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False: Rahul Kanwal’s claim about Trump suggesting early access of COVID-19 vaccine to India

Sam Jawed12th April 202012th April 2020

Rahul Kanwal, News director of India Today, claimed that President Donald Trump has suggested that India could have early access to COVID-19 vaccines being developed in the US since PM…

Death of health worker in MP falsely communalised as attack by Muslims in UP

Kinjal9th April 20209th April 2020

An image of an injured woman is being shared on social media with the claim that she is a doctor who died after she was attacked by “Islamic jihadis” in…

Viral audio clip blaming Kejriwal for exodus of migrants workers falsely attributed to Harish Salve

Archit8th April 2020

On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a 21-day nationwide lockdown, barring essential services, to contain coronavirus. As a result, lakhs of migrant labours across India began walking hundreds…

Old video where salon attendant applies saliva on customer’s face falsely shared with Muslim angle

Kinjal8th April 20208th April 2020

Amidst the nationwide lockdown imposed to fight coronavirus, social media is in the middle of an information war. Old videos and manufactured audio clips are being widely shared to build…

Old video of Black Friday sale viral as people in US flouting social distancing to grab essentials

Jignesh Patel8th April 20208th April 2020

A video of a crowd barging inside a supermarket as soon as the shutter opens is doing the rounds on social media implying that the video depicts the state of…

Old video from Pakistan falsely viral as Tablighi Jamaat member roaming naked in isolation ward

Jignesh Patel8th April 20208th April 2020

A video of a bloodied man lying naked is widely circulating on social media with the claim that he is a member of Tablighi Jamaat in a coronavirus isolation ward….

Video of Muslims exiting quarantine centre: Not Vinayaka Temple but residential lodging

Pooja Chaudhuri6th April 20208th April 2020

A video of members of the Muslim community exiting a building has been widely shared with a message in Telugu which claims that the Vinayaka Temple located in Kanipakam in…

Old video from Mexico viral as Americans looting malls due to fear of coronavirus

Archit6th April 2020

According to the John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre, as of April 5, the United States has recorded the most number of confirmed COVID-19 cases – 330,000. Over 9,500 people have…

Viral audio: False conspiracy theory about Modi govt introducing ‘vaccine’ to kill Muslims

Jignesh Patel5th April 20205th April 2020

An audio clip with a male voice is viral on messaging applications such as WhatsApp accompanied with pictures of people unloading cargo from an Air Asia flight. In the clip,…

Old video falsely viral as Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi flouting coronavirus lockdown

Archit4th April 20205th April 2020

A 90-second video of Delhi police performing a security check of a car has gone viral. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi can be spotted sitting in the rear seat. The police…

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Did Sonia, Rahul Gandhi ‘disrespect’ ex-PM Manmohan Singh in meetings with foreign leaders?

Prayagraj arson: Old, unrelated videos shared as ‘deserving treatment’ meted out to Chandrashekhar Azad supporters