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Satirical post claiming Muslims secured top 5 ranks in NEET believed to be true

Archit23rd October 202024th October 2020

Last month, Sudarshan News broadcasted a bulletin replete with misinformation to falsely propagate that Muslim candidates are favoured in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations. Alt News published a…

Old videos falsely shared as crocodiles spotted in Hyderabad during heavy rains

Jignesh Patel15th October 202015th October 2020

A video showing a crocodile in a water-logged residential area being pulled out by a man is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that the incident took…

Tanishq Gandhidham store wasn’t attacked, staff threatened to put an apology

Pooja Chaudhuri14th October 202015th October 2020

A controversy over a harmless advertisement by jewellery brand Tanishq featuring an interfaith couple was blown out of proportion due to social media vitriol. The company’s brand manager Mansoor Khan’s…

BJP’s claim about West Bengal police throwing bombs at BJP protest rally is false

Pooja Chaudhuri10th October 202010th October 2020

Clashes erupted in parts of Kolkata and neighbouring Howrah on October 8 during “March to Nabanna” organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) youth wing — Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha…

Morphed image shows Uddhav Thackeray watching Republic TV amidst TRP racket

Archit9th October 20209th October 2020

On October 8, Mumbai Police Commissioner Paramvir Singh briefed the media on their findings related to a Television Rating Point (TRP) racket. TRP is a tool that judges a channel’s…

Woman who died due to medical negligence in 2018 misidentified as Hathras victim

Priyanka Jha5th October 2020

On September 29, the victim in the alleged rape case from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh passed away in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital. Following her death, social media users began sharing an…

Video used to mock Ravish Kumar for ‘rolling on the street’ does not feature the journalist

Priyanka Jha & Ketan1st October 20201st October 2020

BJP MLA Indu Tiwari from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh tweeted a 19-second video alleging that it shows journalist Ravish Kumar. “Do you recognise this messiah journalist? He is known for imparting…

Video shared to make misleading claim that Hathras victim’s family did her last rites

Pooja Chaudhuri30th September 20201st October 2020

A 19-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras was allegedly tortured and gang-raped by four upper-caste men on September 14. She succumbed to her injuries on September 29. The UP…

Media circus continues: Did Ranveer seek permission to join Deepika during NCB ‘drug’ probe?

Pooja Chaudhuri26th September 202028th September 2020

Actor Deepika Padukone has become the cause célèbre after diverting mainstream media’s attention from Rhea Chakraborty in the Bollywood ‘drug cartel’ probe. In a similar WhatsApp chat ‘leak’, Padukone was…

Media misquotes Sunil Gavaskar on Virat-Anushka, social media erupts in outrage

Jignesh Patel25th September 202027th September 2020

The Indian Premier League (IPL) under way in the UAE garnered controversy after social media outrage that former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar made a ‘distasteful’ remark on Royal Challengers Banglore…

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Kangana Ranaut was not shown the middle finger at a performance; viral video is from an event in Pakistan

AI-generated video of Donald Trump ‘roasting’ Indian Air Force goes viral