A video of an old man surrounded by a crowd of people is circulating on social media with the claim that he is a Brahmin who was thrashed in South…
Misleading image: Bachchans lift bier of their domestic staffer
On June 27, Punit Goenka, MD & CEO of Zee Entertainment Enterprise Limited (ZEEL), tweeted an Economic Times article titled, “Humility counts: Big B, Junior Bachchan pay last respects to…
False claim: Rain cloud generating machine developed by NASA
Has the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) developed a ‘rain cloud generating machine’, which will create artificial clouds that lead to precipitation? A message which has been circulated on…
2017 lynching video from Bangladesh shared amid Mewat violence
Against the backdrop of the violence in Haryana, a video is viral on social media platforms as well as WhatsApp where a handful of men can be seen beating up…
False claim: Saudi Arabian Govt releases Arabic version of the Bhagavad Gita
“सऊदी अरब सरकार ने अरबी में “भगवद्गीता” रिलीज की। यहाँ तो “भारत माता की जय” बोलने से इस्लाम खतरे में आ जाता हैं।” (Saudi Arabian govt released ‘Bhagvad Gita’ in…
Old incident of fire at Rohingya camp in Delhi shared with hate-filled narrative
Far-right columnist Madhu Kishwar shared an image of a man surrounded by children. According to the text attached to the photograph, he is a Rohingya Muslim who has no food…
UP: Video of injured, pleading man and woman shared with false, communal claim
#लखनऊ यह घटना #इंटोजा थाना क्षेत्र की कल की है, #शांतिप्रीय_कोम के #इस्लाम,और चार पांच लोग और, इसकी बहन का रेप करने आए इसने रेप नही करने दिया तो इसकी…
Video of man offering namaz in the middle of a busy road is from Malaysia, NOT India
“इस विडियो को गौर से देखें…क्या यह दंगा कराने के मकसद से नमाज नहीं पढ़ रहा (Watch this video carefully..Is he not offering namaz with an intent of inciting a…
False claim: Newly inaugurated bridge by PM Modi collapses in 3 months
West Bengal Congress’s official Twitter handle posted a photograph of a collapsed bridge with the claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated this bridge just three months ago. “Planned…
ANI misreports PMO granting Rs 30 lakh to ailing Agra girl, several media outlets follow suit
Agra resident Lalita Kumari, 17, has been suffering from aplastic anaemia for the past 19 months. The family required Rs 10 lakh for her treatment, an appeal for which was…