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How disinformation led to the attack on missionary school in MP by right-wing groups

Archit & Mohammed Zubair9th December 20219th December 2021

On December 6, members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal vandalised St Joseph Senior Higher Secondary in Madhya Pradesh’s Ganj Basoda, claiming that the school “converted” Hindu students…

Image from Gujarat shared as saint attacked in UP when Mulayam Singh was in power

Mohammed Zubair9th December 2021

Twitter user @Balram_Ayodhya tweeted an image of a police officer pulling a man by his hair and wrote, “It wasn’t a Jihadi who was pulling our saints by their hair……

Old video falsely shared as Gen Bipin Rawat’s chopper crash

Archit8th December 2021

On December 8, the Indian Air Force tweeted shocking news that an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on board, met with an accident near…

Misleading, exaggerated claims about UP’s unemployment rate, EoDB and GSDP surface

Archit7th December 20217th December 2021

On November 16, BJP supporter Rishi Bagree jotted down Uttar Pradesh’s purported ranking on various performance indicators such as unemployment rate, ease of doing business (EoDB) and gross state domestic…

Old video from Colombia falsely viral as Indian army shot civilians in Nagaland in self-defense

Archit7th December 202110th December 2021

On December 4, a special unit of the army mistakenly opened fire at a pick-up van carrying coal miners from the Tiru area to their village in Nagaland’s Mon district…

False anti-Muslim spin added to attack on college girl in West Bengal

Archit7th December 20217th December 2021

Pro-BJP and communal propaganda platform Kreately tweeted two images — one that shows a woman with a head injury and another picture of a man. The text on the image…

No, Yogi Adityanath did not chide UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya in this video

Abhishek Kumar6th December 2021

A video of a man coming up on stage to whisper something into Yogi Adityanath’s ear is making the rounds online. The video shows the UP chief minister promptly scolding…

Old video merged with Rakesh Tikait’s recent altercation with Republic TV reporter

Archit4th December 20214th December 2021

Facebook page Inquilab India, with over three lakh followers, posted a 40-second clip that shows two segments. In the first, a female reporter invades the personal space of farmer leader…

Fake tweets with offensive, racist language viral in Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal’s name

Kinjal3rd December 20213rd December 2021

On November 29, Jack Dorsey stepped down from his role as the CEO of Twitter and was replaced by Indian-origin Parag Agrawal. Twitter handle @TruAmericanGal1 shared a screenshot of a…

Old image of Lalu Yadav hospitalised falsely linked to his absence in fodder scam hearing

Archit3rd December 2021

On November 23, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav appeared before Patna’s special CBI court in connection with the 1996 fodder scam. The court fixed November 30 as…

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Elderly Muslim man assaulted in Uttarakhand for offering namaz on vacant field ‘near’ temple

The Kerala Story 2 trailer recycles baseless Islamophobic tropes, fuels familiar fear narratives