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Fact-check: Was Urdu replaced with Sanskrit on Dehradun Railway station signboard?

Pooja Chaudhuri & Ketan13th July 202015th July 2020

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra wrote “Sanskrit” in bold letters while tweeting pictures of the signboard at Dehradun railway station. While the first photograph shows the city’s name written in Hindi,…

Old image from Bihar shared as pothole-filled road in Rahul Gandhi’s constituency Wayand

Kinjal10th July 2020

A photograph of a road filled with potholes has been shared by several users on social media with the claim that this is Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s constituency Wayanad. “#राहुल_गांधी…

Yang Jianli said 100 Chinese died in Galwan? Republic TV, Kapil Mishra share unverified news

Pooja Chaudhuri7th July 202010th July 2020

The latest figure on Chinese casualties in the Galwan Valley, if social media claims are to be believed, is 100. BJP leader Kapil Mishra tweeted a report by an obscure…

Video verification: NSG training video viral with baseless claim of ‘chemical attack drill’

Archit7th July 2020

A 45-second video shows a platoon huddled in a pit exposed to smoke. In the background, a man can be heard instructing the soldiers in Hindi to stand their ground….

PM Modi’s visit to Leh Army Hospital wasn’t a manufactured photo-op

Pooja Chaudhuri4th July 20204th July 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Leh, the capital of the union territory of Ladakh, in the morning of July 3 to interact with the army, air force and the…

No, BJP leader Vikas Dubey is not the same ‘Vikas Dubey’ accused of killing 8 UP cops

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd July 2020

A photograph of a man with Uttar Pardesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was shared by Jan Adhikar Party leader Rajesh Ranjan, popularly known as Pappu Yadav. He claimed that the…

Murder of RSS worker by alleged BJP member in Tamil Nadu shared with false claims

Archit2nd July 2020

Indu Makkal Katchi, a Tamil Nadu-based right-wing political party, tweeted a picture (disturbing imagery, viewer discretion is advised) of a brutally injured man lying dead. As per their claim, a…

Fact-check: Did Japan deploy missiles to counter Chinese threat after India-China conflict?

Archit1st July 20202nd July 2020

On June 20, a Thailand-based news website Asia News published an article with the headline ‘Japan deployed ballistic missiles at China border after its conflict with India’. The article claimed…

Video of Apache helicopters flying over Lake Havasu in Arizona, US viral as Pangong, Ladakh

Archit & Pratik Sinha30th June 20203rd July 2020

On June 19, several media outlets reported that the Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed Apache helicopters in Ladakh in the wake of the border dispute with China. Soon after, a…

Old video shared as custodial torture of Jeyaraj and Bennix in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin

Kinjal29th June 202029th June 2020

A father-son duo was arrested on June 19 in Sathankulam town near Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. Four days later, 62-year-old P Jeyaraj and his 32-year-old son J Bennix died in…

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Pakistan skipper’s insecticide-spray video from CWC match vs India viral with bizarre claims

Rajasthan video falsely shared as UP youth rally in support of police action in ‘I love Muhammad’ cases