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Video of Russian girl with uncle falsely shared as Muslim man marrying child bride in Iraq

Shinjinee Majumder & Mohammed Zubair12th April 2025

On January 21, 2025, Iraq’s parliament passed amendments to the country’s personal status law, giving Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage. The amendments would change the previously…

Viral videos of scuba divers’ ‘Ram Setu exploration’ are AI-generated

Ankita Mahalanobish11th April 202511th April 2025

Videos showing scuba divers exploring submerged ruins with inscriptions are viral on social media with claims that it is an exploration drive of the Ram Setu—a now-submerged chain of corals…

Kancha Gachibowli forest clearance in Telangana sparks wave of unrelated, AI-generated visuals of animal suffering

Oishani Bhattacharya10th April 2025

Amid the outcry over the Telangana government’s clearance drive of the Kancha Gachibowli forested land, near the University of Hyderabad (UoH), social media was rife with images and videos showing…

Old video falsely viral as Asaduddin Owaisi weeping in Lok Sabha during Waqf debate

Pawan Kumar10th April 2025

The Waqf Amendment Bill was passed on April 2, 2025 in the Lok Sabha with the support of 288 MPs and in Rajya Sabha on April 3, 2025 with the…

‘Stay in, stay safe’: Directives, action by Right-wing outfits sent a clear message to Muslims this Ramadan

Ankita Mahalanobish & Abira Das10th April 2025

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, is considered one of the holiest periods for Muslims across the world. It is believed that this was when sacred verses of…

Gujarat Waqf Board did not claim Beyt Dwarka islands; Anurag Thakur made false claim in Parliament

Abhishek Kumar8th April 20258th April 2025

During the debate in the Lok Sabha on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, BJP MP Anurag Thakur made a statement about Beyt Dwarka, an important religious site associated with Hindu deity…

Land dispute in Hindu family turns violent; axe attack video from Bangladesh viral with false communal angle

Kinjal8th April 2025

The story uses only screenshots and not the actual video in view of the graphic nature of the footage. A video from Bangladesh has been doing the rounds on social…

News 24 misuses influencer’s photo in baseless story promoting racial stereotypes

Abhishek Kumar8th April 2025

With the growing use of social media platforms in India, online trolling, especially in the context of fandoms, has seen a significant rise. An example of this is the targeted…

Old video of Owaisi laughing with BJP members viral on social media as him reacting to passage of Waqf Bill

Shinjinee Majumder5th April 20256th April 2025

A video showing some members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 sharing a seemingly light-hearted moment is viral on social media with claims that…

Fact Check: Claims of Saraswati Puja not being allowed at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University entirely false

Oishani Bhattacharya5th April 2025

Against the backdrop of a video of an Iftar party at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU) going viral, Union minister and BJP West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar on March 26 took…

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Rahul Gandhi’s ‘1 crore vote surge in Maharashtra’ claim not supported by EC data

News outlets, BJP leaders amplify morphed image of AAP MLA Gopal Italia with Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s attacker