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Shashi Tharoor tweets photograph of former PM Nehru in USSR as USA

Pooja Chaudhuri24th September 201924th September 2019

On September 23, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor tweeted an image of first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi amidst a huge crowd of people. Taking a…

Photoshopped image of Amit Shah-Mamata Banerjee meeting shared on social media

Arjun Sidharth23rd September 2019

A photograph of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee with union Home minister Amit Shah, is being shared on social media and WhatsApp. ঘোর পরিবর্তন দিদিও এখন জয় শ্রী রাম Posted…

Social media claims that UP will be divided into three states. What is the truth?

Kinjal23rd September 201916th June 2021

“Breaking : लखनऊ : तीन राज्यो में बटेगा उत्तर प्रदेश,तीन राज्य में बनेगा- उत्तर प्रदेश, बुंदेलखंड व पूर्वांचल – सूत्र #Up” The above message has been shared on social media…

Video of 2019 World Drill Championship viral as Indian-origin man joining US Army

Jignesh Patel23rd September 201923rd September 2019

A video of a man performing a drill is being shared with a claim that a man of Indian-origin was conscripted in the US Army. “Nirav Shah. From Gujarati JAIN…

News18, CNBC Awaz misreport India-US joint army exercise as Howdy Modi preparations

Mohammed Zubair23rd September 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Houston for his mega-event ‘Howdy Modi’ on the night of September 21 to address a huge gathering at an event in Texas on September…

Old video of burqa-clad man caught outside mosque falsely shared as RSS man apprehended

Pooja Chaudhuri21st September 2019

A video of a burqa-clad man, in possession of a knife, is floating on social media with the claim that an RSS man was apprehended by a crowd outside a…

Photo of Jawaharlal Nehru shared with false narrative that he was slapped in 1962

Arjun Sidharth21st September 201915th February 2021

A photograph of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has been shared widely on social media, along with an elaborate message which reads, “When Nehru got a slap on the…

Media misreports US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard as ‘Indian-origin’

Jignesh Patel21st September 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a seven-day visit to the United States where he will be participating in two round tables with CEOs of American companies. On Septemeber 20,…

Video of woman emoting to a song edited and shared with false, communal narrative

Arjun Sidharth20th September 201914th November 2019

A video is being circulated on WhatsApp. It shows a young woman with a face veil, who weeps as she supposedly narrates in Hindi, the plight of Muslims in Baruasagar…

Video of self-immolation from UP shared as Dalit man set ablaze by police and BJP leader

Arjun Sidharth20th September 2019

“*जबरन कब्जा करा रही पुलिस व भाजपा नेता रोकने पर दलित को जिन्दा जला दिया* बेटा बिलखता रहा बेशर्म हैवान” (“Police and BJP leader forcibly acquiring land, on being resisted…

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2021 video from Delhi’s Yamuna Vihar viral with misleading claims of communal disharmony

Digitally manipulated clip of ABP debate shared with claims that Iranian lawmakers burnt Indian flag