On July 12, an article appeared in the Urdu daily Inquilab, according to which Congress President Rahul Gandhi had said that the Congress party is a political party of the…
Image of Nanpu Bridge from Shanghai posted as Varanasi roads on social media
A photograph circulating on social media, accompanied with an elaborate caption, claims that the Modi government kept its promise of transforming “Benaras into Kyoto, Japan and built such a magnificent…
“280 orphan minor girls made pregnant in Teresa missionary”: Prashant Patel Umrao falsely claims
Last week, the Missionaries of Charity (MoC), Ranchi was under fire for allegedly selling 280 babies to childless couples. Media reports said that the alleged scam came to light after…
No, Shabana Azmi never said, “India is not a great country, because Muslims are not happy here”
Message: “भारत अच्छा और महान देश नहीं है क्यूंकि यहाँ मुसलमान खुश नहीं है – शबाना आज़मी शबाना आज़मी तुम और तुम्हारे समर्थक सीरिया और पाकिस्तान चले जाओ ताकि तुम…
Times of India publishes old video as Nagpur airport flooded due to recent rains
With the entire country under the spell of monsoon, social media has been inundated with photographs and videos of the mayhem caused by the rains. One such video is being…
Video of Jharkhand police mock drill shared as MP police firing at farmers in Mandsaur
“पहली बार मध्य प्रदेश के मंदसौर शेहर का गोली कांड video वायरल. देखिए किस तरहा मध्य प्रदेश की bjp सरकार ने मासूम किसानो पर अपनी क्रूरता का परिचय दिया था….
Neither Mumbai nor Hyderabad airport – Old video of flooded Mexico airport viral
As Hyderabad is reeling under heaviest October downpour in a century, a video of a flooded airport has been shared with claims suggesting its Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad,…
Sensationalism, sleaze and misogyny – the other face of right-wing propaganda
There is something truly disturbing about the political propaganda pages that actively run on Facebook, influencing millions. Apart from repeatedly circulating fake news and communally charged content, there is another…
Now a Facebook page dedicated to morphed tweets – How low will they stoop?
“Wow! This is a new low! These jerks have gotten smart enough to write “fictional tweet” at the bottom to avoid legal trouble! #Trolls i obviously didn’t tweet this” Faye…
Child beating video from Egypt shared as atrocity by teacher from RM VM School, Valsad
A video is being circulated on social media as seen in the screenshot below. The text claims that the man who is brutally thrashing the children in the video is a…