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Old video from Russia falsely shared as ballot stuffing during 2020 US elections

Kinjal9th November 20209th November 2020

All eyes were on the United States this week as the American elections just wrapped up, with democratic candidate Joe Biden becoming the president-elect. President Donald Trump alleged ‘vote rigging’…

BJP’s Himanta Biswa, media falsely claim ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans raised by AIUDF supporters

Priyanka Jha & Pratik Sinha6th November 20206th November 2020

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Assam MLA Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans were raised while welcoming All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal at Silchar…

Old video of spoilt cheese thrown in Saudi Arabia shared as Kuwaitis partake in ‘boycott France’

Kinjal5th November 2020

A video of a group of men in red-white uniforms dumping products into a truck is viral on social media. It is being claimed that Kuwaitis are throwing away these…

Old image from Bangladesh shared as Muslim leader from Assam Congress caught with arms

Aqib Pathan5th November 20209th September 2021

Two photographs are viral on social media with the claim that Assam Congress leader ‘Amjad Ali’ was arrested with arms and bullets in his possession. The first image is of…

Old incident of police atrocity in UP shared as Maharashtra police thrashing Arnab Goswami

Pooja Chaudhuri4th November 2020

Republic TV owner and editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami was arrested by Maharashtra police in connection with a 2018 abetment to suicide case. He claimed that Raigad police assaulted him during the…

Can PM Modi’s gesture at Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary event be equated with Nazi salute?

Archit4th November 2020

Karnataka Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted a photograph of prime minister Narendra Modi and wrote, “The Sardar would have been shocked at such a salute. It is an insult to…

Did Indo-Tibetan Border Police call for boycott of Chinese products on Diwali? Morphed image shared

Kinjal3rd November 2020

Social media users have been sharing an image of a billboard and encouraging people to boycott China-made products this Diwali season. The text on the hoarding suggests that the message…

Old video from Canada viral as Muslim woman assaulted by French policeman

Archit3rd November 2020

A video of a policeman assaulting a woman in handcuffs has been shared with the claim that a French policeman arrested a young Muslim girl and forcefully removed her headscarf. …

Indian media outlets fall for impostor account claiming France revoked 183 Pakistani visas

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd November 20204th November 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron’s remark that Islam is a “religion in crisis” sparked a wave of protests in several parts of the Muslim world. Tensions aggravated after Macron supported the…

Did Shivraj Singh Chouhan support sale of illicit liqour ahead of MP by-polls? Clipped video, false claim

Archit3rd November 20203rd November 2020

Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh (MP) by-elections on November 3, a clip of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was shared on Twitter and Facebook. “What is this excise officer doing?…

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Errors, erasure, angst: Inside Basirhat’s Boro Gobra where hundreds find themselves struck off electoral rolls

Student complains of being forced to attend Modi event in 29° heat; Instagram vlog gets withheld in India