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CCTV video of suicide from Cairo Tower, Egypt viral as Burj Khalifa, Dubai

Archit11th December 2019

Since December 9, several people have uploaded a CCTV footage of a man committing suicide by jumping from a building as “Dubai Burj Khalifa live suicide ….” on Twitter and…

No, man criticizing judicial system in viral video after Hyderabad rape is not Justice Srikrishna

Arjun Sidharth11th December 2019

“This is Justice SriKrishna. A very upright judge from Mumbai High Court,who was also elevated to the Supreme Court. Please listen to what he says about the Hyderabad encounter and…

Israeli policeman strangling Palestinian child to death? Old video, false claim

Archit10th December 2019

Recently, several accounts on Twitter posted a video of a policeman pinning down a young boy. It was shared with the text, “An Israeli policeman strangles a Palestinian child to…

No, this is not Amit Shah touching the feet of Nithyananda

Arjun Sidharth10th December 2019

A photograph has been shared widely by social media users with the clam that it shows Union Home Minister Amit Shah touching the feet of self-proclaimed spiritual guru Nithyananda. Amit…

Trucks loaded with onions blocked by Mamata Banerjee govt to keep prices inflated? – Alt News fact-check

Pooja Chaudhuri10th December 201910th December 2019

A video showing several cargo trucks loaded with sacks of onions has been massively shared on social media with the claim that the vegetable is being hoarded by the Mamata…

Image of boy with acid burns viral as child punished for wearing Ayyappa necklace in Tamil Nadu school

Pooja Chaudhuri10th December 201910th December 2019

An image of a boy with burn injuries is viral with the claim that a student wearing an Ayyappa necklace was made to wash the bathroom with acid at a…

No, this is not an image of the juvenile convict of the Nirbhaya rape case

Arjun Sidharth10th December 2019

In the wake of the recent Hyderabad rape and murder case and the subsequent police encounter of the accused, a photograph has been shared widely by social media users with…

No, the lady receiving award in viral video is not Hyderabad rape victim

Kinjal9th December 201911th December 2019

A video has gone viral on Facebook with the narrative that the victim of the Hyderabad rape and murder case was bestowed an award at a programme for her research…

Old video from Rajasthan falsely shared as poor women lifted and raped

Jignesh Patel9th December 20199th December 2019

A video is widely circulating on social media where two men can be seen attempting to take a girl hostage while an elderly woman tries to stop the duo. Both…

Clipped image of e-paper shared with false claim of RBI scrapping Rs 2000 note after Dec 31

Arjun Sidharth9th December 20199th December 2019

An image of what appears to be a newspaper article has been shared widely on WhatsApp. The headline of this article is ‘31 दिसंबर के बाद बदले नहीं जा सकेंगे…

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Four more Bengal constituencies, same pattern: Muslims disproportionately marked ‘Under Adjudication’ in SIR

Errors, erasure, angst: Inside Basirhat’s Boro Gobra where hundreds find themselves struck off electoral rolls