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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor shares 2017 image to show ‘Atmanirbhar India’

Ketan13th June 202019th June 2020

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor had shared a photograph of a woman holding a drip given to a child held by another woman. Tharoor shared the image taking a jibe at…

No, a maulvi did not perform Priyanka Gandhi’s wedding rituals

Pratik Sinha & Mohammed Zubair12th June 202014th August 2021

A photograph of Priyanka Gandhi during her wedding rituals over 20 years ago has found itself in the crosshairs of rumour-mongering on social media. Several users on Twitter have claimed…

Verification: Ram Guha’s tweet quoting Philip Spratt’s 1939 writing on Gujarat and Bengal

Pratik Sinha & Pooja Chaudhuri11th June 202012th June 2020

A tweet by historian Ram Guha has caused quite a stir on social media. It carries an excerpt from British writer and former communist Philip Spratt’s writings from 1939. “Gujarat,…

Old tampered video showing Barack Obama tossing away Melania Trump’s gift resurfaces

Pooja Chaudhuri10th June 202011th June 2020

A video is circulating on social media in the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter protest in the United States sparked by African American citizen George Floyd’s death due to…

Times of India shares 2017 video of police brutality in China as recent based on social media claims

Archit9th June 202011th June 2020

On June 9, The Times on India shared a one-minute video that shows a police officer pinning down a woman, carrying a child, with brute force in broad daylight. Without…

False media reports claim Jyotiraditya Scindia removed ‘BJP’ from his Twitter bio

Priyanka Jha9th June 20209th June 2020

A section of the media claimed that BJP leader and former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has removed ‘BJP’ from his Twitter account and written ‘public servant’ and ‘cricket enthusiast’. Some…

Video shot ahead of 2019 elections falsely viral as Sunny Deol thrown out of Gurudwara

Kinjal6th June 202018th August 2021

A video has been shared with the claim that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sunny Deol was thrown out of a Gurudwara. बीजेपी सांसद सन्नी देओल को गुरुद्वारे से धक्के…

Irresponsible media reports spark anger against Muslims and Kerala in elephant death case

Pooja Chaudhuri4th June 20205th June 2020

The death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala after she was allegedly “fed” a pineapple stuffed with firecrackers sparked massive outrage in the country. The tragic incident started trending on…

No, this is not an image of Chinese soldiers helping Indian army men injured in avalanche

Archit4th June 2020

On May 10, The Hindu reported that Indian and Chinese troops had a face-off near Pangong Tso lake in Eastern Ladhak on May 5 and 6, followed by the second…

Video of Maradona lookalike in 2015 movie shared as actual footage of the footballer

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd June 20203rd June 2020

A video of an obese man kicking a tennis ball has been widely shared on social media with messages claiming that the man is Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona. Please tell…

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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