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Karnataka hijab row: Muslim mob falsely accused of injuring female student in ‘stone-pelting’

Kalim Ahmed9th February 20229th February 2022

Violence has spread to several districts in Karnataka amid colleges prohibiting students to attend classes wearing hijabs and the government backing the ban. As Muslim students protest against the ban…

No, Indian national flag was not ‘removed’ to install saffron flag in Shivamogga college

Archit9th February 2022

Since the last week of December, six female students belonging to the Government PU College for Girls in Udupi were not allowed to attend classes wearing hijab with uniforms. On…

No arrests made after 2018 Varanasi flyover collapse? False claim viral

Archit5th February 20225th February 2022

Since January 28, several social media accounts have been posting an image of cars flattened under the debris of a collapsed flyover. As per social media claims, this image is…

No, China did not launch an “artificial Sun” into the sky

Kalim Ahmed12th January 2022

A 0:30 seconds long clip is being widely circulated on social media with the claim that China recently “debuted” an “artificial sun”. Except for the video, these claims do not…

Central govt employees DA has not been suspended, fake memorandum viral

Kalim Ahmed4th January 2022

An alleged “office memorandum” is circulating on WhatsApp in the name of the Department of Expenditure under the Ministry of Finance. As per the notice, Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness…

Graphical representation video believed to be satellite visual of CDS Bipin Rawat’s chopper crash

Archit13th December 2021

On December 8, an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter carrying India’s first chief of defence staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Raje Singh Rawat, crashed in Tamil Nadu’s…

Misleading, exaggerated claims about UP’s unemployment rate, EoDB and GSDP surface

Archit7th December 20217th December 2021

On November 16, BJP supporter Rishi Bagree jotted down Uttar Pradesh’s purported ranking on various performance indicators such as unemployment rate, ease of doing business (EoDB) and gross state domestic…

Minor girl’s rape in UP’s Baghpat shared with false anti-Muslim spin

Archit6th December 20216th December 2021

On November 29, Amar Ujala and Dainik Jagran reported that a 15-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district was allegedly raped by two men. Subsequently, several social media users shared…

False claim: New Meta policy allows Facebook to use your photos in court trials

Abhishek Kumar4th December 20214th December 2021

On October 28, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company’s name has been changed to Meta. Since then, a post has been circulating widely on Facebook about certain changes…

Old video from Mexico shared as cattle swept away in Andhra Pradesh floods

Kinjal24th November 202124th November 2021

On November 19, Dainik Bhaskar shared 15 photos in a report on the recent flooding in Andhra Pradesh. The thumbnail of the article shows animals being swept away in the…