Pakistan-flagged oil tanker destroyed in Hormuz? Unrelated video falsely shared
Amid the escalating conflict in West Asia, a video showing a vessel engulfed in flames and billowing smoke is being widely shared across social media platforms with claims that Iranian...
Nagpur factory blast killed 20 on March 1: How did five leading English news channels respond?
On March 1, 2026, a massive blast at an industrial explosives factory owned by SBL Energy Limited in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district left at least 20 people dead and 23 injured,...
The state of Karnataka has witnessed violent protests for the past several weeks due to several colleges barring hijab-wearing students from attending classes. As Muslim students protest against the ban,…
[Disclaimer: Violent content. The video has not been added or linked in this report.] On February 6, a 17-year-old boy was killed in a clash between members of two communities…
Violence has spread to several districts in Karnataka amid colleges prohibiting students to attend classes wearing hijabs and the government backing the ban. As Muslim students protest against the ban…
Since the last week of December, six female students belonging to the Government PU College for Girls in Udupi were not allowed to attend classes wearing hijab with uniforms. On…
Since January 28, several social media accounts have been posting an image of cars flattened under the debris of a collapsed flyover. As per social media claims, this image is…
A 0:30 seconds long clip is being widely circulated on social media with the claim that China recently “debuted” an “artificial sun”. Except for the video, these claims do not…
An alleged “office memorandum” is circulating on WhatsApp in the name of the Department of Expenditure under the Ministry of Finance. As per the notice, Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness…
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…
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…
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…