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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…

PIB’s 3 out of 4 ‘fact-checks’ on deaths in Shramik trains are unsubstantiated

Priyanka Jha6th June 20206th June 2020

Recently, the fact-checking wing of Press Information Bureau (PIB) posted multiple tweets declaring news reports on deaths of migrant workers in Shramik trains as false. PIB claimed that the deceased…

False claim viral about arrest of Amzath Ali and Thamim Shaikh in Kerala elephant death case

Pooja Chaudhuri5th June 20205th June 2020

The horrific death of an elephant in Kerala’s Palakkad has turned into yet another issue to target the Indian Muslim population. After reports came pouring in that the animal died…

Irresponsible media reports spark anger against Muslims and Kerala in elephant death case

Pooja Chaudhuri4th June 20205th June 2020

The death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala after she was allegedly “fed” a pineapple stuffed with firecrackers sparked massive outrage in the country. The tragic incident started trending on…

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…