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Union Min Jitendra Singh, ANI, PTI falsely claim 14-year-old girl wrote a book on Article 370

Pooja Chaudhuri12th October 2019

Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched a book ‘In the Times of Article 370’ on October 9. “In a rare ceremony of its kind, released a book on #Article370 written by Ayanna Kohli,…

Narendra Modi vs Manmohan Singh on foreign visits: Fact-checking Amit Shah’s claim

Arjun Sidharth11th October 201913th October 2019

Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently spoke at a public function, where he claimed that former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh went on more foreign trips than PM Narendra Modi…

Mock drill video from Vidisha, MP shared as terrorists captured by security forces

Arjun Sidharth11th October 2019

“मध्य प्रदेश के विदिशा जिला कलेक्ट्रेट के भवन की निर्माणाधीन बिल्डिंग में चार आतंकवादी घुसे जिसे जिला पुलिस बल विदिशा द्वारा रेस्क्यू कर जिंदा पकड़ने में सफलता प्राप्त की बधाई…

Old video of ex-defence minister’s wife performing puja on INS Vikrant shared as “baptism”

Jignesh Patel10th October 201914th October 2019

A video of Elizabeth Antony, the wife of former Defence Minister AK Antony, performing a ritual on ‘INS Vikrant’ is doing the rounds on social media. It is being claimed…

Video of unidentified drunk man shared as BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi

Jignesh Patel10th October 201910th October 2019

A video of a man dancing to the tunes of a Bollywood song supposedly in a drunken state is doing the rounds on social media. It is being claimed that…

Old video from Pakistan shared as Tamil girl found at Nagpur railway station

Arjun Sidharth10th October 201910th October 2019

A video clip wherein a person in uniform has held a young girl in his arms has been circulated on social media with the narrative that the child can only…

PM Modi supporter poses as Muslim woman using Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter’s photo on Twitter

Pooja Chaudhuri10th October 2019

The Twitter account Nafeesa Ahmed (@Dasettan1) was created in February this year. The person behind the handle is a devout and vocal supporter of Prime Minister Modi. However, a bulk…

September 2019: Misinformation around Chandrayaan-2 and MVA; media misreports add to the clutter

Arjun Sidharth10th October 2019

September 2019 was characterized by ‘diversity’ of misinformation, from photoshopped images to videos which were either mischievously clipped or circulated out of context. Like always, prominent news developments became the…

Movie still shared as photograph of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination

Jignesh Patel9th October 20199th October 2019

A photograph of Mahatma Gandhi which supposedly captures the moment when he was killed by Nathuram Godse is floating on social media. A day after 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi,…

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Rare earths and rebel armies: How a conspiracy story with no evidence jumped from fringe sites to newsrooms