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Video from MP falsely viral as UP police thrash people offering namaz on the road

Kinjal29th October 202110th January 2022

A video of police personnel lathi-charging a group of people is viral on social media. It has been claimed that people offering namaz in public in Banaras were beaten by…

Noida police catches robbers gang, false anti-Muslim spin and links to Durga Puja added online

Abhishek Kumar29th October 2021

A video of police officers escorting a man who has been shot in his leg has been shared on social media with the claim that the man’s name is Adil,…

Shah Rukh Khan’s father was not six during Quit India movement – false claim viral

Kinjal29th October 2021

A newspaper clipping of a report on Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s father is viral on social media. It is titled, “Shah Rukh Khan’s father Mir Taj Mohammad Khan was…

Video of people celebrating Pak’s win against India is from 2017

Archit27th October 202127th October 2021

On October 24, India lost to Pakistan in the 2021 T20 World Cup, making this Pakistan’s first victory against India in a cricket world cup. A day later, several users…

KL Rahul was dismissed on a no-ball? Virender Sehwag gives false info, claim viral online

Ketan26th October 202126th October 2021

On October 24, the Indian cricket team played its first match of the T20 World Cup 2021 against Pakistan in Dubai. Pakistan made history by defeating India for the first…

Video of Durga Puja pandal vandalised in Bangladesh shared as West Bengal

Priyanka Jha22nd October 202122nd October 2021

A video of a mob vandalizing a pandal is viral on social media. It is being claimed that Muslims in West Bengal demolished a Durga Puja pandal. #हिन्दू_मुस्लिम_भाईचारा ,सरकार…

Media misreports Afghan women’s volleyball player beheaded by Taliban

Archit21st October 202123rd October 2021

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a blow to women’s rights in the country. Many women have taken to the streets to protest against the hard-line regime. Afghan women leaders…

Teacher trashes student for ‘loitering’, Sudarshan News injects false communal spin

Kinjal21st October 2021

Sudarshan News tweeted a video on October 16 that shows a teacher beating a pupil in class. The channel claimed that a Christian teacher in Tamil Nadu brutally beat up…

Fact-check: Has Indian passport strengthened under PM Modi as claimed by Amit Shah?

Archit20th October 2021

On October 14, Home Minister Amit Shah addressed BJP members at a Karyakarta Sammelan in Goa. One of the claims Shah made during the address was that the strength of…

Video from Tripura falsely linked to Bangladesh violence against Hindus minorities

Pooja Chaudhuri & Mohammed Zubair18th October 2021

The rising violence in Bangladesh against the minority Hindu community over an alleged incident of desecration of the Quran during Durga Puja celebrations in Cumilla, Chittagong division, has led to…

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Pakistan-flagged oil tanker destroyed in Hormuz? Unrelated video falsely shared

Nagpur factory blast killed 20 on March 1: How did five leading English news channels respond?