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U23 World C’ships medallist Nisha Dahiya denies news reports of her death

Archit Mehta10th November 2021

On November 10, several media outlets reported that unknown assailants shot dead national level wrestler Nisha Dahiya and her brother at Sushil Kumar Academy in Sonipat’s Halalpur area. This report…

News18 shares video of giant snake caught in crane as Jharkhand; video not from India

Archit Mehta26th October 202126th October 2021

A video of a giant snake captured by a crane is widely circulating online. Facebook news page KohramLive, with about one lakh followers, posted the video with the caption, “OMG!…

Media misreports Afghan women’s volleyball player beheaded by Taliban

Archit Mehta21st October 202123rd October 2021

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a blow to women’s rights in the country. Many women have taken to the streets to protest against the hard-line regime. Afghan women leaders…

Teacher trashes student for ‘loitering’, Sudarshan News injects false communal spin

Kinjal21st October 2021

Sudarshan News tweeted a video on October 16 that shows a teacher beating a pupil in class. The channel claimed that a Christian teacher in Tamil Nadu brutally beat up…

Int’l and Indian media fall for fake Twitter account in Kabul Uni chancellor’s name

Pooja Chaudhuri1st October 20211st October 2021

A piece of news that made headlines on September 27 around the world claimed that the chancellor of Kabul University Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat said in a tweet, “As long as…

Zee News, among others, airs clipped video to claim Rakesh Tikait ‘threatened’ the media

Priyanka Jha30th September 2021

Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary tweeted a 12-second video of farmer leader Rakesh Tikait and wrote, “Rakesh Tikait’s next target are media houses. Zee News showed the truth, so does…

Assam news outlets misreport 26 ‘Rohingya Muslims’ arrested in Guwahati

Archit Mehta14th September 202114th September 2021

Assam-based media outlets DY365, Asom Live 24, and NorthEast Now reported that 26 Rohingya Muslims were arrested in Guwahati with fake Aadhaar cards. “They were planning to move to Delhi,”…

Zee Hindustan ran video of Baloch girl with machine gun as ‘Panjshir, Afghanistan’

Kinjal7th September 2021

On September 6, the Taliban claimed the complete seizure of Panjshir province, the last remaining region in Afghanistan resisting the Islamist extremist organisation’s control. Against this backdrop, several videos were…

India Today, Aaj Tak run news on Ahmad Massoud based on fake Twitter handle

Priyanka Jha7th September 20217th September 2021

In a recent ‘breaking news’ segment, India Today claimed that Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Force of Afghanistan (NRFA), tweeted a photo claiming that a Pakistani Air Force…

Republic, TV9 air video game clips as Pakistani airforce attack in Panjshir, Afghanistan

Pooja Chaudhuri6th September 20216th September 2021

After the Taliban claimed victory over opposition forces in Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, Republic TV aired an ‘exclusive’ video accessed from Hasti TV alleging it shows the Pakistani Air Force attacks…

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Media outlets misreport Islamic flag as Pak flag hoisted atop Gorakhpur house

Zee Salaam shared old video as pro-India chants during Aus-Pak T20 semi final