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Stores of Bangladeshi retail brand ‘Yellow’ ransacked; video viral in India with communal spin

Shinjinee Majumder7th August 20248th August 2024

Bangladesh was plunged into an unprecedented crisis with erstwhile Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ousted on August 5 after a month-long nationwide student protest. Incidents of attacks on minority Hindus have…

Bangladesh: Video of July 11 fire in Lakshmipur village market peddled as attack on Hindus

Oishani Bhattacharya7th August 20248th August 2024

A 37-second clip depicting smoke billowing out of some makeshift shops engulfed in flames is viral on social media. In the video, some individuals are seen trying to salvage some…

Cricketer Liton Das’ house set afire in Bangladesh? No, viral image shows Narail residence of Mashrafe Mortaza

Oishani Bhattacharya6th August 2024

Erstwhile Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who led the country for 15 years, resigned from her position and left the country along with her sister on August 5, minutes before…

Awami League leader Shahidul Islam Hiron killed in Bangladesh: Video falsely viral as Muslims attacking Hindu man

Shinjinee Majumder6th August 2024

Soon after erstwhile Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country on August 5 following a month-long student-led protest, several videos of the ‘chaos’ in the neighbouring country…

Train accidents: The desperate search for a sabotage theory ends in YouTuber Gulzar Sheikh

Indradeep Bhattacharyya3rd August 20243rd August 2024

At least 17 lives have been lost in train accidents in India in the last 42 days, with the latest mishap reported on the morning of Tuesday, July 30, near…

Wayanad landslide: Old photos of RSS workers falsely viral as ongoing rescue ops in Kerala

Shinjinee Majumder2nd August 20242nd August 2024

At least 316 people have been killed in massive landslides in the Wayanad district of Kerala even as relief and rescue operations continue in full swing. The toll is expected…

Photo shared in connection with assault on elderly man in Bijnor is not of accused Abhinav Singh

Priyanka Jha1st August 2024

A CCTV clip from Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, has surfaced recently, which depicts a man slapping an elderly person multiple times and misbehaving with an elderly woman who tries to intervene. …

Nitin Gadkari’s statements clubbed together to falsely suggest no toll tax needed within 60km radius of home

Abhishek Kumar1st August 2024

A video featuring Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari speaking in Parliament has gone viral on social media. While sharing the video users claim that Gadkari has announced…

Photo of Israeli swimmers calling for hostage release is digitally created and old; not from Paris Olympics

Prantik Ali31st July 202431st July 2024

A photograph showing swimmers creating the words ‘Bring them home now!’ in a pool with their bodies is viral on social media. It is claimed that swimmers from Israel sent…

Bengaluru: Cow-vigilante’s false dog-meat claim triggers flurry of communal misinformation

Shinjinee Majumder31st July 2024

Chaos ensued at the Bengaluru railway station on July 25 after a large shipment of meat reached there from Jaipur. In a video that has since gone viral on social…