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Video from Bahrain shared as woman smashing Ganesha idols in Kerala

Mahaprajna Nayak14th September 202215th September 2022

A video of a burqa-clad woman smashing Ganesh idols in a shop is being widely circulated on social media. Several users tweeted the video claiming that the incident occurred in…

Morphed photo: Kejriwal’s dinner host did not have Modi’s portrait on wall

Shinjinee Majumder14th September 202215th September 2022

On his two-day visit to Gujarat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was invited by an auto-rickshaw driver, Vikrambhai Dantani, to dinner at his home after Kejriwal addressed a gathering of…

Smriti Irani makes false claim that Rahul didn’t pay respects at Kanyakumari before Bharat Jodo Yatra

Abhishek Kumar13th September 202214th September 2022

On September 10, the BJP organized a Jana Spandana program in Doddaballapur, Bengaluru to celebrate the third anniversary of the party’s coming to power in Karnataka. BJP MP and Union…

Did Modi say his mother should’ve stopped him from committing petty thefts? No, it’s a clipped video

Abhishek Kumar10th September 202210th September 2022

A 10-second video is viral on social media in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is giving a speech from a stage. In the video, Modi says, “If my mother had…

No, none of the women throwing objects at kids in viral video is Queen Elizabeth II

Shinjinee Majumder10th September 2022

An old video that shows two women throwing objects at children who run around trying to catch them is going viral with the claim that one of the women seen…

2020 video from Perth, Australia being shared as Bengaluru cloudburst

Indradeep Bhattacharyya9th September 2022

Many parts of Bengaluru were inundated after the city received extremely heavy torrential rain over the past week. The Press Trust of India reported that Bengaluru City observatory of the…

Did Gehlot drink charanamrit with mask on? No, BJP leaders shared clipped video

Priyanka Jha8th September 20228th September 2022

A number of BJP functionaries are criticizing Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot while sharing a 5-second video in which Gehlot is being offered charanamrit by a temple priest and the…

Fact-check: Viral images of well-maintained UP primary school are from 2016

Shinjinee Majumder6th September 20226th September 2022

Images of a well-maintained government primary school in Uttar Pradesh are being circulated on social media. The name and address of the school — Prathmik Vidyalaya, Itayla Mafi — are…

Fact-check: Do UP schools serve paneer, apple and ice-cream in mid-day meal?

Abhishek Kumar5th September 20226th September 2022

A photo of a young boy standing in front of the Upper Primary Middle School in Jalaun, Malakpur with a plateful of food has been circulating widely on social media….

Old video of fireworks from Srinagar shared as celebrations of India’s Asia Cup loss to Pak

Kalim Ahmed5th September 2022

On September 4, against the backdrop of Pakistan’s win against India in the Super 4 game of the Asia Cup, a 49-second long video clip of fireworks was shared on…

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Deepfake alert: Videos of Ravish Kumar, Shiv Aroor and Palki Sharma reporting on NDA leaders’ Pak overtures viral

Sonam Wangchuk ‘safe & sound’, confirms his wife amid deepfakes announcing his ‘death’ going viral