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Murder-accused brutally beaten in Bihar; police deny communal angle

Jignesh Patel5th October 20192nd January 2020

A video of a man brutally beating another in the middle of the road is circulating on social media. The man can be seen thrashing the unconscious victim’s face and…

Sports drink commercial shared as cameraman beating athletes in race

Arjun Sidharth5th October 20195th October 2019

A video clip in which a cameraman tracking a race ends up ‘winning’ it has been shared by several social media users. Who wins the race? pic.twitter.com/S3uASKyHlq — Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)…

Did BJP MP Vijay Goel say people from UP-Bihar should be banned from Delhi? Old, misleading report

Jignesh Patel & Pooja Chaudhuri5th October 20199th October 2019

A video of a news report by India News on a statement given by BJP MP Vijay Goel is doing the rounds on social media. The statement was made with…

Unrelated photographs shared as images of submerged city of Dwarka

Arjun Sidharth5th October 20195th October 2019

A set of images has been posted on social media with the claim that these represent the submerged city of Dwarka on the western coast of India. “Shri Kishna’s Dwarka,…

Photos of malnourished man clicked during Kenya drought shared as former Sudan minister

Arjun Sidharth4th October 20194th October 2019

अमित शाह जी :> वक्त हमैशा ऐक जैसा नहीं रेहता है इसका नाम””अकीद इब्राहीम””है 1995 मैं सूडान का ग्रहमंत्री रेह चुका है इसको भी अपनी कुर्सी पर बहूत नाज़ था…

Photoshopped image showing Narendra Modi with Chhota Rajan shared on social media

Arjun Sidharth4th October 2019

A photograph showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and underworld don Chhota Rajan has been shared on social media platforms. The picture shows a young, clean shaven Mr. Modi smiling at…

Video of women’s gang nabbed for extortion shared as child-kidnappers arrested in Gujarat

Jignesh Patel & Smit Bhatt4th October 2019

A video of a group of women sitting in a room is circulating on the Gujarati social media ecosystem with the claim that a child-kidnapping gang was arrested. In the…

Media misreports: Promotional video on Balakot airstrikes broadcast as “real” footage

Pooja Chaudhuri4th October 20194th October 2019

On October 4, the Indian Air Force (IAF) released a promotional video on Balakot airstrike which was carried out in February this year in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror…

Old photos from Kashmir shared as recent to portray normalcy in region

Arjun Sidharth3rd October 2019

In August 2019, the Union government abrogated key provisions of Article 370, altering the status of Jammu & Kashmir. Since then, social media has witnessed relentless attempts to justify or…

Media misreports that Pak PM was called ‘welder from Bronx’ by American anchor

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd October 20194th October 2019

A video of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s interview with American television network MSNBC has been massively circulated with the claim that the anchor told the Pakistani PM that he sounds like…

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Javed Akhtar, Banu Mushtaq and the contagion of religious sentiments getting hurt

Letter claiming ‘RSS did not participate in anti-British movement’ is morphed