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Sudarshan News show ‘UPSC Jihad’ riddled with false claims

Pooja Chaudhuri22nd September 202027th September 2020

On September 11, Sudarshan News broadcast its controversial show on Muslim ‘infiltration’ in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination after the Supreme Court overturned a Delhi High Court order…

Old video of slipper thrown at Shivraj Singh Chouhan shared ahead of MP bypolls

Priyanka Jha22nd September 202022nd September 2020

Ahead of the upcoming by-elections that will decide the fate of 27 Vidhan Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, a video featuring current Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been doing…

MP Congress, Digvijay Singh share CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s edited video

Priyanka Jha22nd September 2020

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, political parties are campaigning in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the by-elections for 28 assembly seats in the state. On September 20, the official Twitter handle of…

Video from Indonesia viral as torture of Uighur Muslims in China

Kalim Ahmed21st September 2020

A video of a uniformed officer brutally thrashing a man stripped naked is widely circulating on social media. The accompanying claim suggests the video is from a concentration camp in…

Amitabh Bachchan’s photo with Ashok Chavan viral as actor meeting Dawood Ibrahim

Kinjal21st September 2020

A picture of actor Amitabh Bachchan shaking hands with a man has been going viral on social media. Users are claiming this photo is proof of a link between Bachchan…

Kangana Ranaut falsely claims she was ‘forced’ to vote for Shiv Sena in 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Pooja Chaudhuri18th September 202019th September 2020

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has been at the center of media attention and controversies since the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. However, what started as an attack on Bollywood,…

2019 video of Shiv Sena members assaulting man, shaving his head viral as recent

Archit18th September 2020

A video has gone viral with the claim that members of Shiv Sena shaved another man’s head and assaulted him. The video is circulating against the backdrop of Shiv Sena…

Amul ad featuring 1995 film ‘Rangeela’ shared as recent amidst Ranaut-Matondkar controversy

Jignesh Patel18th September 202018th September 2020

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut became the epicentre of yet another controversy after terming Urmila Matondkar a “soft porn star” who is “not known for her acting”. Ranaut’s derisive comment was…

Old images viral as police crackdown on students protesting against unemployment in Lucknow

Pooja Chaudhuri17th September 202017th September 2020

Facebook user Sanjeeb Kashyap shared a set of photographs of police cracking down on protesters. “Providing jobs to unemployed youth today in Lucknow…Long live Yogi ji, you’re a tiger. (बेरोजगार…

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Photo from 2023 IAF lane crash peddled by Pakistani social media users as Indian pilot captured