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Old video from UP shared as youth protesting against unemployment beaten in MP

Arjun Sidharth16th September 201916th September 2019

भोपाल मुख्यमन्त्री कमल नाथ निवास के बहार धरना दे रहे बेरोज़गार युवकों को मिली सौग़ात !!! आज सुबह सभी बेरोज़गार युवकों को नौकरी का ज्वाइन लेटर हाथो हाथ दिया गया ◾…

Old image from Muharram procession passed off as Indian army’s atrocities on Kashmiris

Jignesh Patel16th September 2019

“कश्मीर जहां यजीद का लश्कर दिखाई देता है वहां पर हमको बेहतर दिखाई देता है हमारी लाश किसी को नजर नहीं आती हमारे हाथ का पत्थर दिखाई सबको देता है…

Selling fear for YouTube views: Staged child-lifting videos viral

Jignesh Patel15th September 201916th September 2019

Child-kidnapping rumours are rampant in the country, with frenzied mobs taking the law in their own hands and thrashing people on the streets over unfounded suspicions of child-lifting. Mentally-challenged people,…

Media misreport RTO inspector involved in Bengaluru accident as ‘drunk’

Arjun Sidharth14th September 201914th September 2019

On September 12, a RTO inspector in Bengaluru crashed his vehicle into an auto-rickshaw, seriously injuring the driver. Soon after, social media was abuzz with the claim that RTO inspector…

IANS falls for parody account of Raghuram Rajan, several media outlets follow suit

Pooja Chaudhuri13th September 201914th September 2019

On September 13, a few media outlets published a story titled – “It’s a sign that you’re hiding real data: Rajan on Goyal faux pas”. The story was on former RBI governor…

Old video of brawl between policemen shared as recent dispute over traffic penalties

Arjun Sidharth13th September 2019

After clauses of the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Act, 2019 came into effect from September 1, videos of clashes involving policemen have been posted on social media with false contexts. A…

Viral: Fake quote of Ravish Kumar calling ISRO ‘brahmanical’ and ‘anti-minority’

Kinjal12th September 201913th September 2019

“इसरो ब्राह्मणवादी है और अल्पसंख्यक विरोधी भी चाँद पर विक्रम ही क्यों भेजा उस्मान अब्दुल या पीटर क्यों नहीं? चन्द्रयान से क्या हासिल होगा हजार करोड़ फूक दिए दक्षिण की…

Video of violent clash in 2009 shared with false claim targeting BJP

Arjun Sidharth12th September 2019

“Please forward this video around the Globe what the bjp followers are doing.Just like ISIS,This video should go to all of Asia,America, Africa,Europe,Australia n the UNITED NATIONabout these groups founded…

Digitally created images shared as ‘first photographs of Earth’ sent by Chandrayaan-2

Pooja Chaudhuri12th September 2019

Several images are floating on social media as ‘first photographs of Earth take by Chandrayaan-2’. “चंद्रयान-2 ने खींची पृथ्वी माँ की पहली फ़ोटो। आप भी देखिए और निहाल हो जाइए कि…

Lions spotted in Junagadh, Gujarat shared as Thane, Maharashtra