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Random images of young women picked off the internet circulated to discredit JNU students’ protest

Jignesh Patel19th November 201922nd November 2019

An image of a girl holding what looks like a liquor bottle is being shared with the claim that the picture depicts a JNU student. In the image, one can…

No, Tirupati Balaji has not declared donation of Rs 100 crore for constructing Ram Mandir

Jignesh Patel19th November 2019

A claim that Tirumala Tirupati Balaji will donate Rs 1 billion(100 crore) for constructing Ram temple in Ayodhya is circulating on social media. One Chanda Roy also posted the message…

Fact-check: Can you pick up a 40 tonne truck with 2,000 drones?

Archit19th November 2019

World of Engineering, a Twitter account which shares content related to science, technology and engineering, tweeted a six-second video which shows drones lifting a truck on November 17. The video…

43-year-old student protesting fee hike? JNU master’s student misidentified in viral image

Jignesh Patel19th November 2019

A screengrab of a Zee News broadcast, where a woman can be seen standing in a crowd, is being shared on social media. One Kanak Mishra posted the image with…

Old news on discovery of mosque during Delhi metro construction shared as recent

Arjun Sidharth18th November 2019

“Sabr ka phal meetha hota hai Badle Me delhi Me masjid mil gai Wahri qudrat .. Allah sabr karne walon ko yun sila deta hai” (Patience bears fruit, mosque found…

Unrelated photos passed off as images of Babri Masjid from British Library’s archive

Mohammed Zubair18th November 2019

A collage of photographs is viral on social media with the claim that these are photographs of the Babri masjid, taken from the collection of the British library. All the…

Lawyer Prashant Patel falsely claims his tweet calling for genocide as morphed

Jignesh Patel17th November 2019

A screenshot of Delhi-based lawyer Prashant Patel Umrao’s tweet has become a point of contention on social media. Twitter user Asaur Rahman brought to light a 2013 tweet by Umrao…

Video of woman brutally thrashing her daughter is from Kathua, J&K

Jignesh Patel16th November 201916th November 2019

A video of a woman brutally thrashing a little girl is being shared on social media. In the video, the woman can be seen holding the girl by her hair…

Old video of murder in Maharashtra shared on Pak social media targeting RSS

Jignesh Patel15th November 2019

On social media, footage of a murder recorded in CCTV is being shared with the claim that members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh attacked a Muslim man. One Sheraz, who…

Image of Pakistani flag at immigration centre, Katarpur corridor shared as Gurudwara Darbar Sahib

Jignesh Patel14th November 201914th November 2019

Images of a building whose rooftop is painted with the Pakistani national flag are being circulated on social media. They were shared by a Facebook page with the claim that…