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Defying bail terms, Yati Narsinghanand continues to deliver hate speech. When will law catch up with him?

Kalim Ahmed4th November 202217th November 2022

On April 3, 2022, just about two months after Yati Narsinghanand got bail in the Haridwar Dharam Sansad hate speech case on the condition that he would not deliver provocative…

Housing scheme poster tweeted by Amit Shah features Saroo Brierley, man who traced back his family after 25 yrs

Mahaprajna Nayak2nd November 2022

The Prime Minister is set to inaugurate 3024 newly-built houses for the economically weaker section (EWS) in Delhi to rehabilitate people living in slums as part of a slum rehabilitation…

Child deaths in Indonesia: No evidence so far of Indian syrups causing fatal kidney diseases

Kalim Ahmed2nd November 2022

In the first week of October, the World Health Organization (WHO) made a medical product alert about substandard (contaminated) pediatric medicines identified in The Gambia, a small west African country….

Misinformation, false claims about UK PM Rishi Sunak flood social media

Shinjinee Majumder29th October 2022

On October 27, the United Kingdom got its first non-white Prime Minister in Rishi Sunak. At 42, the former chancellor of the exchequer also became Britain’s youngest Prime Minister in…

Govt decision to block 4 videos on YouTube channel ‘Mr Reaction Wala’ perplexing

Archit28th October 2022

The ministry of information & broadcasting (MIB) on September 26 announced the blocking of 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels. The MIB said in a statement: “Based on the inputs…

Morphed image of Pakistani men with banner demanding Virat Kohli viral on social media

Abhishek Kumar28th October 2022

India defeated Pakistan in the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup on October 23 by four wickets thanks largely to a brilliant knock by Virat Kohli. Expectedly, he dominated the…

Man in viral video admitting to raping daughter an Indian? False claim by Tarek Fatah

Kalim Ahmed26th October 2022

The video of a man standing behind bars while an individual confronts him is going viral on social media. In the clip, a bearded man called Mushtaq Ahmed is asked…

Congress leaders share Andhra festival crowd video as Bharat Jodo Yatra gathering

Abhishek Kumar26th October 202226th October 2022

A video of a massive procession moving through a road has been making rounds on social media. The video also shows onlookers on rooftops video-recording the rally on their mobile…

Concocted opinion polls predicting AAP victory in Gujarat elections viral

Shinjinee Majumder25th October 2022

A collection of opinion polls apparently predicting the results of the upcoming Gujarat polls is going viral. All the graphics indicate the victory of the Aam Aadmi Party. The four…

Hardik Patel facing people’s ire in Gujarat? Old video shared with false claim

Kinjal22nd October 202222nd October 2022

A video of BJP leader Hardik Patel is viral on social media where some people can be seen expressing their displeasure over the youth leader who shot to fame with…

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Why Amit Shah’s claim on rising share of Muslims in India’s population is misleading

UP woman cop put Muslim harassers in their place? No, viral video is scripted