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Imran Khan arrest: News channels show AI-generated image as real; old video, fake agreement paper viral

Shinjinee Majumder13th May 2023

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday, May 9, in the Al-Qadir Trust case from the Islamabad High Court premises. The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was in the biometric…

False claims of YouTuber Manish Kashyap getting clean-chit viral on social media 

Abira Das13th April 2023

YouTuber Manish Kashyap from Bihar was arrested last month at the Jagdishpur police station of Bettiah in the West Champaran district after he had surrendered there. He is accused of…

Old video from Syria viral as Turkish builders being executed after quake

Kalim Ahmed23rd March 202324th March 2023

Trigger Warning: Descriptions of violence  A disturbing video in which men in uniforms can be seen dumping blindfolded people into a pit and then shooting them is circulating viral on…

Local youth’s murder in Karnataka shared as attack on Bihari migrant in Tamil Nadu

Shinjinee Majumder10th March 2023

Trigger Warning: Descriptions of Violence Social media is rife with claims about migrants from Bihar being attacked in Tamil Nadu. In one such instance, a video of a man lying…

EAM S Jaishankar gets it wrong; BBC made several documentaries, podcasts on 1984 Sikh riots

Indradeep Bhattacharyya24th February 202313th July 2023

On February 21, external affairs minister S Jaishankar gave an interview to ANI journalist Smita Prakash on the 42nd episode of the multimedia news agency’s show ‘ANI Podcast with Smita…

2021 Russia plane crash video widely shared as recent Nepal disaster

Vansh Shah20th January 202320th January 2023

On January 15, 2023, a Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal crashed on the banks of the Seti Gandaki river near the Pokhara International airport. As reported by…

12-year-old photo of coffins shared as Chinese casualty in Arunachal clash

Abhishek Kumar15th December 2022

A number of soldiers sustained injuries in the December 9 clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector. Against this backdrop, a photo of a row of…

Prank video viral with false claim of Muslim guy urinating in sweets at Hindu wedding

Shinjinee Majumder4th December 202219th July 2024

Several Right-wing influencers on X have shared a video claiming that it shows a Muslim man urinating into a tub of sweets. Among them is verified user Deepak Sharma (@SonOfBharat7),…

No Rolls Royce for Saudi Arabia players, reports by nat’l, int’l media outlets false

Shinjinee Majumder27th November 202227th November 2022

Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about each member of the Saudi Arabian squad being awarded a Rolls Royce started circulating on…

A woman’s body discovered in a trolley bag in Yamuna Expressway is a case of honour killing

Shinjinee Majumder21st November 202221st November 2022

Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery.  Several users have shared images of the body of a young woman found on the Yamuna Expressway, with the claim that she…