The temple town of Sringeri in Karnataka’s Chikkamagluru saw the appearance of a ‘flag’ atop Shankaracharya statue on August 13. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state leaders were quick to declare that the flag belonged to the Social... Read More
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On August 13, several social media users claimed that former president Pranab Mukherjee has passed away. The hashtag #ripPranabMukherjee was the number one trend on Thursday morning, as per the data on Trends24, a website that tracks Twitter... Read More
Bihar police is investigating the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. But the case is also undergoing media trials and overzealous social media vigilance. The Indian Express reported that on July 25 Rajput’s father KK Singh filed an... Read More
Several users on Facebook and Twitter have shared a news clip with the claim, “The United States has just discovered the man who made and sold the Corona virus to China. Dr. Charles Lieber, Head of the Department of Chemistry and Biology at... Read More
Air India Express’ flight IX-1344 overshot the runway at Karipur airport with 190 passengers on board on August 7. Captain Deepak Vasant Sathe, the pilot in command of the aircraft, and co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar lost their lives along with 16 others. A... Read More
On August 7, the India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for ‘extremely heavy’ rainfall in Kerala’s Idukki, Malappuram, Pathanamthitta, and Wayanad districts, as per a Down to Earth report. In the backdrop of this, a video of cows... Read More
On August 6, media outlets published a syndicated news report by Press Trust of India (PTI). The report stated that the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), a trust constituted by the Uttar Pradesh State Sunni Central Waqf Board to construct a... Read More
Air India crash: Malappuram Collector terms news of 40 passengers testing COVID positive “fake news”
Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi published a story on August 8 claiming that 40 victims of the Air India Express plane crash at Kozhikode International Airport tested positive for coronavirus. The article is now deleted but the tweet remains... Read More
Sixteen people from Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations 2019, as per media reports. The results were declared on August 4. News18 reported that two candidates from North Kashmir’s Kupwara... Read More
Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared three images along with the viral Hindi text, “Merit holder sold kidney on the pretext of coronavirus. Police nabbed the ‘cruel’ doctor Devender Sharma who murdered over 100 and fed them... Read More