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Videos of health workers ‘pretending’ to inject COVID vaccine are NOT from India

Kinjal5th June 20215th June 2021

As countries vaccinate their population against the novel coronavirus, several videos showing healthcare workers administrating empty syringes have surfaced on the Indian social media ecosystem. Facebook user Shashi Dhar Mehta…

Sudarshan News cherry-picks name of Muslim accused for tampering with COVID test in UP’s Basti

Kalim Ahmed4th June 20214th June 2021

Sudarshan News tweeted a video of a man handing a tube from an RT-PCR COVID test kit to another who fills it with an unused swab. The channel claimed that…

No, renovated hospital in Kolkata will not treat only Muslim patients

Pooja Chaudhuri4th June 2021

A message shared in Bengali on social media claims that Islamia Hospital has been established in West Bengal to treat Muslim patients only. A rough translation of the message reads,…

Truth about viral video of ‘alien/ ghost’ spotted on a highway in Jharkhand

Anuradha Prasad2nd June 2021

A video of a strange figure walking on a highway at night took both media and social media by storm. The 30-second clip has been shared with the claim that…

False anti-Muslim story spun using video of BJP member thrashed by Maharashtra cops

Anuradha Prasad31st May 20212nd June 2021

A video that shows policemen beating an unarmed man with lathis is widely circulating on social media. It is being claimed that he is an ambulance driver who killed patients…

Photo of 19-year-old married in Bihar shared with false child marriage claims

Abhishek Kumar31st May 202131st May 2021

A photograph of a girl in bridal attire is widely circulating on social media with users claiming that she is an 8-year-old who was married off to a 28-year-old man…

Zee Hindustan links video from Ecuador to ANM booked in UP for throwing vaccine-filled syringes

Pooja Chaudhuri31st May 202131st May 2021

On May 30, ANM (auxiliary nurse midwife) Neha Khan from Jamalpur Primary Health Centre in Aligarh was booked for allegedly disposing 29 syringes filled with COVID-19 vaccine without administrating them…

Morphed BBC article links black fungus with cow urine

Archit26th May 2021

A screenshot of an alleged BBC article headlined ‘Black fungus: Indian scientist find link with cow urine 9,000 cases of rare infection [sic]’ is widely circulating on WhatsApp. The byline…

Singapore, India refute Delhi CM’s claim of new COVID variant detected in Singapore

Archit21st May 202121st May 2021

On May 18, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that a new COVID variant originating from Singapore could prove fatal for children and the central government should ban flights from…

Video from South Africa shared as pride of lions spotted at Gir after Cyclone Taukte