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Photo of CWG medalists with Rakesh Tikait viral with misleading claims

Abhishek Kumar16th August 2022

India won a total of 61 medals in the Commonwealth Games 2022. This includes 22 Gold, 16 Silver and 23 Bronze medals. Bajrang Punia, Deepak Punia, Ravi Kumar Dahiya and…

Old video of Nitish Kumar taking dig at BJP viral with misleading claim

Abhishek Kumar10th August 2022

The ongoing political crisis in Bihar continues to deepen further. Nitish Kumar recently met with the Governor and resigned from the post of Chief Minister of the NDA government. Along…

Clipped video of Rahul Gandhi’s press conference amplified by BJP leaders

Abhishek Kumar10th August 202210th August 2022

A four-second video clip of Rahul Gandhi is viral on social media. Here, he can be heard saying, “We are fighting against India’s entire infrastructure.” BJP leaders, workers, and social…

Old image of teacher burning the tricolour viral with false RSS links

Abhishek Kumar10th August 2022

A picture in which a person is sitting on a chair and setting the national flag ablaze is viral on social media. The image has a text superimposed on it…

Fact-check: “Nitish Sabke Hai” posters were put up outside JD(U) HQ amidst political crisis in Bihar?

Kinjal9th August 2022

As per the latest updates on Bihar’s ongoing political crisis, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has resigned and is set to form the majority government with the opposition party RJD….

Old video of fighter jets viral as video of US Navy flying in Taiwan ahead of Nancy Pelosi’s visit

Abhishek Kumar8th August 2022

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan on August 2, 2022, amid tensions with China. Nancy Pelosi issued a statement after arriving in Taiwan. In the official address,…

Scripted video of schoolchildren ‘romancing’ in an alleyway in Delhi viral as real

Shinjinee Majumder5th August 2022

A video of a boy and two girls standing in an alleyway has gone viral on social media. In the video, the boy can be seen hugging the girls while…

Morphed cutting of The Times of India newspaper viral amidst 5G spectrum auction

Abhishek Kumar5th August 2022

An alleged cutting of the ‘Times Business’ page of ‘The Times of India’ (Chennai edition) is viral on social media. It is written on the page that the government has…

Fact-check: Panchayat secretary abused and beaten by BJP leader in Madhya Pradesh?

Abhishek Kumar5th August 20225th August 2022

A video is viral on social media where a person can be seen beating another man with a baton. He also abuses the man, forces him to kneel and then…

Fact-Check: Did Amartya Sen claim that Sri Lanka is ahead of India in terms of global indices?

Shinjinee Majumder4th August 2022

In the backdrop of the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, several social media users have shared an image of Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen along with the following statements:…

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The amplification machine: Who spread a fake rare earths conspiracy across X and Facebook? Who was behind it?

Cockroach Janata Party’s majority followers Pakistani? BJYM secretary Tajinder Bagga, others amplify misleading claim