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‘Golden Dragon’ video from China viral on social media as Diwali celebrations in Kerala

Mahaprajna Nayak9th November 20229th November 2022

A video of a glittering fleet of boats cruising in a serpentine motion supposedly on a river in Kerala has been doing the rounds on social media with the hashtag…

Ex-I&B minister, other BJP leaders share clipped video of Ashok Gehlot with misleading claim

Abhishek Kumar7th November 2022

A short clip of chief minister Ashok Gehlot speaking to the media from his car is viral on social media. Responding to a question about various leaders giving statements, he…

Video of ED raid in Kolkata falsely shared again, this time as crackdown on Surat BJP leader

Shinjinee Majumder5th November 202214th June 2023

A video apparently showing visuals of a raid by the Enforcement Directorate at the house of Surat-based BJP leader Shikhar Agarwal is viral on social media. Last month, a user…

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…