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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…

Video of elderly man dancing falsely shared as former PM Morarji Desai playing garba

Arjun Sidharth3rd October 20193rd October 2019

A video clip showing an elderly man in a Gandhi cap, performing dandiya– the Gujarati folk dance, has gone viral on social media with the claim that the gentleman is…

Video from Saudi Arabia viral as DPS School, Rajbagh teacher torturing baby

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd October 20193rd October 2019

A video of a man torturing a baby by slapping and throwing around the infant is viral on social media with the claim that the man is a teacher at…

No, Shivraj Singh Chouhan did not plaster different arms in the morning and evening

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd October 20193rd October 2019

A set of two photographs of BJP MLA Shivraj Singh Chouhan is viral on social media to claim that the former MP CM had plastered different arms in the morning…

Photoshopped image showing Mahatma Gandhi with a woman shared on social media

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd October 2019

An image of Mahatma Gandhi with a woman is circulating on social media. Twitter user Sanjay Gupta shared the photograph with the caption, “चमचों तुम्हारे राष्ट्रपिता कर क्या रहे हैं? Bootlickers,…

Did BJP MLA torture a man tied upside-down? No, old video from Maharashtra viral

Jignesh Patel1st October 20191st October 2019

On September 28, Facebook user Benoy Abraham posted a video of a man stripped off his clothes except for his underwear tied upside-down. The man is seen surrounded by a…

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