A Facebook user, Bhola Nath Varma posted two videos, supposedly of a Pakistani news channel report saying, “देखिये और सोचिज। (Watch and think- translation)”. The message posted along with the…
Alt News Analysis: Pro-BJP pages account for 70% of ad spending made public by Facebook
Facebook recently introduced its Ad Library report, which is a searchable database consisting of “ads related to politics and issues of national importance that have been run on Facebook or…
Zee News broadcasts old, unrelated satellite visuals as destroyed JEM camp in Balakot
On March 2, Twitter user @IndianInterest tweeted two satellite images with a claim that the building, reportedly bombed by the Indian Air Force in Balakot, was demolished. In a series…
The inefficacy of Cupping Therapy (Hijaama), an ancient procedure of Unani medicine
The ministry of AYUSH observed the ‘Unani day’ on the 11th of February 2019 to raise awareness for the Unani branch of alternative medicine (alt-med) in India. In the AYUSH…
False claim that Mohd Rafi’s song on Kashmir ‘Jannat ki hai Tasveer’ was banned in 1966
A Mohammed Rafi song is viral on social media with the claim that the song that it was banned years ago by the Congress government upon protests by Pakistan. The…
Images of 2015 Pak heatwave viral as casualties of the Balakot airstrike by IAF
A set of images doing rounds on social media is being shared with claims that it depicts the impact of Indian Air Force’s airstrike in Pakistan. The photographs show mass…
Pak media/social media use photoshopped Republic TV visual to claim Sikh soldiers refuse to fight for India
A Pakistani news channel Abb Takk ran a show on March 5, 2019, titled – “21 Sikh Regiment Refused To Fight For India” – to claim that Sikh soldiers have declined to take…
Old image viral as graves being dug in Pakistan after Indian Air Force airstrike
An image viral on social media, including WhatsApp, is being shared with the narrative that it represents graves being dug in Pakistan for the casualties in the Balakot airstrike by…
Amar Ujala uses an image of 2014 US air strike to represent IAF’s air strike target
On March 5, Amar Ujala published a report titled, “बालाकोट: मदरसा छात्र ने बताया- रात को हुआ था जबरदस्त धमाका, पाकिस्तानी सेना ने हमें बचाया (Balakot: A Madrasa student told…
Fake WhatsApp chat shared on social media to claim 292 terrorists killed in Balakot airstrike
A Twitter user Shekhar Chahal shared a WhatsApp chat with an alleged Pakistani, who is a resident of Balakot, to claim that the Indian air force’s recent air strike killed…