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Was Switzerland’s Matterhorn mountain lit up in tricolour after India supplied HCQ tablets?

Kinjal21st April 2020

On April 18, BJP’s National General secretary BL Santosh tweeted an image of Switzerland’s Matterhorn mountain with the message, “Matterhorn mountain in Swiss Alps lighted with tricolour in the name…

Old video: Pak warship brushing against INS Godavari falsely viral as recent event off Gujarat coast

Archit21st April 202022nd April 2020

A four-minute video which shows two naval ships has gone viral with the claim that it is a recent video from the coast of Gujarat. The video is recorded by…

Palghar lynching incident falsely communalised on social media

Jignesh Patel20th April 202020th April 2020

On April 16, three men were lynched by an armed mob near Gadchinchale village which comes under the Kasa Police jurisdiction in Maharashtra’s Palghar district. Three days later, videos of…

Videos viral with false claim of poor slum dwellers and Muslims hoarding food in Meerut

Archit & Kinjal20th April 202021st April 2020

Two videos have gone viral with the claim that people from the Muslim community are hoarding food supplies and wasting food amidst the lockdown imposed to tackle coronavirus. Video 1:…

Video of mentally unstable woman viral with false claim of attempting to spread coronavirus

Priyanka Jha19th April 2020

Videos of a woman shopping in a supermarket have been widely shared on social media. The person recording the videos says that it was shot at a Reliance store and…

False claim suggests Bandra mass gathering accused Vinay Dubey’s father is Muslim

Jignesh Patel18th April 2020

A photograph of Navi Mumbai-based self-proclaimed labour leader and activist Vinay Dubey, along with a man and a woman, was posted by one Shiv Yadav on Twitter. Yadav claimed that…

Old, unrelated photo shared as family commits suicide in Surat due to hunger during lockdown

Pooja Chaudhuri18th April 2020

A photograph of a man, woman and infant hanging dead from a tree has been widely shared on social media. The accompanying claim suggests that the family committed suicide out…

Video from Mumbai viral as cops lathicharge deaf-mute man in Ahmedabad’s Behrampura

Jignesh Patel18th April 2020

A disturbing video of a group of policemen brutally lathi-charging a man is doing the rounds on social media. In the video, the policemen are seen chasing and beating a…

Old, unrelated image from Malaysia shared as migrants stranded in Gujarat due to lockdown

Kinjal17th April 202017th April 2020

An image of a crowd of people sleeping in the lobby of a building is getting shared on social media. It is being claimed that the image is from Gujarat…

Old video shared as the recent incident where police was attacked during lockdown in Aurangabad

Priyanka Jha17th April 202017th April 2020

On April 15, it was reported that locals in Bihar’s Aurangabad attacked health workers and police personnel during a routine visit for screening residents. Eleven people were injured in the…

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