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Dumped passports found: 2018 video viral with false claim about ‘illegal Muslim settlers’

Vansh Shah5th April 2023

A video is viral where some youngsters can be seen picking up trashed passports from a paddy field alongside a village road. Social media users have shared this video with…

Exclusive: Network of shadow Facebook pages spending crores on ads to target Oppn are connected to BJP

Abhishek Kumar4th April 202317th April 2023

For the last few years, political propaganda on social media has been a part and parcel of electoral politics across the world. Alongside that, advertising has become an important tool…

Video of BMC demolition drive in Santacruz viral as ‘bulldozer Raj’ in Uttar Pradesh

Vansh Shah3rd April 2023

A video has been making rounds on social media where an aged man can be seen lying down in front of a bulldozer. He then gets up and can be…

Jains contribute 24% of total income tax in India? Unfounded claim viral for years

Abhishek Kumar1st April 2023

From time to time, different types of claims regarding the Jain community circulate on public forums, online communities and social media. The reach of these claims is so wide that…

Rampyari Gurjar led 40,000 soldiers to defeat Timur? No credible evidence to back such claim

Indradeep Bhattacharyya31st March 202311th April 2023

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on March 11 unveiled a statue of Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar at a police training school in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. During his speech at the programme, he…

Right Wing users falsely claim Rahul Gandhi deleted Savarkar tweets, then delete their own tweets

Indradeep Bhattacharyya29th March 202330th March 2023

Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s grandson Ranjit Savarkar on Monday, March 27, said he would file an FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi if the latter did not apologize for…

Video from China viral as trial run of train on Chenab bridge in J&K

Vansh Shah29th March 2023

The highest railway bridge in the world, which will link Katra and Banihal and span the Chenab River at a height of 359 meters, is under construction in Jammu and…

CPI not among top 20 deadliest terror groups; Aussie thinktank rectifies error

Abira Das28th March 2023

The screenshot of a report on the ‘Global Terrorism Index 2023’ published by the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP) is viral on social media. The picture was a list…

BJP leaders share clipped video to claim Srinivas BV made misogynistic remarks against Smriti Irani

Shinjinee Majumder28th March 202328th March 2023

A clip of Congress youth leader Srinivas BV’s speech during a public rally is viral on social media. In the clip, Srinivas can be heard saying, “Smriti Irani thora gunge…

Video of devotees hailing Lord Ayyappa’s Muslim associate Vavar shared with misleading claim

Kalim Ahmed27th March 202327th March 2023

A 2-minute long clip is circulating widely on social media as a video from the ‘Yedurappa’ temple in Kerala where devotees can be seen singing praises to Allah. The voice-over…

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