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Viral claim that ‘European research survey’ labelled India biggest source of terrorism in Asia is baseless, made up

Ankita Mahalanobish25th February 2025

Claims that a European research survey has declared India the largest source of terrorism in Asia are viral on social media. X account @NavCom24 shared this claim on February 21…

Hindutva outfit leaders misidentified as father of boy accused of abetting KIIT student’s suicide

Ankita Mahalanobish25th February 2025

Odisha’s Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) has come under fire after an international student from Nepal allegedly killed herself after being harassed by another male student. The institute administration…

Delhi quake: Republic ran unrelated videos, including one from Japan, in its reportage

Pawan Kumar24th February 2025

A 4.0-magnitude earthquake shook New Delhi at 5:36 am on February 17. Within hours, media organisations as well as social media users started sharing a CCTV clip from Pakistan claiming it…

Woman wielding sword in viral video is not Delhi CM Rekha Gupta

Kinjal24th February 202524th February 2025

After the BJP recently returned to power in Delhi asaembly after 27 years, the party’s newly elected MLA from Shalimar Bagh Rekha Gupta took oath as the chief minister of…

Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Kaif, and Yogi Adityanath’s Kumbh posturing in UP assembly

Ankita Mahalanobish22nd February 2025

In the speech in Uttar Pradesh assembly on February 19, in which chief minister Yogi Adityanath rejected the report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on the water at…

Delhi Elections 2025: Did BJP, Congress violate MCC’s ‘silence period’ guidelines by issuing newspaper ads on poll day?

Diti Pujara & Oishani Bhattacharya20th February 202521st February 2025

The Bharatiya Janata Party is back in power in Delhi after 26 years. It won in 48 of 70 Assembly constituencies, defeating the Aam Aadmi Party by a major margin. While…

Zee, NDTV, Jagran, Dainik Bhaskar, ABP, others ran Pakistan quake footage as visuals of Delhi tremors

Pawan Kumar20th February 202520th February 2025

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake with its epicentre near Dhaula Kuan shook Delhi at 5:36 am on February 17. Within hours, social media users and media organizations shared a CCTV clip…

Rajasthan police’s claims that Elvish Yadav video ‘old and AI-generated’ false

Abhishek Kumar19th February 202523rd June 2025

YouTuber Elvish Yadav’s vlog on his visit to Rajasthan has sparked a major controversy. The video, titled “Rajasthan Me Full Protocol” shot during his recent visit to the state and…

Bizarre wedding decision of Saudi man 12 years ago reshared with AI-generated image

Ankita Mahalanobish19th February 202520th February 2025

An image of a man sitting with four burqa-clad women is being circulated on social media with claims that the man from Saudi Arabia married a principal, a teacher, a…

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Anurag Thakur-Jay Shah-Afridi video is not from Aisa Cup India-Pak match

Video of woman crying after father killed in mob lynching viral as Hindu woman raped by Islamists in B’desh