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Two-year-old Times Now clip with fake ISIS ‘rate card’ for non-muslim girls resurfaces

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd November 20193rd November 2019

A news clip of a Times Now broadcast is widely circulating on social media where anchor Rahul Shivshankar says that young Hindus are being radicalised in coaching and tuition centres in…

Old image of Rohingya refugee girl falsely shared as the girl collecting oil in Ayodhya

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd November 2019

A Facebook page that goes by the name हिन्दू धर्म योद्धा or ‘Warrior of the Hindu religion’ has shared a post claiming that the poor girl collecting oil from Diwali…

Old video from Bangladesh shared as fictional BJP MLA Anil Upadhyay killing deer

Arjun Sidharth1st November 201928th July 2022

A video showing a man shooting a deer inside an enclosure is viral on social media with the claim that the man in the yellow shirt is BJP MLA, Anil…

PIB rubbishes reports of PM Modi and Russian President attending Jallikattu in 2020

Jignesh Patel1st November 2019

On October 29, Hindustan Times published a report titled, “Russian president Putin may witness Tamil Nadu’s bull-taming sport Jallikattu in January”, which cited a top official from Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district….

Old video recently shared as Indian and Pakistani armies exchanging sweets

Jignesh Patel1st November 2019

A video of the Indian and Pakistani armies exchanging sweets is getting shared in the backdrop of Diwali celebrations. “Indian & Pakistani forces exchanged mithai & greetings. How many lapdog…

Old video of Gujjar protest in Jammu shared as Muslims beaten up by police in Kashmir

Kinjal31st October 2019

“Indian police beating up Muslims Kashmir”. This message accompanies a video posted on Facebook by a user Hummayu Basharat. The video on this post has been viewed over 155,000 times and…

Trump tweets morphed image of dog injured in Baghdadi raid

Pooja Chaudhuri31st October 2019

On October 30, US president Donald Trump shared an image of himself supposedly awarding a medal of honour to Conan, the military dog who helped chase down IS chief Abu…

CGI clip viral as ‘robot’ used to take down IS chief Baghdadi, now shared Israeli weapon

Pooja Chaudhuri31st October 201928th November 2020

A video that supposedly shows a combat robot has been shared on social media with the claim that Mossad, the national intelligence agency of Israel, has manufactured this “deadly weapon”…

Photoshopped image shared as floating lanterns over Varanasi ghats

Arjun Sidharth31st October 201931st October 2019

An image has been shared widely on Facebook with the claim that it represents the ghats of Varanasi. Varanasi Ghats 🚩🕉 Posted by The Saffron Chariot on Friday, October 25, 2019 The…

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