Politics

Photo of Russian army revived as Indian army men at Siachen

Kinjal22nd December 20208th February 2022

A few images, allegedly of Indian soldiers at sub-zero temperature, has been shared on social media. In the photos, the men are seen sleeping and standing guard under a blanket…

Journalists or bots? Flurry of identical, erroneous tweets on PM Modi’s gurudwara visit

Sam Jawed21st December 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled visit to gurudwara Rakab Ganj on Sunday, December 20, that started a flurry of activity among journalists. After being provided information about the…

BJP Delhi falsely accuses AAP of purchasing oximeters at inflated price

Priyanka Jha21st December 2020

In a tweet posted on December 18, 2020, BJP’s Delhi unit accused the AAP-led Delhi government of corruption. It claimed that the Kejriwal administration bought a single pulse oximeter, normally…

Viral message targeting PM Modi’s family is a work of fiction

Archit & Pooja Chaudhuri20th December 202022nd December 2020

A message widely circulating online alleges that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s siblings and cousins have had massive financial benefits owing to the PM’s stature. The message has been shared on…

No, this isn’t world’s ‘tallest flag’ hoisted at Wagah border

Anuradha Prasad19th December 2020

A video of a massive Indian flag has been causing quite a stir on social media. A few users who shared it recently claimed, “The new Indian flag at the…

Govt fact-checks its own fact-checking arm PIB on false news about IB recruitment

Pooja Chaudhuri19th December 202019th December 2020

A now-deleted tweet by government-run PIB Fact Check claimed that an Intelligence Bureau (IB) recruitment circular floating online has not been issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and…

No, farmer leader VM Singh whose net worth is Rs 600 cr is not Congress leader

Kinjal18th December 2020

As the farmers’ protest now enters its fourth month, social media has been rife with a number of different viral claims linked to the ongoing movement, many of which were…

No, BJP leader ‘Umesh Singh’ wasn’t beaten for raising pro-Pak slogans at farmers’ protest

Archit & Kinjal18th December 2020

A clip of a mob thrashing a man being escorted by a police officer has been shared on Facebook and Twitter. The video has a logo of Lucknow-based TV news…

No, PM Modi is not bowing to Priti Adani in this photo

Archit18th December 202018th December 2020

Several social media users have posted an image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting a woman and claimed that she is Priti Adani, wife of billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani. This…

No, this is not PM Modi and Jashodaben’s wedding photograph

Mohammed Zubair & Aqib Pathan16th December 202016th December 2020

On 15 December, journalist Swati Chaturvedi tweeted an image of PM Modi with the caption, ”Does this look like a forced child marriage took you? Yet, Modi never declared this…