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Video of protests outside Ohio statehouse over George Floyd’s death shared as White House

Kinjal3rd June 20203rd June 2020

In the backdrop of protests against the death of African-American man George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police, a video of protesters supposedly storming the White House in Washington…

Fact-checking PIB Fact Check: Did family of mother who died in Shramik train claim she had long-term illness?

Pooja Chaudhuri, Pratik Sinha & Dr Sharfaroz Satani2nd June 20203rd June 2020

The coronavirus outbreak in India has left millions of migrant workers exposed to hunger and homelessness due to an ill-conceived nationwide lockdown imposed by the central government on March 24….

Video traced back to 2014 shared as recent clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers

Jignesh Patel2nd June 2020

A video of soldiers from two different armies engaged in a face-off is being circulated on social media with the claim that China is provoking India for war at the…

Verification: Speech targeting Muslim community by Kanpur medical college principal

Archit1st June 2020

Around June 1, a five-minute video of an interview of a woman recorded in the style of an exposé went viral. The woman appears to be an office-bearer and is…

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta quotes false WhatsApp forward in Supreme Court

Sam Jawed30th May 2020

On May 28, the Supreme Court heard the Suo Moto case regarding the plight of migrant labourers stranded in different parts of the country due to the lockdown. During the…

Video of landslide from Indonesia shared as India

Archit29th May 202021st July 2020

As monsoons reach several parts of the country, a video of a landslide has been shared with the claim that it happened in Goa. Goa Madgaon Highway #LandSlide2020 @bhagwatnegi23 @praveen_gaur…

Audio clip based on Facebook post from 2017 attributed to journalist Ravish Kumar

Jignesh Patel29th May 20204th January 2021

An audio clip of 4:46 minutes is doing the rounds on messaging applications like WhatsApp. A man can be heard talking about the lack of representation of the Muslim community…

Old images shared as forest fires in Uttarakhand

Jignesh Patel28th May 2020

A collage of images is circulating on social media with the claim it depicts the recent forest fires in Uttarakhand. “Uttarakhand is burning since 4 days but why isn’t anyone…

Old video of swarm of blackbirds outside Texas supermarket viral as Saudi Arabia

Archit28th May 202028th May 2020

Around May 27, several users on Twitter and Facebook posted a two-minute video of hundreds of crows in a huge parking lot. As per the claim, the video is from…