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Viral BBC Hindi tweet on ‘Brahmastra’ team’s monetary support for Pak flood victims is fake

Kinjal5th September 2022

Bollywood film ‘Brahmastra’, slated to be released in September 2022, has been in the headlines for some time now. A call to boycott the film, too, has gained momentum on…

Media misreports link 2021 IAF rescue operation in Andhra to recent Telangana floods

Abhishek Kumar19th July 2022

On July 13 media reports stated that the rise in water level of the Godavari river triggered widespread floods in Telangana. The low-lying areas are facing the brunt of the…

‘Flood jihad’ – NewsX, other media outlets, journos communalise Silchar floods

Archit11th July 202212th July 2022

While reporting on the Assam floods in June, The Indian Express stated that Silchar — southern Assam’s biggest town and the gateway to the three districts on the bank of…

Video of bikes slipping on flyover is from Karachi, not Mumbai or Hyderabad

Kinjal29th June 2022

A 30-second clip of a series of two-wheelers skidding on a flyover has been making the rounds on social media recently. Twitter handle ‘@DeepakNikose3’ claimed the video was taken at…

Zee News claims Buddhists “clashed” with Muslims in Ladakh. But what is the truth?

Archit27th June 2022

On June 16, Zee News posted a two-minute broadcast that showed people marching on hilly terrain. The march was carried out to create awareness for establishing a Gompa in Kargil,…

Agneepath scheme protest: Did ‘Shami Aslam’ pose as Hindu in chat inciting violence?

Kalim Ahmed21st June 2022

Amidst the ongoing nationwide protests against the implementation of the government’s Agneepath Scheme, a new military recruitment policy, a screenshot of an alleged chat on a WhatsApp group is widely…

No, ANI did not misquote AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel in his speech against Nupur Sharma

Archit & Kalim Ahmed11th June 202211th June 2022

In the last week of May, BJP national spokesperson Nupur Sharma made controversial remarks about Prophet Muhammad on the national news channel Times Now. This sparked outrage in the Muslim…

Inside the world of scripted ‘CCTV’ videos on Facebook

Archit9th June 202210th June 2022

Earlier this year, novelist Paulo Coelho tweeted a video from India. The video allegedly shows CCTV footage wherein a physically challenged person is trying to reset a tricycle’s chain on…

Did Telangana CM hand Rs 50 lakh cheque to Nikhat Zareen after recent win?

Kinjal31st May 2022

Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen has brought laurels to India globally by winning the gold medal in the Women’s World Boxing Championship. Nikhat won the gold medal in the 52kg category….

Hyd rape case encounter: A recap of ‘bloodlust’ in media, celebration by MPs, celebrities

Archit30th May 20221st June 2022

A commission set up by the Supreme Court to investigate the alleged encounters of the four accused in the 2019 Hyderabad rape case has submitted a report stating that the…