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Fact-check: Was Rs 7k crore seized from Kerala’s Believers Church in IT raids last year?

Kinjal15th May 20213rd December 2021

A viral claim suggests that Rs 7,000 crore was recovered from Believers Eastern Church in Kerala during Income Tax raids. An image of bundles of currency notes on a table…

Old photo shared amid reports of dead bodies of suspected COVID victims found in Ganga

Pooja Chaudhuri14th May 202115th May 2021

A photograph of scavenger dogs and crowd gathered around dead bodies floating on a water body has been shared amid reports of dead bodies of suspected COVID victims found floating…

UP states all residents to be vaccinated after govt fact-check declares TOI report ‘false’

Pooja Chaudhuri10th May 2021

The fact-checking wing of the Uttar Pradesh government’s Information and Public Relations Department (IPRD) declared a report by The Times of India (TOI) on access to COVID vaccines in the…

Punjab: Drug Control Officer says Remdesivir vials found in Bhakra canal are fake

Jignesh Patel8th May 2021

A video of medicines and vials of injections floating in Punjab’s Bhakra canal is doing the rounds on social media. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeted the video and rebuked the…

How BJP MP Tejasvi Surya communalised BBMP bed scam with misinformation

Archit7th May 20218th May 2021

On May 4, BJP MP from South Bangalore constituency Tejasvi Surya entered the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) South zone COVID war room during work hours (around 3 pm) and…

PMJJBY offers coverage against COVID-19 deaths, not PMSBY

Archit7th May 2021

A WhatsApp text claims families of those who succumbed to COVID-19 are eligible for Rs 2 lakh insurance under the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri…

Social media users cherry-pick names of Muslim accused in Gujarat fake Remdesivir racket

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd May 2021

The rapidly growing COVID-19 cases in India has left family members of coronavirus positive patients fending for Remedsivir, a patented anti-viral drug approved by the USA’s FDA. Even as the…

Brutal murder of two sadhus in Bihar’s Madhubani falsely communalised online

Archit28th April 2021

A widespread claim on social media suggests that two sadhus were killed in Madhubani’s Dharohar Temple for opposing ‘love jihad’. Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) member Vijay Shankar Tiwari’s tweet with…

Video of woman pushing empty syringe without vaccine is from Mexico

Jignesh Patel27th April 202127th April 2021

A video of a woman administering a COVID vaccine jab on an elderly man with an empty syringe is circulating in India. The message advises people to keep an eye…

Gujarat CM’s understanding of ICMR guidelines on recording COVID deaths is flawed

Archit26th April 202126th April 2021

Coronavirus cases are rapidly increasing in Gujarat. More than 14,000 cases are being reported in the State daily while the healthcare sector is overwhelmed with high demands it is unable…