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Fact-check: Videos of unrelated pest attacks linked with Asian giant hornet spotted in US

Kinjal12th June 202012th June 2020

Since the past few days, there have been reports of black and orange hornets spotted in America. These are the Asian giant hornets, also known as ‘Murder Hornet’. Following the…

Verification: Ram Guha’s tweet quoting Philip Spratt’s 1939 writing on Gujarat and Bengal

Pratik Sinha & Pooja Chaudhuri11th June 202012th June 2020

A tweet by historian Ram Guha has caused quite a stir on social media. It carries an excerpt from British writer and former communist Philip Spratt’s writings from 1939. “Gujarat,…

Viral: Fake Zee News graphic claims total lockdown from June 15

Archit11th June 202011th June 2020

A screengrab of an alleged Zee News graphic has been shared on social media. The text on the graphic reads, “Home Minister indicates that after June 15 once again there…

Video from West Bengal shared as people disregarding social distancing in Mumbai bus

Pooja Chaudhuri10th June 202010th June 2020

Congress leader and former MP from Mumbai south constituency Milind Deora tweeted a video of commuters rushing into a bus, disregarding social distancing norms. He claimed that the video is…

Old images of cow injured in explosion in Rajasthan shared as recent incident from Himachal Pradesh

Kinjal10th June 202010th June 2020

Days after a pregnant elephant in Kerala died after a fruit stuffed with firecrackers went off in her mouth, a similar incident came to light from Himachal Pradesh where a…

False media reports claim Jyotiraditya Scindia removed ‘BJP’ from his Twitter bio

Priyanka Jha9th June 20209th June 2020

A section of the media claimed that BJP leader and former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has removed ‘BJP’ from his Twitter account and written ‘public servant’ and ‘cricket enthusiast’. Some…

Fact-check: Video of elderly man stripped naked and beaten is from Bangladesh

Kinjal9th June 2020

A video of an elderly man being stripped and beaten up by another man in the presence of mute spectators is doing the rounds on social media. On June 3,…

Video of Vizag gas leak falsely linked with hornet attack and coronavirus outbreak

Kinjal9th June 20209th June 2020

A video of people lying unconscious on the road is floating on social media. It is being claimed that they were all stung by the Asian giant hornet which is…

Video from Gujarat shared as upper caste men in UP assault Dalit woman for drawing water from well

Priyanka Jha9th June 20206th October 2020

A disturbing video of three men brutally assaulting a woman with sticks and pulling her by her hair was shared on social media. A message in Tamil claims that upper-castes…

GoAir fires the wrong person based on hateful tweets from a dubious Twitter account

Pratik Sinha7th June 20208th June 2020

Screenshots of tweets from a Twitter account with the name Asif Khan and Twitter id @MdAsif35534489 went viral on June 4. The account, which has now either been deleted or…