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Verification: Video of mosque vandalised, set on fire is from Ashok Nagar in Delhi

Pooja Chaudhuri & Mohammed Zubair26th February 202026th February 2020

Among the top Twitter trends on February 25 were ‘mosque’ and ‘Rana Ayyub’. The words gained traction after the journalist shared a video of a mob chanting “Jai Shri Ram”…

Video verification: Delhi cops beating injured men, forcing them to sing national anthem

Jignesh Patel25th February 2020

A video of police personnel in riot gear thrashing five people lying injured on the side of a road is viral on social media. The video shows a policeman capturing…

Video of bus driver beaten up in Maharashtra shared with communal angle amid Delhi riots

Archit & Priyanka Jha25th February 202025th February 2020

On February 23, BJP leader Kapil Mishra made a provocative speech targetting protesters against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Since then, north-east Delhi has witnessed widespread communal riots which have…

Delhi violence: Man seen with BJP’s Kapil Mishra is not the Jafrabad shooter

Pooja Chaudhuri & Kinjal25th February 202027th February 2020

A claim promoted by several social media users suggests that the Jafrabad shooter, reportedly identified as 33-year-old Shahrukh, was seen with BJP leader Kapil Mishra during the latter’s provocative speech…

Old video of police excess in Pakistan falsely shared as atrocities on Hindu women

Priyanka Jha & Kinjal25th February 202025th February 2020

A 44-second clip is viral on social media where a group of policemen can be seen manhandling women. A parody account dedicated to journalist Pushpendra Kulshreshtha @KPUSHPENDRA15 shared the clip…

Delhi violence: Jafrabad shooter falsely identified as part of pro-CAA mob

Jignesh Patel & Pratik Sinha25th February 202025th February 2020

For the second consecutive day, clashes broke out between groups opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and those in support of the law. A video of a protester in northeast…

Mohan Bhagwat did not say nationalism means Hitler, fascism – Media misreports

Archit24th February 202024th February 2020

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief, Mohan Bhagwat, was at Mukherjee University, Ranchi on February 19. Since then, several media outlets have reported that Bhagwat said, “Avoid using the word ‘nationalism’,…

No, Ratan Tata has not announced that JNU students will not be recruited by Tata Group

Archit24th February 202024th February 2020

An image of Ratan Tata has gone viral on social media particularly on WhatsApp. The text on the image reads, “Big announcement by Rata Tata Sahab: From now on Tata…

No, a ‘yogi’ wasn’t found alive in meditative state 300 years after his burial

Pooja Chaudhuri21st February 2020

A video of a man with multiple sores and blood oozing out from his wounds is widely circulating on social media with the claim that he is ‘Siddhar (Yogi)’ who…

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Indian media picked up Apple user’s satiric tweet, ‘reported’ team behind newly launched UI had been fired

Did Trump ban production of Tesla in US after fallout with Musk? No, viral video is AI-generated