A video is viral on social media in which young men sitting in a car go up in flames after the one seated on the back seat lights fire. The…
Video from Tibet viral as car hit by boulder in Amboli Ghat, Maharashtra
A video is viral on social media claiming that it shows a car being hit by a boulder in Amboli Ghat. There are variants of the claim wherein the location…
CCTV clip of murder and bike robbery in Uganda viral in Indian social media ecosystem
A video is viral on social media showing two men strangling a bike rider and hitting him on the head with a stone to steal his bike. The video is…
Old picture of TS Singh Deo falsely shared as Motilal Vora touching Rahul Gandhi’s feet
“This one pic sums up the modern day slavery in Congress. The incoming/interim Congress President (Motilal Vora – 90 years )bends before the Prince in reverence. No respect for age…
Twitter users foxed by multiple accounts impersonating Mahua Moitra
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has been a prominent newsmaker over the past week with her speech in the Lok Sabha, followed by false claims that it was plagiarised from…
TV9 Bharatvarsh runs old video of PM Modi and Manmohan Singh as recent, later deletes
A video, where the former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh with his wife Gursharan Kaur is seen receiving PM Narendra Modi, was recently circulated on social media and broadcasted by…
Media misreports: Nirmala Sitharaman claimed demonetisation had no impact on economy
On July 2, multiple news organisations reported that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on the floor of the Rajya Sabha, had said that demonetisation had no impact on the Indian economy….
Hoax: WhatsApp will be “off” between 11:30 pm-6 am and become chargeable
A message viral on WhatsApp claims that the central government has made the messaging application unavailable for use everyday between 11:30 pm and 6 am. The message warns people to…
False claim: Muslim woman masquerades as Hindu at protest over mob lynching
अल तकिया से सावधान..ये तो सबीहा खान निकली, और खुद को हिन्दू लिखकर तब प्रोपेगेंडा रचा था, इस लडकी ने (She turned out to be Sabiha Khan, and was conducting…
Zee News falsely claims Mahua Moitra plagiarised her maiden Parliament speech
“Aap jante hai DNA mein research par sabse zyada zor diya ja sakta…diya jaata hai (You know that DNA can give…gives research the most importance),” said Sudhir Chaudhary a few…