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Video of Hindu woman kneeling at Rath Yatra in Puri viral with false claims that she was offering namaz

Ankita Mahalanobish11th July 2025

A video showing a female police volunteer pulling away a woman kneeling underneath a large wooden chariot is viral on social media with communal claims that she was offering namaz…

PIB’s claim that India is fourth most equal country citing World Bank data is misleading

Shinjinee Majumder10th July 202510th July 2025

On July 5, 2025, the Press Information Bureau (PIB)—the official media and public relations arm of the Indian government—published a press release titled “World Bank Places India Among World’s Most…

Kolkata rape case: Did TMC turn a blind eye to key accused Monojit Mishra’s past?

Shinjinee Majumder8th July 20259th July 2025

Trigger Warning: Details of sexual assault, reader’s discretion advised. After the alleged rape of a student in Kolkata’s South Calcutta Law College came to light, leaders of the ruling Trinamool…

Hindu teacher garlanded with shoes in Bangladesh? No, video viral with false communal claims

Pawan Kumar8th July 20258th July 2025

A video showing a man wearing a garland of shoes around his neck and surrounded by a group of people, who appear to be Muslims, is viral on social media….

Dainik Bhaskar, OpIndia misreport that 300 illegal firearms & 50,000 cartridges seized from Lucknow man

Abhishek Kumar7th July 2025

On June 26, Lucknow police arrested a man named Salahuddin and recovered some weapons, cartridges and equipment used to make illegal weapons. Soon after that, news outlets published reports that…

RBI has not asked banks to stop disbursing ₹500 notes; viral claim is false

Pawan Kumar7th July 20257th July 2025

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu recently called for the demonetisation of Rs. 500 notes and further promotion of digital payments. He said that such a step would help…

After SCO defence ministers’ meet, false claims of India being left out and Russia signing joint statement go viral

Prantik Ali & Diti Pujara3rd July 2025

After defence ministers representing their countries at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) were unable to adopt a joint statement at the end of their talks on June 26, several rumours…

Identifying an impostor: ‘Verified’ X account not of Iranian journalist whose show was interrupted by Israeli attacks

Ankita Mahalanobish2nd July 2025

On June 16, amid the exchange of fire between Israel and Iran, Iranian state TV journalist Sahar Emami’s live broadcast had to be cut short. Israel had attacked the studio of…

Dalit man tortured in Jhansi? Old video resurfaces; police says victim, assailants from same community

Oishani Bhattacharya2nd July 20252nd July 2025

A 55-second-long clip, purportedly showing a Dalit labourer with his hands tied and his head being shaved against his will as a crowd laughs at his plight, is viral on…

Video of husband assaulting wife in UP viral with false communal claims that Muslim man beat up Hindu woman

Prantik Ali28th June 202510th July 2025

Trigger Warning: The story has visuals and descriptions of violence & domestic abuse. Reader’s discretion advised. A video of a man physically assaulting a woman—kicking, slapping, and even hitting her…

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Screenshots from scripted video shared with claims that 72-year-old man married 21-year old woman

UAE’s ‘new policy’ for Golden Visas leaves Indian media red-faced: How it all started