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Political leaders share image of US Naval ship on Indian Navy Day every year

Jignesh Patel4th December 20206th December 2021

Navy Day in India is observed every year on December 4 to celebrate the accomplishments of the Indian Navy. Several BJP accounts and leaders have shared a poster featuring a…

India Today falsely reports Shehla Rashid was arrested in 2016 JNU sedition case

Archit4th December 20205th December 2020

On December 2, The Indian Express reported that Abdul Rashid Shora, biological father of activist Shehla Rashid, wrote to J&K DGP Dilbag Singh alleging that his daughter took Rs 3…

Edited image of ‘Sikh without moustache’ viral to discredit farmers’ protest

Priyanka Jha4th December 202017th February 2024

An image of a Sikh man apparently without a moustache is being shared on social media with the claim that a Muslim man was posing as a Sikh in the…

Old video of workers alleging AAP paid them to join rally viral with farmers’ protest spin

Archit3rd December 20207th December 2020

A video is being shared on Facebook and Twitter in which multiple labourers from Haryana’s Bahadurgarh claim they haven’t been given the agreed-upon sum of ₹350 per person before coming…

Photo from 2018 viral as thousands gather for ongoing farmers’ protest

Kinjal3rd December 2020

Several old pictures and videos have been shared on social media with the claim that they represent the ongoing farmers’ protests. In the latest spree, a photo of thousands of…

Farmers’ protests: Old image falsely viral as woman standing up against policemen

Anuradha Prasad3rd December 2020

A photograph of a woman branding a lathi at policemen in riot gear has been linked to the farmers’ protest and shared on social media. A parody Twitter account that…

Banner from a 2018 farmers’ protest by AIKS shared as recent

Archit2nd December 20202nd December 2020

An image that shows a banner inscribed with the slogan, “Not Modi, Not Yogi, Not Jai Shri Ram, if someone rules the nation it has to be labourers and farmers”…

Farmers’ protest: Old video viral as thousands of Nihang Sikhs march for Delhi from Punjab

Archit2nd December 20203rd December 2020

A one-minute video is viral on Facebook and Twitter with the claim that 20,000 Nihang Sikhs have departed for Delhi from Punjab on 2,000 horses to support protesting farmers. @SanjayV_INC,…

Old photo of Asaduddin Owaisi and Smriti Irani falsely viral as BJP-AIMIM ‘alliance’

Anuradha Prasad2nd December 20208th September 2021

National secretary of Congress student wing NSUI, Roshan Lal Bittu, tweeted a photo of AIMIM head Asaduddin Owaisi with Union Minister Smriti Irani and wrote, “Internal Meeting of RSS Propaganda…

Ravish Kumar’s photo covering 2018 farmers’ protest shared as him joining recent movement

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd December 2020

A photograph of Ravish Kumar has been shared on social media to mock the journalist by claiming he is heading for “biryani” during farmers’ protest. The dish has again become…

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Several irregularities in UP poll panel chief’s response to Rahul Gandhi’s voter list anomalies ‘exposé’

Illegal immigrants preparing for attack in Assam’s Goalpara? No, the video is from Kishoreganj, Bangladesh