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Coronavirus: Photos, videos viral with false “organ trading of dead bodies” claim

Archit & Kinjal25th July 202027th July 2020

Multiple social media users claimed that organs were missing from the dead body of a patient who died of COVID-19 in Mumbai. On July 20, IBN 24×7 News (archived link)…

CCTV footage of man stabbed to death in Delhi’s Madipur shared with false Muslim angle

Archit22nd July 2020

A CCTV clip of a man brutally stabbed by a group of youths has been shared by several Facebook and Twitter users. As per social media claims, the victim was…

Prathap NM, hailed as ‘drone scientist’, passes off German and Japanese drones as his own

Pooja Chaudhuri18th July 202020th July 2020

A young man from Karnataka Prathap NM was hailed in Kannada media as “drone” Prathap for claiming to have extraordinary achievements. A few English websites like Deccan Herald and India…

Fact-check: Was the bridge that collapsed in Bihar part of Rs 264 crore Sattarghat project?

Priyanka Jha18th July 2020

On July 16, the country woke up to the news of Sattarghat bridge in Bihar collapsing a month after it was inaugurated. Flooding in Gandak river damaged the bridge reportedly…

India Today, Tribune fall for fictional story of teacher bullied online, share it as ‘news’

Pooja Chaudhuri17th July 2020

A ‘story’ about a teacher who was bullied by his students during an online class on a Zoom call was published by India Today, The Tribune and IB Times. Hindi media…

Russia’s Sechenov University has NOT ‘completed’ COVID vaccine clinical trials; media misreports

Archit15th July 202015th July 2020

Around July 12, several media outlets from all over the world reported that Russia’s Sechenov University has completed clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine. These reports also suggested that this is…

‘Japan TV’ did not air animated clip of Modi-Xi fight; India Today ‘So Sorry’ video viral

Priyanka Jha14th July 202014th July 2020

An animated video showing Indian Prime Minister Narendra embroiled in a Kung Fu battle with Chinese President Xi Jinping is circulating on social media. The video shows Jinping losing to…

Old video of Amitabh Bachchan thanking Nanavati Hospital staff viral as recent

Archit13th July 202013th July 2020

On July 11, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan tweeted that he tested positive for COVID-19. He was admitted in the isolation unit at Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai. The next day,…

Video from Patna school falsely shared as DAV public school, Hyderabad

Priyanka Jha7th July 2020

A two-minute video is viral where a woman is probing a purported staff member of a school about the institution’s policy on transportation charges, tuition fees and annual fees amidst…

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Muslim husband beat up Hindu wife? No, photos of Bangladeshi couple viral with Islamophobic ‘Abdul’ trope

Muslims pelted stones at Ganesh idol in Karnataka? Hindu groups’ scuffle given false communal spin