Politics

Iftar held at HDFC Barabanki given false communal spin

Nilofar Absar21st May 2022

Photographs of iftar being served post namaz at an HDFC branch in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki were widely shared on Facebook with a communal spin. The incident took place during the…

Dainik Bhaskar falsely reports pro-Pak chant raised in Bhilwara based on old video

Archit19th May 202220th May 2022

On May 19, Dainik Bhaskar published a report with the headline, “Slogans of Pakistan in Bhilwara: Video of Pakistan slogans in Sanganer area surfaces, case registered in Subhash Nagar police…

Did Congress ‘disrespect’ saffron at Udaipur conclave? Misleading image viral

Archit16th May 2022

Congress party’s three-day conclave, Chintan Shivir, began in Udaipur on May 14. It was held to strategise about the next round of assembly polls and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections….

This video of cars torched in Sri Lanka is not from ex-PM Rajapaksa’s son’s house

Aritraa Dey16th May 2022

A video showing a line of parked luxury cars is viral on social media. Towards the end of the video, it is seen that these cars are burning in a…

Did Muskan Khan ‘flee’ from India with family without ‘police permission’?

Abhishek Kumar16th May 2022

Amid the ongoing dispute regarding Hijab in Karnataka, which brought Mandya student Muskan Khan to the limelight, a piece of unverified news is viral in her name. Several regional media…

FB page brands Bangladeshi tourists as “infiltrators”, BJP leaders amplify false claim

Archit & Arbab Ali12th May 202212th May 2022

A man conducting a vox-pop (short interviews with members of the public) at Shaheen Bagh with men exiting a mosque after namaz has gone viral. In this video, the interviewer…

Satirical article claiming Pfizer’s VP was arrested believed to be true

Abhishek Kumar12th May 2022

A screenshot of an alleged tweet has gone viral on social media. The tweet carries an article that claims Pfizer’s Vice President has been arrested. The viral screenshot reads, ‘’The…

Fact-check: Piles of garbage in front of a mohalla clinic in Delhi?

Abhishek Kumar12th May 2022

A photo of an ‘Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinic’ hoarding above a pile of garbage is viral on social media. Below it in smaller font is the name of the area,…

No, this isn’t Kavi Pradeep who wrote ‘Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo’ criticising Nehru

Kinjal12th May 2022

A video ascribed to Kavi Pradeep, the lyricist who penned the words to the song ‘Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo’, is circulating widely on social media. The elderly man in…

Old photo of Amit Shah with IAS Pooja Singhal, who is under ED probe, viral

Shinjinee Majumder11th May 2022

An image of BJP president Amit Shah and IAS officer Pooja Singhal has gone viral. Social media users are claiming that it was taken days before the Enforcement Directorate raided…