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No, Saddam Hussein did not say US had threatened Iraq with coronavirus in 1990

Jignesh Patel & Mohammed Zubair19th March 202019th March 2020

A video of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that the United States had threatened Iraq with coronavirus in 1990. It…

Video of Hindu monk beaten for misbehaving with child shared with false communal narrative

Jignesh Patel & Mohammed Zubair18th March 202019th March 2020

A video of a man dressed in monk’s dress getting beaten up by a mob inside a train carriage is being shared by social media users. One Renee Lynn tweeted…

No, Trump has not announced launch of coronavirus vaccine by Swiss drugmaker Roche

Pooja Chaudhuri17th March 202017th March 2020

A 37-second clip of a press conference addressed by president of the United States Donald Trump and Matt Sauce, president and CEO of the North-American division of Roche Diagnostics is…

Public TV falsely claims Muslim youths in Karnataka refuse coronavirus testing for “religious reasons”

Mohammed Zubair16th March 202010th April 2020

In the backdrop of global COVID-19 outbreak, Kannada channel Public TV aired a show on March 14 where it was claimed that four Muslim youths in Sultan Street, Bhatkal in Karnataka refused…

Police action during Hong Kong protest shared as crackdown on coronavirus patients in China

Jignesh Patel & Priyanka Jha16th March 202016th March 2020

A video of police personnel charging at a group of people at a metro station is being shared by social media users with the claim that it’s from China. The…

No, beef flavoured maggi is not being sold in India

Jignesh Patel16th March 202019th March 2020

On March 10, one Karunesh Shukla tweeted images of Nestle’s maggi flavoured with beef and urged social media users to boycott ‘Maggi’. It is being claimed that beef flavoured maggi…

Old video from Pakistan shared as fruit-seller in Lonavla spraying red paint on litchi

Priyanka Jha13th March 202013th March 2020

A 2-minute video is widely circulating on social media. It is being claimed that the clip depicts an incident from Maharashtra’s Lonavla, near the Mumbai-Pune highway, where a fruit-seller was…

Delhi riots: Times Now misreports man firing at Muslim mob as attack on police

Pratik Sinha, Mohammed Zubair & Pooja Chaudhuri12th March 202012th March 2020

A Times Now broadcast of March 5 ran a video of a man in red, wearing a helmet, opening fire during communal riots in Delhi. “New video of Delhi violence…

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