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No, ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ wasn’t chanted during nomination rally of Jharkhand Mukhiya candidate

Abhishek Kumar23rd April 2022

A video shot during the nomination of a Mukhiya candidate Shakir Hussain in Dokidih panchayat of Giridih district in Jharkhand is viral on social media. It is being claimed that…

Sudarshan News falsely accuses Pawan Hans of discriminating against Hindu students

Priyanka Jha & Mohammed Zubair19th April 202225th April 2022

On April 14, Sudarshan News claimed during a broadcast that Pawan Hans Limited is indulging in “job jihad”. The channel’s editor-in-chief Suresh Chavhanke asserted that the government-owned company was only…

Media outlets fall for staged video of groom refusing marriage if not given dowry

Priyanka Jha8th March 20229th March 2022

A purported video of a groom threatening that he will not go through with the marriage unless he is given a dowry was widespread on social media. The incident was…

This video of girl confronting soldier is 10 years old and from Palestine

Priyanka Jha1st March 2022

All India Parisangh (AIP) recently tweeted a video of a young girl screaming at an armed soldier and gesturing punches at him. The soldier subsequently walks away. The tweet was…

Air India flight in war-torn Ukraine? No. Misinfo believed to be true

Archit Mehta28th February 20221st March 2022

Amidst Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, several distressing videos of Indian students trying to escape Ukraine have surfaced on social media. On February 28, The Indian Express reported that four Union…

Mathrubhumi, TV9 Kannada air video game clip as airstrike in ongoing Ukraine crisis

Archit Mehta & Kalim Ahmed24th February 202224th February 2022

The ongoing Russian military operations in Ukraine has given rise to online misinformation, with several individuals linking old and unrelated videos to the crisis. The video below is circulating with…

News24 airs 2015 video of port explosion in China as Russia bombing Ukraine

Kalim Ahmed24th February 202225th February 2022

Amidst Russia’s ongoing military operations in Ukraine, a video of an explosion has been linked to the crisis. Viral claims suggest that the video shows Russia bombing Ukraine. We are…

Indian media outlets air old video of fighter jets as Russian invasion in Ukraine

Archit Mehta24th February 202224th February 2022

Amid the ongoing Russian military operations in Ukraine, several Indian media outlets broadcas a video clip of fighter planes flying at a low altitude over a city. Times Now tweeted…

TV9 Bharatvarsh depicts BJP members as “Muslim voices” in UP’s Bijnor supporting BJP

Archit Mehta & Mohammed Zubair1st February 20221st February 2022

On January 29, TV9 Bharatvarsh broadcasted a special report called ‘The M factor’. In the opening remarks, anchor Samir Abbas stated that this report conducts a ground test in Western…

RRB-NTPC protest: Dainik Jagran uses 2019 photo while reporting on police excess

Kalim Ahmed29th January 2022

[Warning: The visuals depict violence and can be distressing for some. Viewer discretion is advised.] On January 25, a large number of the applicants of the RRB-NTPC exams in UP…

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Ban on namaz on road did not provoke sloganeering in Saharanpur; media misreports

News18 falsely claims temple razed in Alwar as “revenge” for Jahangirpuri demolition drive