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Prakash Javadekar shares 8-month-old video as govt supplying coal amid recent shortage

Pooja Chaudhuri22nd October 202122nd October 2021

Rajya Sabha member and former environment minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted a video of a train carrying coal and claimed that a 4-km-long rack train with four engines is running on…

Fact-check: Did JRD Tata write “Nehru stabbed me in the back” after nationalisation of Tata Airlines?

Archit Mehta21st October 2021

Tata Sons made the winning bid of Rs 18,000 crore for Air India, the airline founded by JRD Tata in 1932. Back then it was known as Tata Air Services. In…

Fact-check: Has Indian passport strengthened under PM Modi as claimed by Amit Shah?

Archit Mehta20th October 2021

On October 14, Home Minister Amit Shah addressed BJP members at a Karyakarta Sammelan in Goa. One of the claims Shah made during the address was that the strength of…

Old video of man hacked to death in Bangladesh viral as recent communal violence

Archit Mehta20th October 2021

[Disclaimer: Viral video depicts extreme violence. Only screenshots are used as identifiers.] Disturbing reports of communal violence in Bangladesh continue to unfold a series of targeted attacks against the minority…

Fact-check: Did UP govt organise fruits for cops to break Navratri fast?

Priyanka Jha19th October 2021

Recently, Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha UP’s Social Media Head Richa Rajput shared a photo claiming that the Yogi Adityanath government made special arrangements and procured fruit for police personnel observing…

CCTV video of woman kidnapped is from Bangladesh, not West Bengal

Priyanka Jha19th October 2021

CCTV footage of a man abducting a woman wearing a burqa and forcing her into a car is viral on social media. In the video, a vehicle suddenly stops in…

Video of petrol pump station employee kidnapped is from Saudi, not UP

Kinjal19th October 2021

A video of a petrol pump station employee being kidnapped from the station is viral on social media. The employee is seen filing a black car with petrol and once…

BJP members share clipped video to portray only ‘Azan’ recited at Congress Kisan Nyay rally

Kinjal18th October 2021

On October 14, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeted a 1:40-minute-long video containing two clips. The first features Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Singh Baghel and other Congress leaders….

Old, unrelated videos falsely shared as recent violence in Kashmir

Archit Mehta14th October 2021

A 40-second clip comprising two videos has been shared with the claim that they are from Kashmir. The video resolutions are low and an Arabic song can be heard in…

Video of US soldiers returning medals is from 2012; 50, not 40k participated in the protest

Kinjal14th October 2021

A video of US army men coming on stage and throwing their medals while criticizing the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan is viral. It is being claimed that 40,000 American…

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Video of Durga Puja pandal vandalised in Bangladesh shared as West Bengal