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How Twitterati followed by PM Modi spread misinformation about Deepika Padukone’s ‘Chhapaak’

Archit14th February 202014th February 2020

On the eve of January 7, Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone visited Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), expressing solidarity with the students injured in the JNU attack of January 5. A section…

Car bomb explosion in Iraq revived as CCTV footage of Pulwama terror attack

Arjun Sidharth14th February 202014th February 2020

January 14, 2020 marks one year since the Pulwama terror attack took place. Over 40 CRPF personnel were martyred in the attack. Several people have shared a CCTV video which…

Chinese police ‘shooting down’ coronavirus patients? Manufactured clip viral

Jignesh Patel & Mohammed Zubair14th February 202015th February 2020

A video clip is massively viral on social media. It shows a group of men who seem to be wielding guns near a police vehicle subsequently moving inside a residential…

Video of hawker carts demolished in Odisha now shared as Ahmedabad

Archit & Kinjal14th February 202014th February 2020

Ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to Ahmedabad on February 24, several social media users have shared a 1:48 minute video which shows fruit carts being destroyed by a…

Old video from US viral as Jain community in Surat hire helicopter to rescue bird

Archit13th February 202014th February 2020

A 58-second video of a man in a helicopter rescuing a bird has gone viral. Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared it with the claim that the Jain samaj…

Fake tweet portrays AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan saying ‘Islam will win across India’

Pooja Chaudhuri13th February 202026th February 2021

A screenshot of an alleged tweet by AAP MLA Amanatullah is circulating on social media. The purported tweet portrays the politician dedicating his win in the 2020 assembly polls in…

Rahul Gandhi blames PM Modi for ‘unemployment of eagles’? Edited video viral

Jignesh Patel12th February 202012th February 2020

A video of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi is doing the rounds on social media where he can be heard saying, “Here, please explain one thing to me why are…

Did Manoj Tiwari ask Modi-Shah to not campaign in Delhi ahead of polls? Fake letter viral

Ketan12th February 202012th February 2020

Ahead of the Delhi assembly elections, an alleged letter with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) letterhead went viral. The letter carries the alleged signature of BJP Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari…

Misleading reports claim Shaheen Bagh empty post AAP win in Delhi election

Kritika Goel , The Quint11th February 202011th February 2020

When the counting of votes for Delhi assembly elections was underway on Tuesday, 11 February – with latest trends pointing to a massive mandate for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)…

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Bloodstains on Pashmina: Kashmiri shawl sellers heckled, assaulted across states over faith, identity

Another Valentine’s Day, another free run for Right-wing outfits intimidating couples