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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…

BJP Bihar tweets 2020 video to slam present govt over law and order

Kalim Ahmed2nd January 2023

On December 28, 2022, the official handle of BJP Bihar tweeted a video where a group of people can be seen assaulting a policeman. The accompanying caption in Hindi can…

Amit Malviya tweeted clipped video, Rahul didn’t hint at ending Bharat Jodo Yatra

Abhishek Kumar29th December 2022

A nine-second video clip of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in front of party leaders and workers is being widely circulated on social media. BJP’s national information technology department head Amit…

Opposition leaders use edited photo to claim PM Modi wore women’s clothing

Abhishek Kumar28th December 202228th December 2022

On December 18, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Shillong to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for new infrastructure projects worth Rs. 2,450 crore. In Shillong, the Prime Minister wore…