The group burned her house before they dragged her out onto the…
Old video from Guatemala of woman set ablaze by mob shared as India
A horrific video of a young woman set ablaze by a mob has been posted on social media with the implication that the incident took place in India, and is…
No, this is not PM Modi’s mother Hiraben dancing
A video of an old woman dancing has been shared on social media with the claim that she is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben. “पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी की मां…
Murder-accused brutally beaten in Bihar; police deny communal angle
A video of a man brutally beating another in the middle of the road is circulating on social media. The man can be seen thrashing the unconscious victim’s face and…