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No, US and UK have not selected PM Modi to lead a coronavirus task force

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd April 20202nd April 2020

A WION news broadcast is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that 18 nations including the United States and the United Kingdom want Prime Minister Narendra Modi to…

Old images shared to portray health minister Dr Vardhan apathetic about coronavirus pandemic

Archit1st April 20202nd April 2020

Two images of health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan have gone viral. The first image shows him playing ludo with his wife and the other shows him chopping vegetables in a…

Photos, video of baby who died due to birth defect viral as newborn talking after birth

Kinjal31st March 202031st March 2020

Several misleading images, videos and audio clips have lately been circulating on social media promoting misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. A set of images of an abnormal newborn child is…

Old video from Peru falsely shared as mass prayers offered in Italy in light of coronavirus pandemic

Jignesh Patel & Mohammed Zubair31st March 2020

A video of a mass gathering of people supposedly offering prayers has been massively shared on social media. Facebook user Saleem Ashraf shared an 80-second clip with the message, “इटली…

Old image from Spain shared as Italian boy commits suicide after family dies due to coronavirus

Kinjal31st March 2020

A picture of a man jumping off a building has gone viral. According to social media users, a young boy in Italy committed suicide after all his family members died…

Coronavirus: Old images from Kolkata and Pakistan falsely shared as curfew violation in West Bengal

Priyanka Jha31st March 202031st March 2020

A set of images is going viral on social media with the claim that it depicts the violation of coronavirus lockdown in West Bengal’s Kolkata. A Facebook user posted these…

Photo of UP police punishing lockdown violators shared as mistreatment of migrant workers

Pooja Chaudhuri30th March 202023rd October 2020

A photograph of policemen making people squat and hold their ears was shared by journalist Rana Ayyub with the claim that these were labourers who were punished for stepping out…

Coronavirus: Old prank video shared as man scaring off people in Goa during lockdown

Jignesh Patel30th March 2020

A video of a person scaring bikers on the road was tweeted by Jio News on March 29 suggesting that this was an “innovative way to make people stay indoors” during…

No, foreign nationals from Italy, Iran weren’t hiding in Patna mosque to avoid coronavirus testing

Priyanka Jha & Mohammed Zubair28th March 202028th March 2020

On March 27, over 900 people died due to novel coronavirus in Italy in a single day. The state’s death toll has now crossed 9,000. Meanwhile, in Iran, the virus…

Morphed news graphics falsely claim Amit Shah contracted coronavirus

Archit28th March 2020

Two images are circulating on social media with the claim, “Home Minister Amit Shah in the grip of coronavirus”. Both the images seem to be a still from TV channels….