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‘Shaheen Bagh Dadi’ at recent farmers’ protest? No, photo of elderly woman from October

Archit28th November 20204th December 2020

Three central farm legislation were passed by the government in September. Since then there have been protests from farmers across the nation who fear that the legislation will not ensure…

Photo predating farmers protest viral as Muslim man ‘disguised’ as Sikh farmer during protests

Aqib Pathan28th November 202028th November 2020

Farmers have been protesting against the union government’s three new agricultural laws. Thousands of protesters from Punjab and Haryana were finally allowed to enter Delhi on Friday after heavy police…

Video of funeral procession of MNS leader viral as Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s last rites

Archit28th November 2020

On November 25, Indian National Congress leader Ahmed Patel passed away in New Delhi. As per The Hindu, the cause of death was multiple organ failure, a month after he…

Fake ABP News graphic plate claims Sambit Patra’s daughter eloped with Muslim man

Kinjal27th November 202028th November 2020

A widely circulating graphic plate reads, “Sambit Patra’s daughter eloped with a Muslim man. (संबित पात्रा की बेटी मुस्लिम युवक संग फरार).” A ticker at the bottom also says, “Sambit’s…

Congress leaders share images from 2018 farmers protest as recent

Priyanka Jha27th November 202027th November 2020

Farmers across the country have been protesting against the centre’s new agricultural laws for nearly two months now. Thousands of Punjab farmers are now marching to the national capital as…

Fact-check: Did PM Modi announce COVID-19 lockdown in a few states?

Kinjal26th November 202026th November 2020

A video alleging fresh lockdown has been imposed in five states has been recently making the rounds on Facebook and Twitter. On November 22, Facebook user Khurram Siddiqui posted this…

Fact-checking political speech: Facebook’s myopic policy and inconsistent standard

Pooja Chaudhuri26th November 202026th November 2020

American actor-writer Sacha Baron Cohen had said in a scathing speech that had Facebook existed in the 1930s, the company would have permitted Hiter to run political ads on the…

No, this is not a ‘rare’ video of young Narendra Modi doing Yoga

Kinjal25th November 202021st May 2021

A black and white video of a man doing yoga has been making the rounds on social media. “Identify this ascetic who later become Prime Minister. A rare and amazing…

Morphed tweet claims BJP announced alliance with AIMIM for West Bengal elections

Anuradha Prasad25th November 202025th November 2020

Twitter user Deepak Shukla recently shared an alleged tweet by the BJP announcing an alliance with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) for next year’s West Bengal assembly elections. In the…

Spoof video from 15 years ago falsely viral as Volkswagen ad ‘mocks’ Muslims

Archit24th November 202025th November 2020

BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga tweeted (archive link) a 30-second clip and wrote: “Terrorist Commercial Ad by Volkswagen” Interesting? The video shows a man in a suicide vest drive…

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Rahul Gandhi’s ‘1 crore vote surge in Maharashtra’ claim not supported by EC data

News outlets, BJP leaders amplify morphed image of AAP MLA Gopal Italia with Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s attacker