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Old video of Kapil Mishra manhandled during AAP event viral with false claim

Pooja Chaudhuri6th August 2021

A video of BJP Delhi leader Kapil Mishra attending an event where he gets into an argument with one of the speakers has been shared on social media. The speaker…

Delhi govt reduces petrol price? No, old ABP News broadcast shared

Priyanka Jha3rd August 2021

On July 30, a Facebook page posted an alleged screengrab from an ABP News broadcast which stated that the price of petrol in Delhi had been slashed by Rs. 8.36….

Image of poster morphed to read ‘Brahmins are foreigners, their homes have ACs’

Kinjal3rd August 2021

Preparations are already in full swing for the upcoming 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, in a bid to attract Brahmin voters, the Bahujan Samaj Party announced it would…

AAP hoarding morphed to show party celebrating installation of dustbins

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd August 2021

A photograph of an AAP billboard has been shared by BJP leaders and members on social media. The billboard purportedly reads, “Congratulations Delhi, 10 new dustbins have been installed at…

Old video of Darul Uloom mufti on Badrinath Temple falsely linked to AAP

Pooja Chaudhuri31st July 2021

A video of a man claiming that Badrinath Temple in Uttarakhand is a Muslim religious site and should be handed over to the Muslim community is circulating on social media….

Morphed image shows banner thanking PM Modi for Mirabai Chanu’s Olympic win

Archit31st July 2021

Manipur-based Chanu Saikhom Mirabai won the silver medal in the 49 kg weightlifting event on July 24 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She is the first Indian weightlifter to win…

Video of Assam Home Guards chanting ‘Go Back Modi’ is from March 2021

Pooja Chaudhuri31st July 2021

A video of policemen chanting ‘Go Back Modi’ has been shared amid the Assam-Mizoram conflict where six Assamese policemen were killed in cross-border firing. A viral message in Bengali claims…

Gujarat Congress Seva Dal shares photo from Bangladesh as aftermath of rain in India

Kalim Ahmed29th July 2021

A photo of a woman cooking food for her children on a makeshift boat while stuck in a flooded area is viral on social media with the claim that this…

PM Modi’s speech in Varanasi: Mix of false claims, half-truths and exaggerated praises

Archit28th July 20215th July 2022

The Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly elections will be held between February to March next year. Campaigning for the polls has begun and it is not unusual for the incumbent government…

Fact-check: Is this the peak of Mount Kailash seen for the first time due to Indian govt?

Aqib Pathan28th July 2021

A video of a snow-capped mountain range has been shared with the following message on social media – “Due to the efforts of the Government of India, it was possible…

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Photo shown by Trinamool to claim Modi disrespected President Murmu is misleading

Documenting the war or fabricating it? AI-generated visuals on social media blur the line as Iran conflict escalates