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KL Rahul was dismissed on a no-ball? Virender Sehwag gives false info, claim viral online

Ketan26th October 202126th October 2021

On October 24, the Indian cricket team played its first match of the T20 World Cup 2021 against Pakistan in Dubai. Pakistan made history by defeating India for the first…

Video of Durga Puja pandal vandalised in Bangladesh shared as West Bengal

Priyanka Jha22nd October 202122nd October 2021

A video of a mob vandalizing a pandal is viral on social media. It is being claimed that Muslims in West Bengal demolished a Durga Puja pandal.   #हिन्दू_मुस्लिम_भाईचारा ,सरकार…

Media misreports Afghan women’s volleyball player beheaded by Taliban

Archit21st 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…

Fact-check: Has Indian passport strengthened under PM Modi as claimed by Amit Shah?

Archit20th October 2021

On October 14, Home Minister Amit Shah addressed BJP members at a Karyakarta Sammelan in Goa. One of the claims Shah made during the address was that the strength of…

Video from Tripura falsely linked to Bangladesh violence against Hindus minorities

Pooja Chaudhuri & Mohammed Zubair18th October 2021

The rising violence in Bangladesh against the minority Hindu community over an alleged incident of desecration of the Quran during Durga Puja celebrations in Cumilla, Chittagong division, has led to…

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…

Video from Brazil shared against backdrop of minor girl’s rape in Saidabad

Archit25th September 2021

[Disclaimer: Viral videos have not been uploaded in this report due to their gory and disturbing nature.] Two videos – one that shows a man shot to death and another…

Old video falsely linked to Barauni Refinery blast in Bihar; no deaths

Abhishek Kumar20th September 2021

On September 16, 19 people, including five refinery workers and 14 contract workers, were injured when a furnace in the AVU-1 unit exploded at the Barauni Refinery in Begusarai. Following…