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Anurag Thakur-Jay Shah-Afridi video is not from Aisa Cup India-Pak match

Abhishek Kumar17th September 202517th September 2025

Hours after the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match finished at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 14, 2025, a video started circulating on social media showing ICC president Jay…

Video of woman crying after father killed in mob lynching viral as Hindu woman raped by Islamists in B’desh

Prantik Ali17th September 2025

Trigger Warning: The story mentions details of violence. Readers’ discretion advised. A video showing a woman sitting on the ground and crying inconsolably as she tries to answer a mob…

Nepal GenZ was protesting against a ‘corrupt’ system. In highlighting social media ban, media missed the point

Shinjinee Majumder16th September 202524th September 2025

Trigger Warning: Graphic Imagery What the world witnessed in Nepal last week was not just a protest against a social media ban, but a spontaneous outpouring of pent up anger…

Nepal unrest: I-Day video from Sikkim with ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ slogans falsely viral

Shinjinee Majumder16th September 2025

Amid the recent unrest in Nepal, several unverified images and videos have gone viral on social media. One such video shows a group of people carrying Indian flags and chanting…

Video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dancing in red bodysuit is a deepfake

Prantik Ali16th September 202516th September 2025

A video showing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dancing in a red costume alongside a clip of Nepalese politician and rapper Balendra Shah (also known as Balen) was shared on social…

Claims that Muslim driver deliberately rammed truck into Ganesh procession in Hassan, Karnataka, are false

Prantik Ali13th September 2025

After a truck rammed into a group of people taking the Ganesh idol for immersion in Karnataka’s Hassan on September 12, several social media users claimed the driver was Muslim…

Nepal Protest: Video from Indonesia viral as Nepalese GenZ attacking police

Prantik Ali12th September 2025

As protests in Nepal spiralled, several users on X circulated a clip showing a group of police personnel taking cover under their riot shields as protesters continued with their attacks….

USAID Controversy: Shows by Republic, CNN-News18, Times Now had clear partisan bent

Ankita Mahalanobish12th September 2025

In February 2025, when US President Donald Trump and his former adviser Elon Musk claimed that $21 million was disbursed to influence India’s electoral process under Joe Biden’s administration, several…

Nepal ex-PM Jhalanath’s wife in hospital after arson attack; Indian media declare her ‘dead’

Pawan Kumar12th September 202512th September 2025

Amid the unrest in Nepal, Indian media channels reported that former PM Jhalanath Khanal’s wife was killed after protesters had set fire to their house. Most of them mentioned her name…

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘selfie’ with woman in dark sunglasses is AI-generated

Ankita Mahalanobish & Shinjinee Majumder12th September 202512th September 2025

A photograph, which appears to be a selfie of Rahul Gandhi alongside a woman, went viral on social media amid the Congress leader’s recent Malaysia visit. It has prompted several…

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Telangana Police goes after TeluguScribe, invokes UAPA to seek X data

BJP shares clipped video to falsely claim TMC’s Byron Biswas conceded defeat