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Two year old image of woman arrested for protest in Hyderabad shared as JNU student

Jignesh Patel20th November 2019

“जिस उम्र में लोग बृद्धा पेंशन लेते है उस उम्र में ये आँटी कौन सा ज्ञान ले रही है ,😂😂😂#JNU (In the age when people take an old-age pension, what…

Old photo of protest over Nirbhaya case shared as clampdown on JNU students

Arjun Sidharth20th November 201920th November 2019

In the backdrop of the ongoing protest by JNU students, a photograph has been shared widely on social media. It shows a young woman being attacked with a lathi by police personnel….

Photo of 30-year old JNU student shared as 47-year old student Moinuddin

Priyanka Jha20th November 2019

Recently, new regulations regarding the fee structure of JNU have been announced. Fees have been hiked, following which JNU students have held protests. On social media, several images and videos…

Old image of CPI leader Annie Raja shared as JNU student detained by police

Arjun Sidharth19th November 2019

Amid protests by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over the recent announcement of fee hike, social media has been abuzz with photographs circulated to target the agitating students. A…

Random images of young women picked off the internet circulated to discredit JNU students’ protest

Jignesh Patel19th November 201922nd November 2019

An image of a girl holding what looks like a liquor bottle is being shared with the claim that the picture depicts a JNU student. In the image, one can…

No, Tirupati Balaji has not declared donation of Rs 100 crore for constructing Ram Mandir

Jignesh Patel19th November 2019

A claim that Tirumala Tirupati Balaji will donate Rs 1 billion(100 crore) for constructing Ram temple in Ayodhya is circulating on social media. One Chanda Roy also posted the message…

Fact-check: Can you pick up a 40 tonne truck with 2,000 drones?

Archit19th November 2019

World of Engineering, a Twitter account which shares content related to science, technology and engineering, tweeted a six-second video which shows drones lifting a truck on November 17. The video…

43-year-old student protesting fee hike? JNU master’s student misidentified in viral image

Jignesh Patel19th November 2019

A screengrab of a Zee News broadcast, where a woman can be seen standing in a crowd, is being shared on social media. One Kanak Mishra posted the image with…

Old news on discovery of mosque during Delhi metro construction shared as recent

Arjun Sidharth18th November 2019

“Sabr ka phal meetha hota hai Badle Me delhi Me masjid mil gai Wahri qudrat .. Allah sabr karne walon ko yun sila deta hai” (Patience bears fruit, mosque found…

Unrelated photos passed off as images of Babri Masjid from British Library’s archive

Mohammed Zubair18th November 2019

A collage of photographs is viral on social media with the claim that these are photographs of the Babri masjid, taken from the collection of the British library. All the…

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Bloodstains on Pashmina: Kashmiri shawl sellers heckled, assaulted across states over faith, identity

Another Valentine’s Day, another free run for Right-wing outfits intimidating couples