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Indian Army waving white flag? No viral clip is from 2019; shows Pak army retrieving soldier’s body

Shinjinee Majumder8th May 2025

After India launched Operation Sindoor targeting terrorist bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), several unverified videos and images claiming to be related to the conflict went viral on social…

Footage does not show Pakistani jets shot down by Indian army; videos by gamers, predating Op Sindoor go viral

Oishani Bhattacharya & Kinjal8th May 20258th May 2025

Soon after India launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of May 7, unverified visuals of missiles and aircraft were viral on social media with claims that these depicted the…

Pakistani media shows old images of crashed IAF aircraft claiming Indian jets shot down post Op Sindoor

Abhishek Kumar8th May 2025

Within hours of the news break about India’s Operation Sindoor targeting terrorist bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on May 7, Pakistani media and social media users shared…

‘Sunrise in Sialkot’? Images from 2021 Israeli air strikes in Gaza falsely viral

Shinjinee Majumder8th May 2025

After the Indian armed forces launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of May 7, 2025, unverified claims of strikes by India in Sialkot in Punjab province of Pakistan started…

War-ravaged Gaza video from April shared as Operation Sindoor aftermath in Pakistan

Ankita Mahalanobish7th May 2025

As news of Operation Sindoor broke on May 7, a 21-second video featuring several men and hijab-clad women running helter-skelter amid some debris was widely shared on social media claiming…

Aaj Tak, ABP, Zee News, others air 2023 footage of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza as visuals of India’s Operation Sindoor

Shinjinee Majumder7th May 2025

After the Indian armed forces launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of May 7, 2025, targeting nine terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), purported visuals of…

Operation Sindoor: Edited Republic video, old visuals of IAF jet crash used to claim Pak army shot down Indian plane

Shinjinee Majumder7th May 20257th May 2025

On May 7, hours after the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor to target areas in Pakistan where attacks against India were being planned, a series of unverified visuals were…

Old footage of Russian air defence hitting targets over Moscow shared as visuals from Operation Sindoor

Ankita Mahalanobish7th May 2025

Within hours of the news break about India’s Operation Sindoor targeting terrorist bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on May 7, an 11-second video showing multiple red lights…

Viral clip claiming to show Pakistani retaliation to Indian strikes at least a month old, unrelated to ongoing confict

Oishani Bhattacharya7th May 20257th May 2025

A 37-second-long clip with visuals of fire and smoke and the sound of gunfire went viral on social media on May 7 within hours of the news break about India’s…

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Anurag Thakur-Jay Shah-Afridi video is not from Aisa Cup India-Pak match

Video of woman crying after father killed in mob lynching viral as Hindu woman raped by Islamists in B’desh