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Morphed billboard saying ‘thank taxpayer, not Kejriwal’ shared online

Kinjal12th March 202123rd February 2022

A picture of a billboard that reads, “Nothing in this country is free. If you are getting something without paying for it, thank a taxpayer. Not to Kejriwal” was shared…

Fake letter portrays PM Modi thanking Yogi Adityanath for his efforts in building Hindu nation

Kinjal12th March 2021

Amidst the preparations for the Ram Temple, the centre greenlit the construction of the Ayodhya International Airport in February 2021. Now, a letter attributed to Prime Minister Modi is viral…

Morphed image shows AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi with BJP leader Amit Shah

Anuradha Prasad12th March 2021

Several social media users have been sharing a photo of Home Minister Amit Shah and AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi seated together. Twitter user @Samiullah_inc posted the image tagging Congress members…

Old video falsely viral as Rajnath Singh came in support of farmers amid protests

Anuradha Prasad11th March 2021

Farmers have been protesting the new agricultural laws for four months now. Another round of talks between them and the Centre is ongoing, with neither side willing to back down….

Old hoax about scam in procurement of Indian Army boots revived

Archit11th March 202120th March 2025

A text message is viral on WhatsApp with the image of former Union defence minister Late Manohar Parrikar. It says that a company from Jaipur made shoes for Indian Army,…

India Today falsely claims Indian COVID-19 vaccine prices are the lowest in the world

Pooja Chaudhuri11th March 2021

India Today news director Rahul Kanwal tweeted an infographic created by his channel which claimed that India has the lowest vaccine price in the world. The chart lists prices of…

Fact-checking media reports about surge in UP’s Gross State Domestic Product

Archit10th March 202111th March 2021

On February 26, Uttar-Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tweeted in Hindi, “Despite the global economic recession due to the pandemic, Uttar Pradesh has become the second-largest state in India in…

Morphed images show Sourav Ganguly posing in front of banners of different parties

Anuradha Prasad10th March 2021

Recently, a few posters of BCCI president and former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly were shared on Facebook and Twitter. Each poster correlates to a different political party’s colours and symbols….

Bhagat’s Singh sister passed away in 2014, not recently as claimed on social media

Anuradha Prasad10th March 2021

On March 6, Twitter user @__Paali__ shared a photo of an elderly woman and claimed she is Parkash Kaur, the sister of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. The user stated that…

AIUDF’s Badruddin Ajmal didn’t say India will become Islamic nation, 2019 speech clipped

Archit10th March 202110th March 2021

A 36-second clip of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) founder Badruddin Ajmal is widely shared on social media. In the video, Ajmal can be heard saying in Assamese, “For…

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Protests in Bihar over ‘vote theft’? Zubeen Garg’s funeral procession video falsely viral

Illegal immigrants leaving Bengal? No, viral ferry ghat video is from Bangladesh