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School skit promoting India-Bangladesh brotherhood shared with hate-filled narrative

Jignesh Patel19th August 201919th August 2019

Twitter user @pokershash posted an image of children holding the flags of India and Bangladesh. He shared the photographs with the message, “Rampurhat Girls’ High School in West Bengal celebrated Independence…

Fake letter portrays PM Modi urging citizens to buy ‘made in India’ products on Diwali

Jignesh Patel19th August 201925th September 2021

A letter claimed to be written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doing the rounds on social media. It urges citizens to buy only India-made products on Diwali which falls…

Pak minister shares edited clip to falsely depict atrocities in Kashmir

Pooja Chaudhuri19th August 2019

Pakistani Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Syed Ali Haider Zaidi tweeted a video where, in the first part, police can be seen charging a crowd of people with lathis. He…

No, this is not the nephew of UP Deputy CM Keshav Maurya assaulting a Sikh driver

Alt News Desk18th August 2019

A video of a Sikh truck driver being pulled by his hair and brutally assaulted is viral on social media. It is being claimed that the man assaulting the victim…

Italian Air Force celebrating Italy’s Republic Day viral as Indian Independence Day celebration at Trafalgar Square

Alt News Desk18th August 20193rd August 2020

A video claiming that the Indian Independence Day was marked at London’s Trafalgar Square with fighter jets making a tricolour in the sky, is viral on social media. The video…

Mock drill videos viral as Mumbai under high alert of terrorist attack

Pooja Chaudhuri17th August 2019

Multiple videos are viral on social media with the claim that Mumbai is under a high alert. A message warns people to avoid crowded areas as the city is under…

Times Now tries fact-checking: Declares Indian parody handle as “Pakistani propaganda”

Pratik Sinha16th August 201916th August 2019

As part of its #IndiaRejectPropaganda campaign, Times Now recently announced that it will carry out “extensive fact checks to separate truth from fiction”. One such fact-check analysed a tweet from…

YouTube channel ‘Live TV’ shares old clip as protest in Srinagar against dilution of Article 370

Jignesh Patel16th August 201916th August 2019

On August 11, YouTube channel Live TV posted a video which is claimed to be of a protest held by Kashmiris after the central government revoked provisions of Article 370…

Article 370: Modi, Rajnath Singh effigies burnt abroad? No, old video from Mizoram

Pooja Chaudhuri16th August 2019

A video where a crowd can be seen setting ablaze effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh is circulating widely on social media. It is…

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Elderly Muslim man assaulted in Uttarakhand for offering namaz on vacant field ‘near’ temple

The Kerala Story 2 trailer recycles baseless Islamophobic tropes, fuels familiar fear narratives