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Amid mounting Pak-Taliban tension, Tarek Fatah shares 7-year-old video of public execution

Archit9th January 2023

On January 6, Canadian columnist Tarek Fatah tweeted a video along with the text, “CAUTION: Disturbing Video: Taliban jihadis hang and then shoot dead a captured Pakistani soldier. As Makcolm…

Did Rahul say he had a problem with priests? No, yet another clipped video shared without context by Amit Malviya

Kalim Ahmed9th January 20239th January 2023

A seven-second-long clip of Rahul Gandhi speaking at a press conference is going viral on social media. In this clip, the Congress leader can be heard saying in Hindi, “This…

Doctored clip: Bhojpuri song added to video of Rahul Gandhi attending concert

Abhishek Kumar9th January 20239th January 2023

A video of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi sitting with Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot is viral on social media. The clip shows the two leaders attending a musical programme where…

Viral photo of children in torn clothes studying in makeshift classroom not from India

Archit7th January 2023

An image of children studying in what appears to be a makeshift classroom is shared on social media with the claim that it is from India. Samajwadi Party leader IP…

Haldwani eviction: BJP leaders share 10-yr-old Kolkata pic with misleading claim

Kalim Ahmed6th January 2023

On December 20, 2022, Uttarakhand high court passed an order to evict over 4,000 families from land claimed by the Railways in Haldwani. The court’s decision was later challenged in…

Old video of Kolkata slums shared as illegal encroachments in Haldwani

Archit5th January 2023

On December 20, 2022, the Uttarakhand high court ordered the eviction of close to 50,000 people allegedly living on railway land in the state’s Haldwani district. Following this, people facing…

Morphed image viral; PM Modi did not shave his head after mother’s demise

Vansh Shah5th January 2023

Following the demise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi at the age of 99, social media users shared an image of PM Modi with his head shaved and…

Bulandshahr encounter: RW handles made misleading claim to add communal twist

Kalim Ahmed5th January 20235th January 2023

Trigger Warning: Death. Discretion advised. A video of an individual lying inside a van-turned-ambulance in an unconscious state is going viral on social media. Sharing this video on Twitter, Prashant…

KCR’s 2018 statement on Modi falsely linked with CBI glare on his daughter

Kalim Ahmed4th January 2023

On December 2, 2022, several media outlets reported that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had issued a notice to Kalvakuntla Kavitha, the member of legislative council from Nizamabad, Telangana,…

2017 video of doctors’ spat in Jodhpur hospital OT viral again with false claims

Shinjinee Majumder4th January 20234th January 2023

A video shot in a hospital showing two doctors quarreling with each other inside an operation theatre is viral on social media. Journalist Tarek Fatah quote-tweeted the clip originally shared…

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After Ayodhya sets Guinness record on Diwali, AI-generated image of illuminated river bank goes viral

Delhi pollution: Old video shared to claim stubble burning in Punjab is to be blamed, not Diwali crackers