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No, Bihar SP working on Sushant Singh Rajput’s case has not been appointed by CBI

Archit11th August 202012th August 2020

Bihar police is investigating the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. But the case is also undergoing media trials and overzealous social media vigilance. The Indian Express reported that…

False claim that US researcher Dr Lieber “made and sold” coronavirus to China continues to float online

Archit10th August 2020

Several users on Facebook and Twitter have shared a news clip with the claim, “The United States has just discovered the man who made and sold the Corona virus to…

Video of men uprooting trees over land dispute in Pakistan viral with anti-Muslim angle

Archit10th August 2020

Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared a one-minute video that shows men uprooting plants from a field. The viral text associated with the video reads, “Tree plantation drive was…

False claim suggests Sunni Central Waqf Board to build ‘Babri Hospital’, appoint Dr Kafeel Khan

Archit8th August 20208th August 2020

On August 6, media outlets published a syndicated news report by Press Trust of India (PTI). The report stated that the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), a trust constituted by the…

No, Sushant Singh Rajput’s ex-manager Disha Salian is not in this photo with Sooraj Pancholi

Archit6th August 2020

The foul media coverage and social media obsession with actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death give birth to new conspiracy theories every passing day. The latest addition to this hubbub is…

CCTV video of unrelated incident shared as Haryana BJP MLA thrashed

Priyanka Jha6th August 2020

A CCTV footage that shows some people enter an office and brutally beat up a person has been shared with the claim that a BJP MLA in Haryana was thrashed….

Old image of Boeing 787 shared by Congress leaders as Boeing 777 to target PM Modi

Kinjal5th August 20207th October 2020

General Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Congress Rakesh Sachan tweeted a picture of the interior of an extravagant airplane with the caption, “Followers of the owner of this aircraft have an…

Actor Disha Patani’s photo with Aditya Thackeray shared as ‘Rhea Chakraborty’

Ketan4th August 20204th August 2020

The death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput has gained such prominence that India’s ascent to the first position in the daily number of COVID cases reported worldwide has taken a…

Photo of Hindu deity Ram on New York’s Times Square billboards is manufactured

Archit3rd August 20203rd August 2020

Photographs of Hindu deity Ram and 3D portraits of the upcoming Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will be beamed across giant billboards in Times Square, New York on August 5, as…

Tricolour farewell of Rafale in France? Old video of Italian Republic Day celebrations viral

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd August 2020

A video that shows jets emerging behind a large building and leaving a dazzling display of orange, green and white colours in the sky is widely circulating on social media….

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Four more Bengal constituencies, same pattern: Muslims disproportionately marked ‘Under Adjudication’ in SIR

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