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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

Archit21st May 202121st May 2021

Cyclone Tauktae made landfall along Gujarat’s coastal region including Saurashtra on May 17 around 20 km northeast of Diu (66 km away from Gir Forest), reported Down to Earth. It…

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…