Politics

False message makes claims about NDTV and its founders Prannoy and Radhika Roy

Kinjal11th June 2021

News channel NDTV has often been the target of false news and misleading information. A post widespread on social media and messaging platforms since 2017 claims that its founder Prannoy…

Had states demanded decentralized vaccine procurement as claimed by PM Modi?

Pooja Chaudhuri9th June 202110th June 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on June 7, days after the Supreme Court termed the centre’s vaccine policy “arbitrary and irrational”. He reversed the vaccine decentralisation strategy and…

Fake matrimonial ad seeking vaccinated groom viral on social media

Kalim Ahmed9th June 20219th June 2021

A photo of an alleged matrimonial ad that says that a fully vaccinated Roman Catholic woman is looking for a groom who has taken “both doses” of Covishield was shared…

Old images of BJP UP leader beaten by party’s female workers shared with misleading claim

Kinjal8th June 2021

Photos of a man wearing a saffron kurta are viral on social media. In the first image, a group of women is seen beating the individual while the second shows…

Old image from Bangladesh viral in India with anti-reservation claim

Kinjal7th June 2021

A photo of a man in tears has been shared with the claim that he is Rajesh Tiwari, UPSC civil service aspirant and resident of Lucknow. A viral message claims…

This is a photo of Sonia Gandhi with Rahul Gandhi, not Ottavio Quattrocchi

Kalim Ahmed7th June 2021

A photograph of Sonia Gandhi in the company of a man has been shared with a claim alluding that he is “Ottavio Quattrocchi”, Rahul Gandhi’s father. The claim also mischievously…

Video of Ashok Gehlot visiting dargah in 2019 shared as the CM offering ‘Friday prayers’

Anuradha Prasad7th June 20217th June 2021

A video of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot exiting a mosque has been shared with the claim that he was offering Friday prayers. जुम्मे की नमाज पढ़ने के बाद मस्जिद…

Morphed image shows PM Modi bowing down to Nita Ambani

Archit7th June 2021

Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared a photograph that allegedly shows Prime Minister Modi bowing down and folding his hands in front of Reliance Foundation chairwoman Nita Ambani. गुलामों…

No, renovated hospital in Kolkata will not treat only Muslim patients

Pooja Chaudhuri4th June 2021

A message shared in Bengali on social media claims that Islamia Hospital has been established in West Bengal to treat Muslim patients only. A rough translation of the message reads,…

Old video of Patanjali’s Balkrishna in hospital viral amid Ramdev’s remarks against allopathy

Kinjal2nd June 2021

A video that shows Patanjali Ayurveda chairman Acharya Balkrishna lying on a hospital bed is being circulated widely on social media. Baba Ramdev also appears towards the end of the…