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Ganesha idol in Bengaluru police van: Viral claims misleading; PM Modi leads Right Wing’s misinformation campaign

Ankita Mahalanobish18th September 202419th September 2024

Addressing a public meeting at Kurukshetra in poll-bound Haryana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on September 14, 2024, “In Congress-ruled Karnataka, even Ganpati is being put in jail. They have…

Hate crimes in Haryana, Maharashtra a no-show on Republic; how did the other mainstream news channels fare?

Oishani Bhattacharya17th September 202418th September 2024

Trigger Warning: Violence In the last week of August, two horrific hate crimes against Muslims — the lynching of 25-year-old Sabir Malik in Haryana and the brutal assault on 72-year-old…

Manipur: Old and unrelated video shared as rocket-propelled explosive used in Moirang

Abhishek Kumar17th September 2024

Violence between various ethnic groups in Manipur has persisted for months, leading to significant loss of life in the northeastern state. Recently, there have been reports of rocket attacks by…

Sitaram Yechury’s body in coffin: Right-wing influencers conclude he was a Christian

Shinjinee Majumder16th September 2024

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury passed away on September 12 at the age of 72. Following his death, the Marxist leader’s body was taken to Jawaharlal Nehru University, his alma…

AI image of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif with male physical features viral

Abira Das16th September 2024

A photo of a bare-bodied Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is viral on social media, in which Khelif is seen as having male physical features. Users have shared the image against a…

Republic airs Manpad launching video from Myanmar as ‘exclusive’ & ‘authenticated’ visuals from Manipur

Abhishek Kumar13th September 2024

A video is going viral on social media in which a boy is seen firing from a man-portable air defense system or MANPADS. This video is being shared with multiple…

Vande Bharat window replacement video falsely shared as act of ‘rail jihad’

Ankita Mahalanobish13th September 2024

A video clip of a man hammering a glass window of a train is going viral on social media with users claiming it is a ‘jihadi’ act or a ‘terrorist’…

Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s anti-reservation statement: The viral news clipping is a doctored video

Abhishek Kumar13th September 202416th September 2024

A video with the logo of Times Now Navbharat has gone viral on social media with the claim that former Haryana chief minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda made…

Viral ‘US newspaper report’ questioning Rahul Gandhi’s nationality is fake

Oishani Bhattacharya12th September 2024

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi recently visited the United States for three days. Against that backdrop, a supposed newspaper clipping has gone viral. The…

Rahul did not say ‘will end reservation’; Clipped video shared by BJP distorts Gandhi’s statement

Oishani Bhattacharya12th September 202412th September 2024

A six-second video clip of Rahul Gandhi has gone viral. In it, he says, “We will think of scrapping reservations when India is a fair place.”. Several users have shared…

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