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    Ankita Mahalanobish

    Diwali celebrated in Dubai and Saudi Arabia with fireworks? No, viral video is of UAE National Day celebrations

    23rd October 202523rd October 2025
    A video of people absorbing the sight of elaborate fireworks was viral on social media, with some claiming that it showed Diwali being celebrated in Dubai while others said it...
    Diwali celebrated in Dubai and Saudi Arabia with fireworks? No, viral video is of UAE National Day celebrations
    Prantik Ali

    After Ayodhya sets Guinness record on Diwali, AI-generated image of illuminated river bank goes viral

    23rd October 2025
    An aerial photograph, apparently showing Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya brightly lit with diyas on the occasion of Diwali is viral on social media. Users have been sharing the image, taking pride...
    After Ayodhya sets Guinness record on Diwali, AI-generated image of illuminated river bank goes viral

    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…

    Aligarh police denies Muslim hawker’s thrashing was communal. What is the truth?

    Priyanka Jha23rd November 2021

    On October 31, journalist Sachin Gupta of Dainik Bhaskar tweeted that a hawker named Aamir selling clothes in UP’s Aligarh was beaten up by two people. They tore his clothes…

    Sulli Deals: Organised attempt to blame a Muslim youth for the app

    Mohammed Zubair, Pratik Sinha & Pooja Chaudhuri15th November 202115th November 2021

    On July 4, dozens of Muslim women in India found themselves “up for sale” on an app that went by the name “Sulli Deals”. The app uploaded publically available pictures…

    Old image from unrelated case shared as actor Poonam Pandey in hospital

    Priyanka Jha15th November 2021

    On November 8, ANI cited the Mumbai police informing that actress Poonam Pandey’s husband Sam Bombay was arrested in Mumbai after she complained of assault. She was admitted to a…

    Tripura police claims no mosque was torched in Panisagar but ground reality differs

    Archit13th November 2021

    A week after violence against the minority Hindu community was reported in Bangladesh, communal attacks targeting the Muslim community took place in Tripura. The Indian Express reported that the last…

    Blast caused by firecrackers, CCTV video falsely viral as battery-powered scooty explods

    Priyanka Jha13th November 2021

    A CCTV video of a scooty suddenly exploding was shared with the claim that the blast happened because the two-wheeler was battery-powered. (Archive link) बैटरी वाली स्कूटी फटी बीच बाजार…

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    हत्यारों के साथ रात में घूम रहे गिरोह की झूठी कहानी के साथ मैनपुरी में हुई हत्या की तस्वीरें वायरल

    हत्यारों के साथ रात में घूम रहे गिरोह की झूठी कहानी के साथ मैनपुरी में हुई हत्या की तस्वीरें वायरल

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